Accessibility Events in August
Paid opportunity for gaming accessibility in London, WebAIM conference, inclusive UX Research & accessible PDFs
Nobody wants to work these days, not on-site at least because I could only find online events for August. But we have an …
Opportunity for Gaming Accessibility in London
September 16-18th in Central London, UK.
Paid opportunity to make gaming more accessible!
Looking for someone with a disability due to upper limb impairment, for example, limb difference or challenges with dexterity? An amazing opportunity to design the future of accessible gaming!
Apply here: bit.ly/accessgaming or e-mail to hello@openstylelab.org
online Events
[German Only] Digital A11Y Lean Coffee #5
Monday 5th August, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CEST
Every first Monday of the Month, Johannes Lehner hosts the Digital A11y Lean Coffee on Zoom. Bring your own topic to a discussion with a11ys from different tracks within the digital product space.
[German Only] Webinar: Barrierefreie PDFs aus Microsoft Word und PDFs testen
Mittwoch 21. August 10:00 bis 12:00 Uhr
Kosten: € 80,- (exkl. USt)
Verbindliche Anmeldung per Mail an: werner.rosenberger@hgbs.info
Der Workshop wird als 2 stündiges Webinar angeboten und richtet sich an alle Content-Verantwortlichen und Redakteure von öffentlichen Einrichtungen, die Inhalte auf Websites oder Apps veröffentlichen.
Sehr oft werden auf Websites Dokumente oder Broschüren im Datei-Format docx oder pdf veröffentlicht. Barrierefreiheit von Websites bedeutet, dass auch diese Inhalte in einem für alle zugänglichen Zustand dargestellt werden müssen.
Doch wie können diese Dokumente barrierefrei gestaltet werden? Was muss ein Redakteur bei der Erstellung beachten? Wie können Sie Vorlagen erstellen? Wie wird aus einem Word-Dokument ein zugängliches PDF erzeugt? Wie kann die Barrierefreiheit getestet und überprüft werden?
The Secret Sauce for Inclusive Dining: How Accessibility Drives Loyalty (TGPI)
Wednesday, August 21, at 12 pm (noon) ET
Customer loyalty is crucial for any organization, including the restaurant industry. How a restaurant treats customers with disabilities can significantly affect that loyalty and impact their business. The challenges people with disabilities experience when restaurants and eateries do not put their needs first are more common than you may think.
Is your company doing all it can? Do your digital assets like menus, self-service kiosks, laptops, and mobile devices have the abilities of all users in mind? Learn from accessibility experts at Vispero, TPGi, Rivalry Tech and Elo as they navigate through their data and case study details to share how you can increase customer loyalty and create the most inclusive dining experiences.
How to Conduct Inclusive UX Research (UXtweak)
Thursday 22nd August, 6:00 p.m. CET / 12:00 p.m. EST / 9:00 a.m. PST
In this webinar, Zariah Cameron will showcase strategies for designing products that address the needs of diverse users. Gain practical insights on making your UX research more inclusive and representative.
Para Sport Against Stigma: Exploring the Power of the Games to Challenge Discrimination
Thursday 22nd August, 1-2 p.m. BST
The AT2030 Para Sport Against Stigma (PSAS) project embarked on a mission to address disability-related stigma in Africa by harnessing the power of Para Sports to promote the adoption of assistive technology (AT). This innovative initiative took an in-depth look into broadcasting and community engagement as well as Para athlete development strategies. By focusing on the vital aspects of representation, education, and communication within Para sport, the project sought to challenge societal barriers, ultimately facilitating easier access to and the widespread adoption of assistive technology (AT).
More about Para Sport Against Stigma
The Para Sport Against Stigma (PSAS) project, capitalised on lessons learned from the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Raising awareness of Para sports and athletes in Sub Saharan Africa by providing free-to-air coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games for the first time. This groundbreaking initiative marked a crucial step in amplifying visibility and recognition of Para sports in the region.
