December 20, 2022 — Learn more about designing for accessibility. Find out how designers can work to WCAG standards and create a beautiful inclusive web.

This talk is best suited for designers working in a layout tool such as Figma, but it can also be useful for individuals auditing sites for design and accessibility.

December 18, 2022 — Quando si costruisce l’immagine coordinata di un’azienda, gli aspetti da tenere in considerazione sono moltissimi, ma non è possibile trascurare i colori: una scelta iniziale azzeccata può fare la differenza e semplificare tutte le successive fasi della progettazione e della realizzazione.

A volte, però, la scelta si rivela sbagliata e, nei casi peggiori, può compromettere la creazione di una palette da utilizzare in un sito web, soprattutto se si vuole fare in modo che questa sia accessibile: le disabilità legate alla visione e alla percezione del colore sono infatti molto diffuse e non possono essere trascurate da chi ha a cuore l’inclusione.

Senza pretese di completezza, cercheremo di capire non solo come creare palette di colori da utilizzare per la creazione di contenuti accessibili, ma anche di come le linee guida sull’accessibilità possano guidarci nella creazione delle palette stesse.

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December 18, 2022 — Tradurre temi e plugin WordPress non significa solo trovare le parole giuste per passare dall’inglese all’italiano. Vuol dire anche ragionare sulle persone che useranno quei prodotti WordPress e migliorarne l’esperienza utente, qualsiasi siano le loro caratteristiche personali o le tecnologie con cui navigano sul web.

In questo talk parliamo dei punti di contatto tra la localizzazione software, l’accessibilità e la scrittura inclusiva. Un legame necessario per creare un web più democratico e inclusivo.

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November 26, 2022 — Learn more about design patterns that help to make digital work more accessible to people with cognitive disabilities.

Cognitive disabilities are among the most prevalent types of disabilities, yet experts have struggled to provide web accessibility best practices due to cognitive disabilities being such a broad category. Fortunately, recent work by standards groups has begun to address this deficiency.

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November 14, 2022 — In March 2022, the nonprofit organization WebAIM published a report about the state of accessibility at the top one million websites. The report flagged the six most common WCAG errors. These errors represented 96.5% of all accessibility errors found. Learn how to find and fix these issues.

October 24, 2022 — This talk explains the need for accessible forms. Learn how to improve the accessibility of forms and WordPress.

August 8, 2022 — For WordPress and the WordPress ecosystem to be truly accessible, it has to be available to everyone.

Accessibility means accessible to those with disabilities (and we often focus on screen readers, etc.), but those in the BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and Neurodivergent communities often find the way to success paved with roadblocks.

This talk shares the struggles that people in our community experience in finding success, as well as ways we can all be advocates for one another and make room at the table for everyone.

June 22, 2022 — Learn more about colour contrast and how to adapt your WordPress site to colour contrast standards.

December 28, 2021 — This talk shares some agency insights about rationales for making websites accessible and offers practical tips such as accessibility insurance and tax credits.

November 13, 2021 — This talk discusses a few accessibility testing scenarios and offers tips on how to integrate accessibility testing into your work.

How do you test the accessibility of your code? Can you check everything automatically…in the browser, at the command line, with GitHub actions?

What tools do you have at your disposal for this? What is the best workflow? And also: how meaningful is it?