August 17, 2015 — If you are in charge of user experience, development, or strategy for a WordPress web site, Accessible UX will help you make your site accessible without sacrificing design or innovation. This talk is about the experience difficulties faced by people with vision, mobility, hearing, and cognitive disabilities as they use the interfaces we make for them. Rooted in universal design principles, this presentation provides solutions: practical advice and examples of how to create sites that everyone can use.

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March 20, 2014 — Site owners are looking for accessible WordPress themes. There is a spectacular lack of accessible WordPress themes. Accessibility practitioners around the world, including Rocio Alvarado of Montreal, are creating free accessible WordPress themes. The presentation covers accessibility in general and as it applies to WordPress in particular including accessible plugins and widgets, and also content creation.

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May 28, 2013 — Few accessible WordPress themes are available for free. Great things are happening @WPAccessibility now in core, plugins, widgets, and themes. This presentation talks about how to help people get involved, understand the situation, and perhaps form a Cities theme team.

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