[Accessibleweb] Design and accessibility at Interact Seattle 2/17/2010

[Wendy Chisholm]

Hello all,

I'll be speaking/leading a discussion next Wednesday evening at  
Interact Seattle. It would be great to have you involved in the  
discussion. Here's the blurb:

Every third Wed 7:00 – 8:30pm at Bellevue Place where the Hyatt is  
located. Free parking after 6:00 pm is located under the hotel. We  
meet in the Hyatt Board room on the second level in the Atrium ( big  
dome), Look for our great new Sign. If you get lost call Eric at :  
206.779.0314

Our meetings are always free.

This month Wendy Chisholm is talking about Accessibility Makes the  
Experience More Usable by More People.

Wendy is a user experience person by passion. Her focus is on  
creating experiences (both online and off) that are accessible to  
people with disabilities which in turn should
make the experience more usable by more people. She is curious about
talking with you about applying universal design to your own work and
she may challenge your assumptions about people with disabilities;  
She also hopes you challenge her assumptions about design and what’s  
practical.


Wendy is looking towards the future (participates in the HTML5 Working
Group) and wants to pick your brains about where the web is headed and
how we can ensure it is inclusive…how can we make universal design
cheap and easy? i.e., how do we make accessibility accessible? What
barriers have you run into while making your work accessible? Or has
it never been an issue? If not, why not?

More information at:
http://www.interactseattle.org/?p=455

Wendy Chisholm
Web Accessibility Specialist
http://sp1ral.com/about
http://staff.washington.edu/chiswa/
twitter: wendyabc