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Podcast #91: Game Plan, CSS, Lawsuits & Events

Post author By Dennis
Post date July 5, 2011
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Dennis and Ross discuss the “Accessibility Game Plan”, a couple good CSS tips, upcoming events, and a few lawsuits, and more!

Download Web Axe Episode 91 (Game Plan, CSS, Lawsuits & Events)

Transcript of podcast 91

What’s New

Ross’ book update
Accessible Twitter is now Easy Chirp!

The Game Plan

Barriers to Improving the Accessibility Game Plan
Accessibility: Let’s put away the wrecking ball!
Takeaways:
- It about semantics (pun): universal design, inclusive design
- Educate others in a web camp, Refresh chapter, UPA.
- Share your and others’ solutions.
- Practice what you preach.
- Advocate accessibility groups, websites, etc.

Careful with CSS

Testing the accessibility of the CSS-generated content (with before/after pseudo selectors)
CSS Background Images and Accessibility

Lawsuits

Berkeley-based nonprofit sues CNN.com for not captioning online videos and CNN Being Sued For Lack Of Closed-Captioning Online
National Association of the Deaf Files Disability Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Netflix and Netflix sued by deaf group over lack of subtitles
Court to Hear Argument in JetBlue Accessibility Case. “JetBlue has asked Judge to throw the case out of court, arguing that California’s disability civil rights laws do not apply to JetBlue’s website or kiosks.”
Just announced: Blind Students Sue Florida State University for Discrimination

Conferences & Events

Jobs

Scotiabank seeks a Project Leader Accessibility and Inclusion (contract), Toronto, Canada
Mozilla seeks an Accessibility Engineer
New Editions Consulting (for DHS?) seeks a Senior Accessibility Analyst in Washington, DC. Ability to successfully complete a secret clearance is required.
Just announced: Web Accessibility Engineer at MIT

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Even More Web Accessibility Jobs

Post author By Dennis
Post date January 25, 2011
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Great to list even more accessibility jobs!

Web Accessibility Specialist at Modis in Wilmington, DE (long-term contract). Modis is seeking aWeb Accessibility Specialistfor a long term contract position with their industry leading client.The Accessibility Specialist will be responsible for identifying and suggesting potential solutions for accessibility violations based on W3C WCAG 2.0 standards.

Web Accessibility Specialist at DeVry University, Wood Dale, Illinois. The primary purpose of this position is to consult with course developers on the guidelines and application of web accessibility to online courses created in Kinect. This includes researching section 508 and determining enhancements needed to course structure and media.

Accessibility Product Manager at RIM (BlackBerry) in Canada (Waterloo, Toronto, Ottawa). The Accessibility team is responsible for ensuring BlackBerry products and services are usable and accessible by the widest possible audience. This includes researching, specifying, designing and driving through to implementation various internal and external accessibility solutions. The successful candidate will be the voice of the customer and responsible for driving, from concept to implementation, emergency access BlackBerry solutions that meet the needs of persons with disabilities, wireless carrier partners and applicable legislation.

Accessibility Practice Lead, Atlanta, GA, 6-month contract. Collaborate with the User Experience and Development teams in planning, documenting and testing usable accessibility compliant interfaces. Proactively determine process, efficiencies, patterns, training and communication opportunities to improve our online experience for all users. Present and conduct training sessions for various teams on web accessibility process, planning, documentation and testing. Complete audits and test current and new products for compliance. Draft and maintain standards documents and remain abreast of trends and developments in the area of web and software accessibility.

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More Web Accessibility Jobs!

Post author By Dennis
Post date November 10, 2010
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Nice to see a few more open positions requiring some web accessibility skills!

Web Producer, TechSoup.org, San Francisco. (Full-time, Exempt). Job description includes “Knowledge of W3C web accessibility and markup standards required”.
Web Accessibility Coordinator at University of Iowa. Experience desired includes “Knowledge of WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 as they relate to technology”.
Web Developer for NAF (National Abortion Federation), Washington, D.C. Job description includes “conform to standards of usability and accessibility”.

Another! (via Jared Smith):
Director, Accessible Technology Initiative, California State University

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Web Accessibility Jobs

A good sign! Here are more than several job openings relating to web accessibility posted within the last month or so. (U.S. and Canada.)

Facebook: User Experience – Accessibility (Palo Alto, CA)
Salesforce.com seeks Senior Accessibility Specialist (San Francisco, CA)
Contract job Web Portal #Accessibility Business Analyst (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Online Communications Coordinator/Web Developer at The National Abortion Federation (Washington, D.C.)
ADVANTIS Global Services seeks Senior Front End Developer (Charlotte NC)
CGI Consulting seeks a Section 508 Accessibility Specialist (Fairfax VA)
Deque Systems seeks a Section 508 Tester (Washington, D.C.)
Apple has four accessibility engineering opportunities (Cupertino, CA)

For more, on Twitter, follow my account @webaxe and @a11yjobs. Kudos also to @ppatel and @lauraupcott.

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Job Opening for Web Accessibility QA

Post author By Dennis
Post date June 26, 2007
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If you or someone you know has good experience and knowledge in Web Accessibility, and wants a good job in California (Silicon Valley), please contact me, Dennis, at webaxe at gmail dot com. The position is in the QA department for a company that does a financial web application.