Web Accessibility Seminar
Date and Time
Thursday Mar 19, 2015
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Thurs. March 19, 11 a.m. - noon (registration and networking at 10:45 a.m.)
Location
The Carroll Center for the Blind, Tech Center
770 Centre Street, Newton
Fees/Admission
Free for chamber members, $10 for non-members
Web Accessibility Seminar
Description
Is your website ADA compliant?
The US Department of Justice has begun aggressively and actively enforcing accessibility requirements contained within Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), including ensuring that websites conform to specific criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Several recent settlement agreements with financial services providers, health organizations, and retailers indicate need to be compliant with these requirements. If you are doing business with the public and have an online presence through your website, this workshop will help you understand what needs to be done and the tools that are available to make sure your website is accessible to all consumers, regardless of their physical, cognitive, or developmental challenges.
At this workshop Bruce Howell of The Carroll Center for the Blind’s Accessibility Services team will demonstrate some of the assistive technology that individuals with disabilities use to access the internet, explain what WCAG means to you.
The US Department of Justice has begun aggressively and actively enforcing accessibility requirements contained within Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), including ensuring that websites conform to specific criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Several recent settlement agreements with financial services providers, health organizations, and retailers indicate need to be compliant with these requirements. If you are doing business with the public and have an online presence through your website, this workshop will help you understand what needs to be done and the tools that are available to make sure your website is accessible to all consumers, regardless of their physical, cognitive, or developmental challenges.
At this workshop Bruce Howell of The Carroll Center for the Blind’s Accessibility Services team will demonstrate some of the assistive technology that individuals with disabilities use to access the internet, explain what WCAG means to you.
