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Social Media and Accessibility

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EDT, October 20, 2015   |   Organized by: ADA National Network

Description

The ADA National Network encourages you to attend the upcoming ADA Audio Conference Series Session titled "Social Media and Accessibility".

Date:  October 20, 2015
Time: 2-3:30pm ET

Social media is a very important method of communication in the Information Age, especially for those with disabilities who may be limited in their ability to travel, use traditional telecommunication options or be restricted from attending social events in person.  This session will explore several different accessible ways that users with disabilities interact with various social media services.  Learn best practices for posting image and other visual content so that it doesn't unintentionally exclude users.

Learning Objectives:
 1) Why social media is not accessible
 2) The main issues of a accessibility with YouTube, Facebook and Twitter
 3) The five steps to making your social media accessible

Speaker:  Gian Wild

Registration available on-line:   http://adagreat.powweb.com/Registration/
Cost:  Free via web based interface (Blackboard Collaborate Web Conferencing) or $25.00 via Toll Free Telephone Line

This session will be captioned via the web based interface (Blackboard Collaborate Web Conferencing).  Questions regarding registration, etc. should be directed to the Great Lakes ADA Center at 877-232-1990 or by email at webinars@ada-audio.org




Gian Wild

Gian has worked in the accessibility industry since 1998 and consulted on the development of the first Level AAA accessible web site in Australia (Disability Information Victoria). She has worked with the Disability Services arm of the Victorian Government for over thirteen years to keep the four iterations of the Disability Services site (Disability Information Victoria, Disability Services, Disability Online and DiVine), Level AAA accessible. She ran the accessibility consultancy PurpleTop from 2000 to 2005 and built the accessibility tool, PurpleCop. Ms Wild spend six years on the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, the W3C Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group and the W3C Authoring Tools Accessibility Guildeines Working Group. She spent six years contributing to the development of WCAG 2.0.

Registration Dates

October 12-19, 2015

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