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100 Days of A11y: A Web Designer's Journey to Learn Accessibility

Join Amy Carney on her inspiring journey to learn digital accessibility in 100 days. Follow her progress, tips, and resources as she updates past projects, teaches co-workers, and explores inclusive design patterns. This roadmap includes online courses, tutorials, audits, and lesson plans, aiming to make the web more accessible for all. Learn from experts like Heydon Pickering and Scott Jehl, and embrace the power of accessible design with actionable steps. Follow Amy's lessons, challenges, and successes as she works towards a more inclusive digital landscape.

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100 Days of A11y: A Web Designer's Journey to Learn Accessibility

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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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