Hacknight #254

How to fall in love with accessibility

with Kate Kalcevich

Recording

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Forget about learning web accessibility standards and focus on what you're good at first - technology and code. Get a screen reader and get comfortable using it. Using assistive tech regularly is the easiest way to understand barriers and that's half the challenge - identifying problems.

Speakers

Kate Kalcevich

Kate Kalcevich has championed accessibility since 2001. In the last decade, she redesigned Ontario.ca, developed the Inclusive Design Toolkit, created Ontario’s design guide, and taught role-based digital accessibility. Currently she is leading Canada Post in making their websites and applications accessible while building capacity within the digital team to embed accessibility into their daily work.

Topic: Forget about learning web accessibility standards and focus on what you’re good at first - technology and code. Get a screen reader and get comfortable using it. Using assistive tech regularly is the easiest way to understand barriers and that’s half the challenge - identifying problems.

Target Audience Developers

Bio

Digital Accessibility Manager at Canada Post, Certified Web Accessibility Specialist

Kate Kalcevich has championed accessibility since 2001. In the last decade, she redesigned Ontario.ca, developed the Inclusive Design Toolkit, created Ontario’s design guide, and taught role-based digital accessibility. Currently she is leading Canada Post in making their websites and applications accessible while building capacity within the digital team to embed accessibility into their daily work.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katekalcevich/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/katekalcevich