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Re: Accessibility training?

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From: Chaals McCathie Nevile
Date: May 3, 2016 5:05AM

On Mon, 02 May 2016 15:04:18 +0100, Gillen, Lori
< <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I have always wanted to raise accessibility awareness, but the problem
> is that while I have a great deal of passion, I've never received any
> training. Where did all of you receive your training, and how did you
> actually get your first job?

I got my first job from my Mum. In the 1980s. It would now be illegal for
me to do it at that age.

I got my training from doing - trial, and far too many errors.

There are a great many places you can volunteer - not least by working
with W3C to improve materials they have, which will also expose you to a
mass of information that can help you learn stuff.

I'm particularly interested in the moment in making more accessible
graphics - although there is a long tradition of studying graphic
communication to determine how accessible it is, this seems to have barely
entered the world of Web development and in particular the world of Web
Accessibility. If you want to try some learning tasks, I've got quite a
list…

cheers

Chaals

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