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From: Cliff Tyllick
Date: Jun 16, 2015 12:19AM

Pratik, thanks for correcting the story on Drupal development. I have heard
from friends who are blind and develop websites that the admin interface of
Drupal is highly accessible. We spent a lot of time on that starting in
updates to Drupal 6. And I know Joseph O'Connor and Joe Dolson have been
working tirelessly to make WordPress a better tool for developing
accessible websites. (I hope I'm not leaving out anyone whose contributions
have been comparable—it's just that I know Joseph and Joe well enough to
know that they have been highly involved.)

For everyone else, if you're interested in how you can use Drupal to build
accessible websites, Mike Gifford is giving a webinar on that topic as part
of the Drupal Association Webcast Series today, June 16, at 3–4 p.m. EDT/
2–3 p.m. CDT/ noon–1 p.m. PDT. For folks in other time zones, I think
that's 7–8 p.m. UST, but you might double-check.

You can register for the webinar here:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2600404738422857217

Or, after the fact, find a link to the recorded webinar on the Web page of
the Drupal Association Webcast Series:
https://assoc.drupal.org/webcasts

John, I'm curious as to when all the work on making Joomla! accessible was
done. On joomla.org, it looks like the 3-member Joomla Accessibility
Working Group formed 3 months ago, and the accessibility issue queue has
only a handful of issues that are actually about accessibility and not
duplicates.

Cliff Tyllick
Accessibility Specialist
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Pratik Patel < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> " On a side note, development related to accessibility for Drupal and
> Joomla have been minimal in recent years while the WordPress development
> world is going
> gang-busters and has an active team of dedicated volunteers who are
> continuously improving the core and testing templates. Hence my move to WP
> and away
> from the other two CMSs."
>
> This is strictly not true for Drupal. It just happens to be pretty slow at
> major releases. 8.0 has been in development for several years now.
> Accessibility is a significant focus for Drupal 8. Quite a few people
> (including Mike Gifford from Canada) have put in a lot of work. That being
> said, however, Wordpress' rapid release and the recent focus on
> accessibility makes it seem like they're doing a lot of work. And they are.
> This combined with its focus on becoming a true CMS--as opposed to just a
> blogging platform--certainly makes Wordpress a viable platform.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pratik
>
>
>
> Pratik Patel
> Founder and CEO, EZFire
> M: 718-249-7019
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