The inaugural Accessibility Toronto Conference was a big success! The event was held September 28-29, 2017 in the TELUS building in downtown Toronto. (Toronto has been a leader in conducting accessibility “camps” but this was the first “conference”.) Major thanks to the event organizers and sponsors.
Addendum Nov 6, 2017: AMI Inside: a11yTO Conference (YouTube)
Presentation Resources
Here are resources for many of the presentations. Feel free to add any to the comments.
- Designing Accessible Web Content for “Older” Users (ZIP of PDF) by Makoto Ueki @mak_en
- How do you get this damn thing to stop talking?!: Web accessibility testing (when it’s only part of your job) by Philip Springall @pipstopher
- Writing for Every Reader (Slideshare) by Stephanie Hobson @stephaniehobson
- In Defense of Native Form Validation Slides | Demo by Paul Grenier @AutoSponge
- Progressive Enhancement and Accessibility (PowerPoint) by Dennis Lembree @dennisl
- Everything I Know About Accessibility I Learned from Stack Overflow by Adrian Roselli @aardrian
- Calvin and Hobbes on Accessibility by @LeonieWatson
- Accessibility: No rights without responsibility by Nicolas Steenhout @vavroom
- Rethinking web accessibility on Windows by Marco Zehe @MarcoInEnglish
- Accessibility and Inclusion Beyond the Screen (Slideshare) by Linn Vizard
- No rights without responsibility by Nicolas Steenhout @vavroom
Notes
- The 7th #a11yTOCamp is scheduled for November 18 at @OCAD. Follow @a11yTO for more info.
- Great moment: Makoto strips off his flannel shirt and proudly displays a Toronto Blue Jays baseball jersey which was hidden underneath!
- Personally, it was great meeting some folks in person for the first time whom I’ve know online for years, especially @vavroom. Also met some great new folks!
- I also really enjoyed visiting Toronto—a very clean, fun, friendly, and diverse city!
Below are some selected tweets from the conference. The event’s account is @a11yTO and the hash tag is #a11yTOConf.
.@LeonieWatson and @thebillygregory kicking off #a11yTOConf pic.twitter.com/1REL3tgYK5
— Dennis Lembrée ⛄️ (@dennisl) September 28, 2017
Live ASL and CART at #a11yTOConf, this is what inclusion is all about. pic.twitter.com/6UDzueybQJ
— Toufic Sbeiti (@TouficSbeiti) September 28, 2017
Good talk on research with PWDs by @jannacameron & @jenniferkrul. Also entertaining (and far better than mine, dammit). #a11yTOConf pic.twitter.com/q8im0eEHum
— Adrian Roselli (@aardrian) September 28, 2017
"People try to answer ARIA questions, but they don't quite know what they're doing." Need to share more and educate! @aardrian #a11yTOConf
— Scott Vinkle (@svinkle) September 29, 2017
Potentially one of my favourite slides from #a11yTOConf pic.twitter.com/RhFQ1dO8ro
— Jiwon Bang (@jiwonbang) September 29, 2017
"Accessibility is like ice cream—the longer you ignore it, the messier it gets." ~ @pipstopher #a11yTOConf #a11y
— Dennis Lembrée ⛄️ (@dennisl) September 29, 2017
Learning how @eBay does #a11y from @garcialo – check out the OATMEAL documentation! https://t.co/U20HwRGVl3 #a11yTOConf pic.twitter.com/IbHsafw61P
— Kalamuna (@kalamuna) September 28, 2017
In a recent survey, 3.4% of Stack Overflow users identified as having a disability ~ @Aardrian #A11yToConf
— The Paciello Group (@paciellogroup) September 29, 2017
Some of the designs given to developers are a bit like photos of cake – no recipe on making it happen says @IanPouncey #a11y #A11yTOConf pic.twitter.com/oO47QekAMF
— Nicolas Steenhout (@vavroom) September 29, 2017
#a11yTOConf VoiceOver #selfie challenge! @TD_Canada pic.twitter.com/CSI7syJL50
— Aidan Tierney (@AidanA11y) September 28, 2017
"Automated testing is _not_ a substitute for manual testing." @rydbergk #a11yTOConf
— Scott Vinkle (@svinkle) September 29, 2017
Great #a11y writing tips from @stephaniehobson – consider cognitive disabilities by focusing on the functional effects. #A11yToConf pic.twitter.com/9vDlkGgXyd
— Kalamuna (@kalamuna) September 28, 2017
Mobile keyboard types are important says @chriscm2006. Email, numbers, passwords. Makes a difference for #a11y and #UX. #A11yToConf pic.twitter.com/mS4rUw4sPp
— Nicolas Steenhout (@vavroom) September 28, 2017
7 replies on “Accessibility Toronto Conference a big success!”
Grateful to have been able to participate in this terrific conference experience! Loved the live ASL and CART as well. 🙂 One more slide deck to add to the list: our talk “Designing & Developing for Apple TV” can be found here: https://is.gd/UFgzj6
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Awesome summary! It was definitely a great conference that helped reinforce why we need to be accessibility champions and even more inspiration on how we can continue to think of inclusive design beyond code. Also, thanks for collecting all the resources. I was going through all the tweets myself and now I have ALL the tabs open!
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