December 25, 2019 — All about WCAG 2.0 AA compliance
1. How to know what level of WCAG 2.0 AA can be implemented on the website?
2. How to identify right parts of your site for WCAG 2.0 AA?
3. What are the methods or tools to achieve WCAG 2.0 AA?

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December 21, 2019 — En esta charla analizaré datos demográficos sobre los problemes de visión por edades y género. Generaré unos perfiles de los principales problemas que visión de cada grupo de edad y génereo y la forma en la que afectan, o no, a la navegación/interacción con la web. Y qué decisiones sobre el diseño van a optimizar la accesibilidad a nivel visual.

Con los resultados los asistentes podrán estimar, según el perfil de los visitantes de su web, las necesidades visuales que presentan y adaptar el diseño para que les sea más usable.

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December 10, 2019 — Le icone sono diventate elementi fondamentali nel web design: in quanto simboli rapidamente comprensibili che aiutano gli utenti durante la navigazione, esse permettono di trasmettere un concetto in modo molto più efficace.

Ma è davvero così? Quali sono le trappole che rendono le icone web problematiche non solo per gli utenti con esigenze particolari, ma più in generale per tutti quelli che visitano un sito web?

Con un occhio al design e uno allo sviluppo, si vedrà cosa tenere in considerazione quando si aggiunge un’icona a un sito web e verranno date alcune soluzioni sia generali che tecniche ai problemi più comuni.

December 9, 2019 — In molti pensano che l’accessibilità web sia importante solo per le persone con disabilità, come ciechi o ipovedenti.
Eppure è una valida alleata di tutti, ad esempio per la navigazione da smartphone e per la SEO.
Non è quindi da sottovalutare.

Vedremo insieme perché l’accessibilità è importante per tutti gli utenti, qualche semplice tecnica per risolvere alcuni dei problemi più comuni e come verificare se abbiamo fatto un buon lavoro.

November 21, 2019

November 14, 2019 — In this workshop, we’ll walk you through testing your website, identifying potential issues, and fixing the most common accessibility problems. We’ll cover the basic principles of accessibility and inclusive design and share tips and tools for making and keeping your website accessible.

November 13, 2019 — At a WordPress Meetup presentation, an attendee turned and punched Joe A. Simpson, Jr, in the arm saying, “accessibility makes me so angry!”

We’ll debunk common misconceptions designers, developers, and business owners have and learn how advocating for access to all improves your site SEO, design, user experience and function through interactive examples and discussion.

November 10, 2019 — Most freelancers and agencies who work in web knows that accessibility matters, but during the daily working life it is sometimes hard to include accessibility into the projects. At the same time accessibility seems like a huge area and it overwhelms sometimes to start with it. In this talk I will show some tools and resources about accessibility that makes it easy to start with accessibility. Also I will show the most common accessibility issues in web projects and provide simple solutions, that are easy to integrate.

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November 4, 2019 — Over 15 million U.S. Internet users have some form of impairment that affects their ability to use the Internet. In this talk, we will share some simple ways to improve your site’s accessibility. These changes help everyone. As an extra bonus, accessibility improves your search engine optimization (SEO). By the end of this session, you will be able to understand why accessibility is helpful for everyone, to help make your website better for the visually impaired, to help make your website better for the hearing impaired, to help make your website better for the mobility impaired, to improve your website SEO.

October 29, 2019 — WordPress now powers over one third of all websites on the internet. The decisions that the WordPress community makes ripple out and make an impact on the ways people use the web, how web developers and designers do their work, and influence future technologies and development. That’s a lot of power in our hands – are we using it wisely? We have a responsibility to lead by example.

Natalie MacLees explores the influence our community is having on accessibility and inclusive design, the things we’re neglecting, the impact that our decisions are having on people across the globe, and what we could be doing better.