Accessibility 101

A presentation at Webmontag Frankfurt – Ignite Special 2010 in March 2010 in Frankfurt, Germany by Eric Eggert

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101 Accessibility Eric Eggert, yatil.de, Global Ignite Week (Frankfurt), 2010-03-01

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(Almost.) Everyone here is disabled . (Or will be at some time.)

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“People need not be limited by physical handicaps as long as they are not disabled in spirit.”

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di ! erent input

mechanisms & di ! erent output

mechanisms

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We don’t need special websites for people with special requirements.

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Accessible websites help everyone.

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Have you ever forgotten to buy new batteries for your mouse?

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Designing for our future selves.

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14-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ 0 25 50 75 100 1998 2008

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Making great websites is fun .

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The web enables people to do things beyond their abilities.

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Thank you!

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Images • Slide 3 & 4: • http://epicwinftw.com/2010/01/29/stephen-hawking-lego/ • Slide 5: • Trackball: http://www.vowiki.at/index.php?title=Bild:Infogriptrackball.jpg • http://www.assistiveware.com/videos.php • Slide 7: • http://www.flickr.com/photos/karola/4017466586/in/photostream/ (Karola Riegler) • http://www.bizeps.or.at/oegsvideo.php?nr=9593 (ÖGS video still image) • http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html (TED video) • http://live.gnome.org/Orca (Orca screen reader) • Slide 8: • http://www.flickr.com/photos/yatil/galleries/72157623414493993/ by @ScreenOrigami • Slide 10: • http://failblog.org/2008/09/05/ramp-fail/ (Failblog) • http://accessibility-fail.dreamwidth.org/1101.html (found at accessibility-fail.dreamwidth.org)

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Images • Slide 11: • http://www.hauptbahnhof-wien.at/ • Slide 12 & 13: • http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html • Slide 15: • http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/ • Slide 20: • http://thereifixedit.com/2009/08/16/epic-kludge-photo-santas-towing-service/