Additional Accessibility Topics
Mine Dogucu
2022-03-07
Review
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
“Universal design” means the design of products, environments, programmes and services to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. “Universal design” shall not exclude assistive devices for particular groups of persons with disabilities where this is needed.
5.9 percent of people with a disability are deaf or have serious difficulty hearing
The video shows the word "data" in American Sign Language.
Captioning
Closed Caption (CC): Is separate than the video file. Can be turned on and off.
Open Caption (OC): Is embedded to the video file. Cannot be off.
Subtitle: In a different language than the original content.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) by Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
WCAG: Four Principles
Perceivable: Users must be able to perceive the information being presented.
Operable: Users must be able to operate the interface.
Understandable: Information and the operation of user interface must be understandable.
Robust: Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies.
Dashbaord Evaluation
In breakout rooms evaluate the following dashboards based on the four WCAG principles.
-a random workout plan generator
Dashbaord Evaluation
In breakout rooms evaluate the following dashboards based on the four WCAG principles.
-a random workout plan generator
For checking whether the dashboards are operable or not, try using the dashboards with a screen reader and also try using the dashboards only with keyboard.
Accessibility as Career
84% of industry respondents say it is important or very important to their company to hire developers and designers with accessible technology skills.
Accessibility as Career
84% of industry respondents say it is important or very important to their company to hire developers and designers with accessible technology skills.
60% said it was difficult or very difficult for their organization to find job candidates with accessibility skills. 0% said it was easy or very easy.
Accessibility as Career
84% of industry respondents say it is important or very important to their company to hire developers and designers with accessible technology skills.
60% said it was difficult or very difficult for their organization to find job candidates with accessibility skills. 0% said it was easy or very easy.
83% have seen a moderate or significant increase in demand for accessibility skills. 93% of companies say this demand will increase in the future.
63% say their current staff don't have the accessible technology skills to meet their organizations' goals.
63% say their current staff don't have the accessible technology skills to meet their organizations' goals.
55% of companies say accessibility expertise is now part of their standard job description for new developer and designer positions.
63% say their current staff don't have the accessible technology skills to meet their organizations' goals.
55% of companies say accessibility expertise is now part of their standard job description for new developer and designer positions.
41% of companies consider accessibility certification credentials as a differentiator in hiring.
(Some) Accessibility Focused Jobs
Content Author/Producer
Front-End Developer
Instructional Designer
Legal Counsel
Multimedia Producer
Product Owner/Manager
Project Manager
Quality Assurance Tester
Sourcing/Procurement Officer
UX/Interaction Designer
UX Researcher
UX/Visual Designer
Content Editor/Publisher
Information Architect
Product Support
Social Media Editor/Publisher
Teach Access Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit
It might seem like accessibility is only important for designers and developers. Dr. Dogucu believes that accessibility knowledge is also relevant for data science positions as well since data scientists can be in positions to design (e.g. data visualization) and develop (e.g. dashboards).
Some preferred qualifications from the job post:
Previous experience with data visualization and making charts and graphs accessible.
Customer obsession and a real passion for both data and accessibility.