{"id":4210,"date":"2020-07-21T00:32:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T05:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2020.minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=4210"},"modified":"2020-09-15T16:29:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T21:29:53","slug":"understanding-web-accessibility-from-the-human-perspective","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/understanding-web-accessibility-from-the-human-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Web Accessibility From the Human Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Making websites accessible to people with disabilities has become increasingly important as legal complications from non-accessible sites grow. Despite the rise in lawsuits and in available resources to learn about accessibility, it\u2019s still a topic unfamiliar to many who craft websites. To many unfamiliar with the concept, a dismissive attitude can exist, seeing it as a lawsuit-driven phenomenon. This talk will look at the human side of web accessibility and demonstrate why these often simple changes can make a significant difference in the lives of almost 20% of the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline slide-button is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" href=\"http:\/\/www.firelinkonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ADA-Presentation-for-WordCamp-Minneapolis-1.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:1px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>View Session Slides<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline slide-button is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bX9xa2w0T0o?t=14759\" style=\"border-radius:1px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>View Session <\/strong>Video<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making websites accessible to people with disabilities has become increasingly important as legal complications from non-accessible sites grow. Despite the rise in lawsuits and in available resources to learn about accessibility, it\u2019s still a topic unfamiliar to many who craft websites. To many unfamiliar with the concept, a dismissive attitude can exist, seeing it as &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/understanding-web-accessibility-from-the-human-perspective\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Understanding Web Accessibility From the Human Perspective&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14583243,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1598032800,"_wcpt_session_duration":2700,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"http:\/\/www.firelinkonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ADA-Presentation-for-WordCamp-Minneapolis-1.pdf","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[4059],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[36],"session_category":[31,29,39,28,40],"class_list":["post-4210","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-track-2","wcb_session_category-all-skill-levels","wcb_session_category-being-human","wcb_session_category-business","wcb_session_category-design-ux","wcb_session_category-site-management"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"session_date_time":{"date":"August 21, 2020","time":"1:00 pm"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"4059","slug":"mychelle-blake","name":"Mychelle Blake","link":"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/mychelle-blake\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":"All Skill Levels, Being Human, Business, Design\/UX, Site Management","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/4210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/4210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6056,"href":"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/4210\/revisions\/6056"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/4059"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/mychelleblake"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=4210"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=4210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}