Web and mobile accessibility by Derek Wilson

Derek Wilson (@culturemate) is a Career Development Practitioner with the Neil Squire Society, a national nonprofit organization with a mission to increase the social and economic participation of Canadians with disabilities. He will be demonstrating assistive technology and leading a discussion on digital accessibility, including resources on how to make your websites and apps more accessible.

The goals for this evening's discussion are:

• Recognize the challenges that some people encounter when working with technology
• Situate these challenges within the context of digital citizenship
• Identify guidelines and legislation for the digital world
• Understand the Business Case for inclusive design

Some resources:

• Digital inclusion: the benefits of better web accessibility
• WebAIM
• deque
• Digital Accessibility: A brief landscaping (PDF)

A roundup of the event and Resources for Web and Mobile accessibility from Chad Kohalyk.