WordCamp US 2022 Lightning Talk – A Rookie’s Reflection – It is NEVER too late to learn!
At WordCamp US 2022 in San Diego, these resources were mentioned in my talk, plus a few additional extras. The link to the talk will be posted once posted on WordPress.TV.
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Courses
Conferences and Webinars
Podcasts
Accessibility Meetups
Social Media
WordCamps
Awards
Overblahs
Slack Channels
Newsletters
Additional Resources
Motivational Resources
Accessibility/WordPress Advocates
Accessibility/Disability Awareness Dates
Additional Accessibility Resources
Web Accessibility Tools
Color
User Experience (UX)
Keep in Touch
Courses
- EDX – W3C WAI Introduction to Web Accessibility (Free)
- Level Level – A11Y Collective Courses (Free and paid)
- Deque Accessibility Courses (Paid) – complementary for people with disabilities
- Knowbility (Free and paid)
- ADA Foundations (Formerly Basic Building Blocks) ($5)
- Learn WordPress (Free)
- Oklahoma Able Tech (Free and paid)
- Teach Access
- Interaction Design Foundation (Paid)
- LinkedIn Courses (One month free trial and may be free through your public library in the U.S.)
- Free Code Camp
- WordPress: Accessibility by Joe Dolson on LinkedIn (Free as of June 2022)
- Other ‘Accessibility’ Courses on LinkedIN (Paid)
- The Accessibility Project (Paid)
- She Codes (Free and Paid)
- Google Web Dev Accessibility (Free)
Conferences / Webinars
- Stanford Web Camp – May 11 to 12, 2023 – (Past Replays on their YT channel)
- WebAim – Web Accessibility in Mind Conference – September
- #ID-24 – September 12, 2024 (Inclusive Design)
– Replays Available - #a11yWeekTO – October 18 to 21 (Paid)
- M-Enabling Summit – October 10 to 12 (Paid)
- Digital Accessibility Legal Summit – November 1 to 2, 2022
- WordPress Accessibility Day – Dates 2024 TBD
- WordPress Accessibility Day 2023 (Archive Replays)
- A11Y Camp (Australia) – November 3 and 9 (Link currently broken)
- Accessing Higher Ground – November 6 to 10, 2023
- The Design + Accessibility Summit – November 14 to 17, 2023
- WordCampCentralknow
- Be A Digital Ally – Knowbility – Free Monthly Series
- CSUN Assistive Technology Conference – March 18 to 22, 2024
- AXE-CON (February 2024)
- KNOWBILITY – JOHN SLATIN ACCESS U – May 13 to16, 2024
- The National ADA Symposium – June 9 to 12, 2024
- Virtual National ADA Symposium – May 6 to 8, 2024 (Paid)
- XR Access 2024
- International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP)
- Courses / Webinars / Certifications
- University of Minnesota Duluth – A11Y Webinars/Events – Master List
Podcasts
- Mosen at Large (Jonathan Mosen)
- Design Domination (Colleen Gratzer)
- AllyRules (Nicholas Steenhout)
- UnderRepresented in Tech
- Say My Memes (Brought to you by Will from Be My Eyes and Caroline from Scribely)
- Disability Bandwidth! – Samuel Proulx and Nikki Nolan
- Insightful chats with Disability leaders
- ChaxChat (Chad Chelius and Dax Castro)
- KitchenSinkWP
- Do the Woo
- MasterWP – Press the Issue
- DeafBlind Awareness
- In The Loop
Article – How to Make Your Podcasts Accessible
Accessibility Meetups
- WP Santa Clarita Valley (On hiatus)
- Accessibility Web & WordPress (Returning in 2024)
- Pre-approved for IAAP Continuing Accessibility Education Credits (CAEC)
- WP Bakersfield (Wednesdays)
- South Central Coast WP (Wednesdays)
- The A11Y Global Collective (San Francisco)
- A11Y Bay MeetUp (San Francisco)
- A11yNYC (Accessibility New York City)
- Pre-approved for IAAP Continuing Accessibility Education Credits (CAEC)
- A11yVR – Accessibility Virtual Reality Group
- Web Accessibility MeetUps Around the World
Social Media
WordCamps
- WordCamp Canada – July 11 -13, 2024 (Ottawa Canada)
- WordCampUS 2024 – September 17 to 20, 2024 (Portland, Oregon)
- WordCamp Santa Clarita Valley 2021
- WordCamp Los Angeles 2020
WordCamp Central – Directory of Worldwide Camps
Awards
- KNOWBILITY AIR (Accessible Internet Rally)
- Uniformed Meditation Website – 2020 Third Place Winner
- BEST Winning Website – 2021 Second Place Winner (Not the winning website)
– Co-Mentor - 2022 – Second Place – Ca11y Gurls for Central California Animal Disaster Team
Overblahs
- OverlayFactSheet (Additional Reading Resources below the signatures)
- OverlayFalseClaims
- AccessiByeBye (Free Chrome Extension)
- Should I Use an Accessibility Overlay
- AccessiBe Will Get You Sued
- Lainey Feingold – Honor the ADA – Avoid the Quick Fix
- The Fix Can Be Worse Than the Flaws – New York Times
- Banned from National Convention – Forbes
Slack Channels
- A11Y (web-a11y.slack.com)
- Make WordPress
Newsletters
Additional Resources
Motivational Resources
- Inspiring Art By People with Disabilities
- Be My Eyes
- Big Orange Heart Tweet
Don’t worry if your journey doesn’t
Big Orange Heart
feel like constant forward motion.
