{"id":242106,"date":"2014-11-12T22:48:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T03:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=242106"},"modified":"2014-11-15T15:39:47","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T20:39:47","slug":"accessibility-a-feature-you-can-build","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/session\/accessibility-a-feature-you-can-build\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility &#8211; A feature you can build"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>With <a href=\"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/monika-piotrowicz\/\" title=\"Speaker info\">Monika Piotrowicz<\/a> in the <a href=\"\/track\/a11y\" title=\"Accessibility track listing\">Accessibility<\/a> track<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Web Accessibility - A feature you can build\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/J0pDNgRs5HcUdm\" width=\"427\" height=\"356\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe> <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:5px\"> <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/accessibility-a-feature-you-can-build-41597281\/41597281\" title=\"Web Accessibility - A feature you can build\" target=\"_blank\">Web Accessibility &#8211; A feature you can build<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/mpiotrowicz\" target=\"_blank\">Monika Piotrowicz<\/a><\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>Making a website or application accessible can be an overwhelming task for a lot of developers, especially if you\u2019re not already an expert. Looking at all the complex regulations, specs, and articles on the topic, where should we begin? In this talk, I\u2019ll walk through some of the challenges I faced when working through accessibility requirements for the first time. By thinking about accessibility as we would any other feature, it becomes less of a scary unknown requirement, and instead something we can plan for and implement to create a more open web for all.<\/p>\n<h2>Learning Outcomes<\/h2>\n<p>Attendees of this talk will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>know what the term &#8220;accessibility&#8221; means<\/li>\n<li>learn about some of the practical implications of a11y<\/li>\n<li>learn about a11y-related dev tools<\/li>\n<li>leave with tips on how they can make their next app more accessible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Monika Piotrowicz in the Accessibility track Web Accessibility &#8211; A feature you can build from Monika Piotrowicz Making a website or application accessible can be an overwhelming task for a lot of developers, especially if you\u2019re not already an expert. Looking at all the complex regulations, specs, and articles on the topic, where should &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/session\/accessibility-a-feature-you-can-build\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accessibility &#8211; A feature you can build<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7390768,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1416065400,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[242104],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[390011],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-242106","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-a11y"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"session_date_time":{"date":"November 15, 2014","time":"10:30 am"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"242104","slug":"monika-piotrowicz","name":"Monika Piotrowicz","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/monika-piotrowicz\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/242106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7390768"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/242106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242231,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/242106\/revisions\/242231"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/242104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=242106"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=242106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}