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From: Brian Lovely
Date: Jan 21, 2020 9:57AM

Honestly, if I was interviewing someone and they could explain to me the
difference between decorative and non-decorative images, explain what
should be the perceivable text of a non-decorative image, tell me about
roles and element semantics, and explain how keyboard-only and screen
reader users typically navigate content, I would be mighty impressed, and
would be tempted to think I could train them in the rest.

On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 11:18 AM Karlen Communications <
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> I'd add to the list knowing how to create accessible Word/word processed or
> PowerPoint/presentation documents as well as a basic understanding of
> tagged
> PDF.
>
> Cheers, Karen
>
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> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of
> Michael Ausbun
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 10:27 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: [WebAIM] Advice for those interested in accessibility
>
> Greetings,
> If you had someone, or a series of someones, interested in a
> career in accessibility, what advice might you give them to prepare or to
> ease their gaining, maintaining, or advancing a career in accessibility?
>
> * College/university degrees in computer science, software development,
> instructional design or educational technology?
> * Bootcamps designed around web development?
> * Just read the specifications!
> * I.A.A.P. is a good place to start!
> * Education around, and exposure to, training disabled people in the
> use
> of their technology?
> * A combination of these?
> * None of these!
> * Something else?
> I know a lot of disabled people who are unemployed or under employed,
> interested in a career in accessibility. Time and time again though, they
> are turned away from the table and provided little to no feedback in what
> specifically they can do to be better prepared to get a place at the table.
> I thought it might be a good idea to have others thoughts what it would
> take, so when I give advice to my network I can do so confident in the
> collective knowledge of experts who have, collectively, been around
> improving access for generations.
> Thanks for any thoughts!
> Respectfully,
> Michael
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Capital One Digital Accessibility
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