Web Accessibility in Mind Conference
August 27–28, from 12 pm–5:10 pm US Eastern Time each day.
The Web Accessibility in Mind Conference is presented by WebAIM in partnership with Pope Tech. This virtual conference will provide conference participants with content that will help them mature their practice in digital accessibility. Our goals include:
Provide a diverse range of perspectives from a diverse group of speakers.
Share solutions to accessibility challenges.
Give advice and guidance that helps our participants to actively contribute to providing more accessible digital spaces.
Bring together a cross-section of public and private sector technology professionals from organizations large and small.
Digital Accessibility Experts Live: “Ask me anything” Q&A with Jonathan Hassell
Thursday 29th August, 4 pm BST
Hassel Inclusion CEO Jonathan Hassell has 20+ years of experience in all aspects of accessibility, at technical and strategic levels. Send in your questions in advance when you register, or ask them during the session. Whatever your role – Product Manager, Designer, User Researcher, D&L lead, Head of Digital, Head of Accessibility – come to this webinar to get answers to your questions!
If you know of any other events happening in the online or offline accessibility, disability inclusion space, e-mail them to me by replying to the newsletter or add them as a comment on Substack.
Up next month…
#id24 will return on 12 September 2024
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) is a free 24-hour online event for the global community. It celebrates inclusive design and shares knowledge and ideas from analog to digital, from design to development, from planners to practitioners, and everything and everyone in between.
UX Con Vienna
September 17-19
The 2024 conference brings a pleasant variety of accessibility-centric workshops! Of course, we also have a 10% discount for this conference: uxconspeaker, all lower-case, no spaces, just like every decent podcast promoting a VPN!
Accessibility is not a checklist!
Yet many focus on checking all the boxes to make their UI accessible and miss the bigger picture. Accessibility is not the goal in itself, but simply a means to an end: an inclusive experience for all users!
In this workshop, participants will learn how to spot the most common accessibility bugs plaguing an assistive tech user’s journey. Don’t know what types of assistive technology (or AT for short) is out there in the big wide world? No worries! Laura, UX Researcher for the AT development company Hope Tech, will explain what exists, how it works and what’s so cool about it. Spoiler alert: It’s the ability to provide access.
Web accessibility has to be anchored in the code, which can look scary at first. But don’t worry! Google Development Expert Julia will guide you through the other side of the console.log and teach you how to communicate these issues to your dev team.
All participants are cordially invited to bring their website for us to test together!
Design for the mind: Neurodiversity and mental health in UX
Did you know that one in five people globally is neurodivergent? Or that half of all individuals will experience a mental health condition at some stage? Yet, many products are designed without considering the full spectrum of human experiences and abilities. In this workshop, we’re going to change that.
During our session, we'll:
Explore neurodiversity
Understand users' needs and preferences
Highlight barriers they experience
Brainstorm inclusive design solutions
Together, we'll explore how to create digital spaces that authentically include people with invisible disabilities. Ready to design experiences that embraces everyone?
Accessible typography for web & UI design
How can you best combine sublime typography with web accessibility? This fun and practical workshop gives you clear guidelines for a seemingly too fuzzy area. Learn how to set the text in your design projects beautifully accessible, making it reach and convince more people, while meeting legal requirements.
The workshop covers:
Which WCAG requirements (success criteria) matter for visual design.
How to assess if a typeface is accessible.
Which contrast requirements are crucial.
What are the best font sizes.
The ideal line length, line height and letter spacing.
Suggestions of handy tools, plugins and resources.
Short exercises, letting you apply what you just learned, right away.
For whom this workshop is:
This workshop is aimed towards visual designers, UI, app, or graphic designers. It will not be technical, so not about HTML elements or providing alt tags. It dives into typography and accessibility, not accessible web design in general. The goal of the workshop is taking the weight out of an often overwhelming and fuzzy topic, and breaking it down into practical, usable steps.