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011 - The Entirety of Humanity: Web Accessibility

Episode Summary

What is a11y all about? What does this mean from a user’s perspective? How does accessibility weigh-in on your project costs? Join us in this episode as our producer (and front end developer), Stephen Belyea talks about the importance of web accessibility.

Episode Notes

Bonus: Come meet Stephen Belyea in person at GPUG’s monthly Meetup on Wednesday, February 28th, 2018, for his talk: End to End A11y. https://goo.gl/quR1yy

Links and resources:

Stephen Belyea on Twitter: https://goo.gl/wcvM5n
WCAG 2.0: https://goo.gl/BmgH3i
A11ycasts’ introduction to Chrome’s a11y auditing tool: https://goo.gl/b44xdG
Global Accessibility Awareness Day: https://goo.gl/u8r2Ej
Jennison Asuncion on Twitter: https://goo.gl/jfczcX
A11ycasts With Rob Dodson: https://goo.gl/x7Hke7
Ontario’s (AODA) Accessibility Laws: https://goo.gl/3onCk9
WAI-ARIA 1.1: https://goo.gl/e6GaXz
BBC Accessibility Standards and Guidelines: https://goo.gl/eYqMf8
Paypal’s Bootstrap Accessibility plugin: https://goo.gl/xtfceP
WCAG Contrast Minimum: https://goo.gl/9k7JdV
a11yTO Meetup group: https://goo.gl/vrxBuJ
a11yTO Camp: https://goo.gl/9zTD6U
a11yTO Conf: https://goo.gl/a4v77i
GPUG Meetup’s February 2018 Talk (End to End A11y): https://goo.gl/quR1yy
Léonie Watson on Twitter: https://goo.gl/mea2Am
Billy Gregory on Twitter: https://goo.gl/Qy2NaC
Karl Groves on Twitter: https://goo.gl/fgzLEb
Janna Cameron on Twitter: https://goo.gl/cRmq8b
Steve Faulkner on Twitter: https://goo.gl/Zr5UdK

Contributions:

Guest: Stephen Belyea
Hosts: Dan Soppelsa and Margaret Tavares
Production and editing: Stephen Belyea
Music and show art: Adam Frank
Recording facilities: Vehikl (Waterloo)

Special thanks for the help and support from the entire Vehikl team. Check out Vehikl online: https://goo.gl/TdJjR7