Get the scoop on creating accessible Websites from one of the world’s top experts.
Saturday September 22 - 5:30 PM
Engaging, surprising, and inspiring, Derek Featherstone is an internationally-known authority on accessibility and web development, a respected technical trainer, and author.
In this hour, he will help you:
- grasp the difference between accessibility for web apps and for websites
- build intelligently – plan for accessibility from the outset of a project
- understand the significance of JavaScript and how to use it wisely
- implement simple HTML techniques that help ensure accessibility success
- recognize the impact of Ajax and dynamically-generated content on people with disabilities – and know what to do about it
- create an effective strategy for building more accessible applications that work with current assistive technology and anticipate future developments
- see how various assistive technologies interact with modern web development techniques such as DOM Scripting and know how to make developmental decisions based on this first-hand experience
- define best practices for testing the accessibility of your own web applications