Some days you step backward. Some
Days you inch forward. Some days you
stand still. We all do. But look back over
the course of a year and see how far
you’ve come. Be proud of yourself.
You’re amazing!
“It’s All In A State Of Mind” Poem
(written sometime in the late 19th or early 20th century)If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don’t;
If you think you’d like to win, but you can’t,
It’s almost a “cinch” you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost,
For out in the world you’ll find
Success begins with a fellow’s will – – –
It’s all in the state of mind.Full many a race is lost
Ere even a race is run,
And many a coward fails
Ere even his work’s begun.Think big and your deeds will grow,
Think small and you fall behind,
Think that you can, and you will;
It’s all in the state of mind.If you think you are outclassed, you are;
Walter D. Wintle
You’ve got to think high to rise;
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
Life’s battles doesn’t always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But sooner or later, the man who wins,
Is the fellow who thinks he can.
Aunty Lizzy’s Quote
We’re not here to see ‘THROUGH’ each other,
Aunty Lizzy
But to see each other ‘THROUGH!’
Accessibility/WordPress Advocates to Follow to Start Your Journey (in no particular order) – you will find many more
- Meryl Evans
- Léonie Watson
- Sumner Davenport
- Chancey Fleet
- Lainey Feingold (Law)
- Karl Groves
- Reginé Gilbert
- Sheri Byrne-Haber
- Jennison Asuncion
- Joe Devon
- Joe Simpson Jr
- Drew Herrema
- Knowbility | Sharron Rush
- Adrian Roselli
- Rob Howard
- Amber Hinds
- Colleen Gratzer
- Joe Dolson
- Simon Houghton
- Michelle Frechette
- Courtney Robertson
- Nicholas Steenhout
- Dax Castro
- Thomas Logan / Equal Entry
- Gayatri Kini
- Alicia St. Rose
- Chris Holloway
- Ken Nakata
- Quincy Larson (Twitter) – Coding
- Rob Carr
- Cam Beaudoin
- Mike Paciello
- Mike Calvo
- Herin Hentry
- Glenda Sims
- Alex Stine
- Makoto Ueki
- Kris Rivenburgh
- Denis Boudreau
- Derek Featherstone
- Lyssa Prince
- Samantha Evans – IAAP
Accessibility / Disability Awareness Dates
- Disability Awareness Calendar and/or Disability Related Dates
- World Braille Day – January 4
- International Wheelchair Day – March 1st
- National Assistive Technology (AT) Awareness Day – April 17
- National Deaf Awareness Week – May 1 to 7
- Global Accessibility Awareness Day – May 16, 2024 (third Thursday in May)
- DeafBlind Awareness Week – June 25 to July 1
- Disability Awareness Day – July 14
- American Disabilities Act 34th Anniversary – July 26
- National Deaf Awareness Month – September
- International Week of Deaf People (IWDP) – September 20 to 26
- International Day of Sign Languages – September 23
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month – October
- International Day of People with Disability – December 3
Additional Accessibility Resources
- Introduction to Web Accessibility and W3C Standards
- An Overview of Assistive Technologies and Digital Accessibility Principles
- Interacting with People Living with Disabilities
- Tips for Creating More Accessible Hybrid and Virtual Events
- How to Make Your E-Commerce Accessible
- Tip Sheet: Hosting Accessible Meetings, Events & Conferences
- Working with Visually Impaired or Blind Students
- DOJ Accessibility Guidelines – Released March 18/22
- The Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act
- WCAG is Not Scary Anymore – Herin Hentry
- W3C
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2
- WCAG – Quick reference Guide
- The Hidden History of Screen Readers – Sheon Han
- NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) ScreenReader – Free Download
- NVDA Quick Reference Guide for Windows
- JAWS Screen Reading Software – Free Download
- JAWS Quick Reference Guide for Windows
- Develop an Accessibility Statement for Your Website
- The Complete Guide to Captioned Videos
- The Accessibility Project Checklist – Testing Accessibility and More
- Virtual Design Accessibility Library
- Color Blindness Simulator
- Creating Accessible Documents
- How to Make Outlook Email Accessible
- The Accidental A11y Toolkit
- The Accessibility Cheat Sheet – Ire Aderinokun
- Keyboard Testing Basics
- Skip Links are Important
- 10 WordPress Plugins to Help Improve Website Accessibility
- Jessica Oddi Resource List
- AFB Accessibility Resources
- Suzette Franck
- Accessibility Laws by State
- Create Your Own AHA Moment
Web Accessibility Tools
Color
Cam Beaudoin suggests the Accessible Color Palette Builder after looking at your brand guidelines. It easily puts a collection of colours in a grid so that you can quickly see which ones work with others for contrast ratio (4.5:1 don’t forget!) when picking your text and background. Bookmark the website to pull up previously chosen colors. Thanks Cam!
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