Three Tips to Improve the Accessibility on Your Website

Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking at our Metro Detroit WordPress group about how to improve accessibility on your website. Creating an accessible website allows everyone, no matter their application, software, hardware or other capabilities, to use your site.

The presentation shared easy steps people can apply immediately on their website to make it more accessible.

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Recap: A Web For Everyone: Accessibility as a Design Challenge

A web for everyone: accessibility is a design challenge

At the A Web for Everyone: Accessibility as a Design Challenge webinar, hosted by O’Reilly Media and Rosenfeld Media, Whitney Quesenbery spoke about a new way of thinking about designing accessible user experiences: designing applications and websites in a way that everyone can use them.Continue reading Recap: A Web For Everyone: Accessibility as a Design Challenge

International Day of Persons with Disability: December 3, 2013

Break Barriers Open Doors

Tuesday, December 3 marks the 22nd annual International Day of Persons with Disability (IDPD).

The theme for this year is “Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive society and development for all.”

Promoted by the United Nations, IDPD events will be held around the world to raise awareness and understanding of disability issues as well celebrate achievements over the past year.

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