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100 Days of A11y

100 Days of A11y. A web designer’s journey to learn accessibility. #ID24 November 16, 2017. Amy Carney Publications Specialist Alaska State Libraries, Archives, & Museums Juneau, Alaska. Inspirations. #100DaysOfCode github.com/ Kallaway /100-days-of-code. Deep Work by Cal Newport.

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100 Days of A11y

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  1. 100 Days of A11y A web designer’s journey to learn accessibility #ID24 November 16, 2017

  2. Amy Carney Publications Specialist Alaska State Libraries, Archives, & Museums Juneau, Alaska

  3. Inspirations • #100DaysOfCode • github.com/Kallaway/100-days-of-code • Deep Work by Cal Newport

  4. What If…? #100DaysOfA11y

  5. Guidelines • 1 hour a day • Tweet every day • Keep a progress log • Count only progress days • Allow 1 skip day every 2 weeks

  6. Goals • Read • Learn • Take Action

  7. To Read • Heydon Pickering • Inclusive Design Patterns • Apps for All • The Filament Group • Designing with Progressive Enhancement World Wide Web Consortium w3.org

  8. To Learn University of Southampton on FutureLearn: Digital Accessibility World Wide Web Consortium

  9. Take Action • Update past coding projects • Find out about State of Alaska’s compliance • Teach co-workers about digital accessibility

  10. A Tentative Roadmap, 1st half • Week 1-5: Southampton course • Week 6-7: W3C’s tutorials • Week 8: update projects; Apps for All

  11. A Tentative Roadmap, 2nd half • Week 9-10: Inclusive Design Patterns • Week 11-13: Designing with Progressive Enhancement • Week 14: accessibility audit for work • Week 15: lesson plan for co-workers

  12. What Really Happened: Read • Scott Jehl • Responsible Responsive Design • Heydon Pickering • Inclusive Design Patterns • Apps for All • Jeffrey Zeldman, Ethan Marcotte • Designing with Web Standards

  13. What Really Happened: Learned World Wide Web Consortium Stories on YouTube University of Southampton on FutureLearn: Digital Accessibility

  14. What Really Happened: Conspired • Talked • Tweeted • Planned

  15. Internals • Informed • Confident • Accessible => Inclusive

  16. Externals • Accessibility Working Group • ARIA coding tutorial • Lesson plans • Making Webinars Accessible • Proposal to #ID24

  17. I’M ON A MISSION… art by ‘mygreghouse’ on fanpop website

  18. I’d Do It Again, But… • Blog/log more • Ponder more • Ask more • Participate more

  19. YOU CAN DO IT!

  20. Twitter Still Has Value • @karlgroves • @marcysutton • @aadrian • @leoniewatson • @heydonworks

  21. Additional Resources A11y Project a11yproject.com • Laura Kalbag • Accessibility for Everyone

  22. I Challenge You… • Be your local accessibility champion. • Communicate with others. • Reach out to experts. • Do the work.

  23. Start Today

  24. Amy Carney @click2carney carneydevelopit.wordpress.com

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