Promoting Accessibility on Projects With No Accessibility Aspirations

A Panel DiscussionUXPA 2015

The Panelists• Honorable Mention:

– Elle Waters, Director of Strategy, Simply Accessible, @nethermind

• Panelists:– Dana Douglas, Senior User Experience Specialist, UserWorks, @userworks

– Cory Lebson, Principal, Lebsontech User Experience Consulting, @corylebson

– Jennifer Sutton, Independent Consultant, @jsutt

• Moderator:– Dick Horst, President, UserWorks,

@userworks

A Few Relevant References"Which ‘Everyone’ Do You Mean?" Derek Featherstone, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1Rz-6fKacQ&feature=youtu.be&t=18m46s “Q&A Testing for Accessibility Before Development Begins,” Tim Lohman, http://www.accessiq.org/news/news/2015/05/qa-testing-for-accessibility-before-development-begins “WebAIM’s Hierarchy for Motivating Accessibility Change,” Jared Smith, http://webaim.org/blog/motivating-accessibility-change/ “Accessibility Lipstick on a Usability Pig,” Jared Smith, http://webaim.org/blog/accessibility-lipstick-on-a-usability-pig/ “Accessibility Wins,” curated by Marcy Sutton, http://a11ywins.tumblr.com/ “Integrating Accessibility: Planning Content for Everyone,” Eileen Webb, http://webmeadow.com/blog/archives/201505/integrating-accessibility-planning-content-everyone

“Accessibility as innovation,” Whitney Quesenbery, http://www.slideshare.net/whitneyq/accessibility-as-innovation