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Build for Everyone or Build for No One with Elaine Shannon & Kevin Andrews
Accessibility impacts everyone, not just “disabled” users. From contrast to semantics, when you take the time to maximize accessibility, you’re improving every user’s experience. In this session, Kevin Andrews — a certified Web Accessibility Specialist and accessibility expert with over a decade of professional leadership and more than 20 years navigating the web with a…
Accessibility Design Patterns for 2025 (WordPress Engine) with Vitaly Friedman a UX Lead, Accessibility Consultant
Virtual ZoomWhen we think of accessibility, we often think about the usual suspects — color contrast, legible font sizes, and mobile tap targets. However, accessible and inclusive design reaches far beyond that. How would you design for young children and older adults? What about users with dyslexia and color blindness? How do we test with screen…
Typography Readability & Digital Accessibility with Giulia Laco
Unless taking advantage of text-to-speech tools, visiting a website or using an app typically involves some degree of active reading, more or less in-depth. This reading experience can vary significantly depending on a range of factors, including visual and cognitive processes, attention, usage context, and individual characteristics. Understanding how we read, the skills it requires,…
Creating a Hyper-Accessible Website for Blind, Low Vision, & Sighted Users with Sandy Shin & Jeremy Perkins
Being minimally accessible is a given on the web today. But meeting all WCAG success criteria only ensures users are not blocked from accessing content. We don’t just want an avoidance of failure. We want raging success. In this session, we’ll walk through the creation of a website for the Braille Institute, a national organization…
Audio Accessibility in WordPress with Bernd Schmitt
Audio content on WordPress-websites is growing. Websites with audio content (podcasts and music) should be accessible and comprehensible for all people. This talk is about creating accessible audio content with open-source-tools and how to place it the best way in WordPress. We are talking about audio quality, transcripts and sound control. Speaker: Bernd Schmitt, Audio…
WordPress: The Violations Every Business Needs to Known with Vanessa Tillemans
Accessibility lawsuits are skyrocketing, and nearly one in five of them in 2024 specifically named WordPress websites as defendants. In this session, we’ll unpack the real-world legal cases shaping the digital landscape and spotlight the accessibility violations that trigger them most often. Attendees will walk away with clear, practical insights into how these violations arise,…
Why Accessibility Matters: From a Blind/Visual Impaired Perspective with James Warnken
Have you ever wondered how accessibility impacts the real disabled user experience? Or perhaps you’ve questioned whether or not you were doing things that actually mattered or were just part of the standard guidelines? In this session, James Warnken, a legally blind digital accessibility expert, walks us through just how impactful some accessibility features are…
Videos & Media: Your Post-Production Guide for Accessibility with Nicky Wolfe
Video content is everywhere in 2025 and how do you make it accessible to as many people as possible? Whether you are a content writer, designer, or developer, you can learn how to do your part and where to go next to level up your team. Speaker: Nicky Wolfe, Web Developer, Designer, and Coordinator Virtual…