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From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Aug 1, 2016 10:24PM

For about the third time, my firm is being asked to make a childrens'
activity PDF book accessible, and this one is proving to be the most
challenging one yet! These PDF books are designed for primary- to
middle-school kids and focus on learning specific topics, such as nature.



Are there any published guidelines for this type of activity/educational
material? I haven't found anything yet in my searches.



Of course we'll make the text accessible with tags, headings, and lists.
Since the graphics are critical, we're adding visually rich Alt-text so that
children learn the basic visual characteristics of the flowers or animals at
the nature center.



But what can be done for an activity with directions like "draw a picture of
what you saw at the nature center"? Our team has come up with these
possibilities:

a. Keep the box for drawing and add a nearby form field/text box where
kids can type in the items they saw.

b. Remove the box for drawing and have only the form field/text box
for typing.

c. Create 2 parallel PDFs, one "as is" for printing, and one that's
customized for digital accessibility, including adjusting the activities for
accessibility.



This project also has crossword puzzle. Any methods or suggestions for
making it accessible in a PDF?



Thanks in advance for any suggestions about this type of material.



--Bevi Chagnon



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