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| author: Larissa Rodiga | ||
| title: Web Accessibility Training: A Better Internet for Alö | ||
| description: A workshop by Accessibility Lab | ||
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| <img src="/assets/img/blog/accessibilitybanner.png" alt="visual invite" width="500" height="600"> | ||
| <p>Join us for a free Web Accessibility Training on March 13th at SUPERRR Lab.</p> | ||
| <p><em>Nancy Reyes Flores and Raashi Saxena, two experienced experts from the organization | ||
| Accessibility Lab, will lead a 5-hour training session on applying accesibility tools and principles | ||
| to create an inclusive environment catering to individuals with diverse needs and abilities. </em></p> | ||
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| <p>The workshop will delve into theoretical concepts and practical applications of accessibility, | ||
| encompassing statistical insights, hands-on disability simulations, and tool testing. Participants | ||
| will gain understanding of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 and explore | ||
| accessibility considerations across various mediums such as documents, social media, and | ||
| software. </p> | ||
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| <p>This workshop welcomes designers, programmers, web enthusiasts, and simply anyone who | ||
| believes in the importance and achievability of enhancing accessibility in the digital space. No | ||
| special expertise is necessary to participate. Please adhere to the SUPERRR Lab Code of | ||
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| <p> Participants will leave this workshop with: </p> | ||
| <ul><li>Enhanced understanding of accessibility principles and guidelines</li> | ||
| <li>Practical knowledge of conducting accessibility testing and simulations </li> | ||
| <li>Familiarity with tools for assessing and improving web accessibility</li> | ||
| <li>Strategies for implementing accessibility in various mediums (documents, social | ||
| media, software) </li> | ||
| <li>Ability to apply Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 effectively</li> | ||
| <li>Increased awareness of the importance of inclusive design and its impact</li> | ||
| <li>Resources and references for further learning and development in web accessibility</li> | ||
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| <p><b>When: March 11th 2024, 1PM </b> </p> | ||
| <p><b>Where: Superrr Lab, Oranienstraße 58A, 10969 Berlin </b> </p> | ||
| <p><b>Language of the workshop is English. </b> </p> | ||
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| <p><em>Please register by sending a message to the following address: [email protected]</em></p> | ||
| <p><em>Please do send us your name and by briefly your interest in the training. Registration closes: | ||
| March 8th.</em></p> | ||
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| <p><b>About the host organization:</b> </p> | ||
| <p>Accessibility Lab is a Mexican organization that was born in 2017 seeking to ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities and their integral development, through accessibility in the digital world. We believe the best policy to have an accessible world is to guide, teach and help digital content creators on their journey to become accessible and inclusive. That way they will learn and understand the importance of design and develop accessible solutions and they will take that awareness and knowledge with them wherever they go. At the end, accessible tools/products will have the best quality anyone can have and with that everyone’s chance to use it, including people with disabilities. </p> | ||
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| <p><b>A Better Internet For All</b> </p> | ||
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| <p>The ability of all users, including those with impairments, to perceive, comprehend, navigate, | ||
| and engage with websites and tools is known as web accessibility. Several accessibility | ||
| guidelines assist a wider user base than simply just those with impairments. For instance, one | ||
| such example is a higher color contrast, which is advantageous to anyone using the platform in | ||
| either very bright or very dark circumstances. Features like captions can help in noisy | ||
| environments, not just for those with hearing impairments. Web accessibility therefore helps not | ||
| just the individual but also platform owners and larger society. </p> | ||
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| <p><b>Training Agenda:</b> </p> | ||
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| <p>Provide in-person training to staff members and other related people in the organisation that | ||
| created and manage their applications (UX designers, developers, structural designers, trainers, | ||
| etc.) about the importance of digital accessibility and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2. | ||
| Also inviting other contributing member orgs and other related people that worked towards | ||
| building or working in anti-surveillance technology and open-source software, that actively | ||
| contribute to this project.</p> | ||
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| <p><b>About the Facilitators:</b> </p> | ||
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| <p> Nancy Reyes Flores is a web accessibility evangelist in Latin America and a Certified | ||
| Professional in Accessibility Core Competency. She has taken leadership in projects working to | ||
| make websites and apps accessible. | ||
| In 2017 founded Accessibility Lab, an organisation specialised in digital accessibility and social | ||
| inclusion for people with disabilities, promoting a new ecosystem: internet for all. | ||
| She has collaborated with the Mexican government and other private sector companies. | ||
| She also works with non-profit organisations on behalf of the rights for people with disabilities. | ||
| She focuses on perspectives and challenges to accomplish digital inclusion. Nancy is a member of Digital Accessibility Ambassadors, Mexican Council of Accessibility and | ||
| Inclusion, and Mexican Society of Accessible Technologies and Universal Design. She is also cochair for the program category, Human Rights-Centred Design on RightsCon Costa Rica Program | ||
| Committee. | ||
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| <p> Raashi Saxena is a trainer and strategy consultant for the Accessibility Lab with extensive | ||
| experience as a technologist, social impact innovator and practitioner. She serves in a number | ||
| of advisory roles, including for The Internet Rights & Principles Dynamic Coalition, Missions | ||
| Publiques’s “We, the Internet" Project and Threading Change, a sustainable fashion non-profit. | ||
| As an international speaker, Raashi has spoken on panels and conferences across Africa, Asia, | ||
| Americas and Europe. She was highlighted as an expert in Mozilla's 2022 Internet Health Report | ||
| and Pew Research Center's 2021 Report on Digital Spaces. Recognized by World Economic | ||
| Forum as one of the Six Inspirational Young Female Leaders, Saxena is currently the Outgoing | ||
| Curator of Global Shapers Bengaluru Hub and is one of the 300 leaders of the 2020 Women | ||
| Deliver Young Leaders Program represented by 96 countries. Raashi is based in Bangalore, India.</p> |