Design for All Learners: Simple Accessibility Enhancements in Digital Content

Presented at Greater Atlanta ATD’s ACE 2024

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Resources

Balo, A. (2023, April 7). Designing for Colorblindness. The Verge. theverge.com/23650428/colorblindness-design-ui-accessibility-wordle

CAST. (2024.) Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 3.0. udl guidelines.cast.org

Evans. M. (2021, August 26). Captioning Videos FAQ. Meryl.net. meryl.net/captioning-videos-faq 

International Association of Accessibility Professionals. (n.d.). accessibilityassociation.org

Job Accommodation Network. (n.d.). askjan.org

Klapperich, G.N. (2024). TD at Work: Enhance Accessibility in Virtual Training Environments. td.org/product/p/252410

Microsoft. (n.d.). Microsoft Inclusive Design. inclusive.microsoft.design

Orey, M. (2017). TD at Work: Designing Section 508 Compliant Learning. td.org/product/p/251717

Perkins School for the Blind. (2023, July). How to Write Alt Text and Image Descriptions for the visually impaired. Perkins School for the Blind. perkins.org/resource/how-write-alt-text-and-image-descriptions-visually-impaired

Shilliday, A. (2024, October 1). Mind the Neurodivergent Mind. TD. td.org/content/td-magazine/mind-the-neurodivergent-mind

Soward, W. (n.d.). Neurodiversity Design System. Neurodiversity.design

U.S. General Services Administration. (n.d.). Federal plain language guidelines. plainlanguage.gov. plainlanguage.gov/guidelines

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). (2023, October 5). Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2. W3C. w3.org/TR/WCAG22.

Accessibility Tools

Hemingway Editor: hemingwayapp.com

WebAIM Contrast Checker: webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker

Accessibility champions to follow on LinkedIn

Meryl Evans, CPACC

Bela Gaytán, M.Ed. 

Ronny Hendriks

Kelsey Hoffman, CPACC

Britne Jenke, CPACC, CPTD

Gwen Navarrete Klapperich, CPTD, CPACC

Dr. Nicole L'Etoile

Star Peterson

Jamie Shields

Sonny Jane Wise