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Accessible UX: Challenge the Limits

Glenda Sims, Chief Information Accessibility Officer at Deque
Patrick Sturdivant, Vice President and Principal Strategy Consultant at Deque

When you implement accessible UX, you create a fully-formed end product. Rather than thinking that providing for disabled people takes away from your designs, it actually enhances them. Join disability advocates and digital experts Glenda Sims and Patrick Sturdivant as they challenge the limits of digital accessibility and prove that dynamic and complex digital experiences can be fun and functional for all. We will also learn how adhering to disability legal requirements results in excellent universal design and increased market share.

Wednesday 10 August 2022

Wednesday 10 August 2022

18:00 Irish time

Webinar agenda

In this talk, Glenda and Patrick will introduce us to the key concepts of being a digital a11y. Through engaging presentations and practical demonstrations, we will learn why digital accessibility is so important and see its impact in action.

We will learn about:
  • The main disability types
  • The high level definition of a11y
  • The innovation behind Universal Design

Speaker

Glenda Sims
Glenda Sims
Chief Information Accessibility Officer

Glenda “the good witch” Sims knows good access. As the Chief Information Accessibility Officer at Deque, the web and mobile accessibility solutions company, she shares her expertise and passion for the open web. With a background in development at the University of Texas, she is the co-author of A11Y Wars: The Accessibility Interpretation Problem and the co-founder of the AccessU conference, which celebrates accessible digital design. She is also on the IAAP Global Leadership Council and a member of the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group at the W3C.

Patrick Sturdivant
Patrick Sturdivant
Vice President and Principal Strategy Consultant

Patrick Sturdivant has worked in IT for over 30 years and promotes the full engagement of people with disabilities. Focusing on accessibility testing for the last 8 years, Patrick has dedicated his career to solving this problem of inclusion for all through awareness, sharing his story and injecting a healthy amount of technology to make the work easier.