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Who is David Berman?

David Berman is one of fewer than 100 people globally to hold CPACC certification, the World’s only certification for accessibility professionals. This certification is issued by the US-based IAAP (International Association of Accessibility Professionals). He is an author (Do Good Design) expert speaker, designer, communications strategist, and accessibility consultant with 30 years of experience in design and communications.

Who will benefit from taking this workshop?

• Management
• Developers
• UX/Interaction designers
• Technical writers
• Graphic designers
• Content publishers
• Plain language specialists
• Project managers

What’s the Agenda?

1. Why should we care?
2. What are the challenges people face?
3. What assistive technologies close the gaps?
4. What are the standards?  Demystifying acronyms…
   • ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
   • Section 508
   • AODA: Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (the World’s strongest and where USA is going)
   • Standard on Web Accessibility
   • PDF/UA: the accessibility standard for PDF
   • WCAG: the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
5. What do you need to know about the WCAG 2.0 success criteria?
6. How do professionals in your industry comply with every success criteria, without tradeoffs?
7. What are the testing tools to confirm you’re meeting or exceeding the standards?
8. What else should you consider? Level AAA, email, social media, etc.
9. Q&A until we run out of questions!

What Will You Learn?

• why universal design is important for everybody
• how to broaden your audience, comply with the law, drive down costs, or simply to be socially responsible
• in-depth familiarity with W3C WCAG 2.0 success criteria and Section 504/508 Principles