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From: Cyndi Rowland
Date: Nov 7, 2022 2:01PM

Nathan, what are you hoping to learn about? The more technical side of it (eg HTML, ARIA), or accessibility of extensions (Word, PDF, PowerPoint, InDesign)? I imagine there will not be a single location for courses so knowing what you are interested in will help whomever is making the recommendation.

Cyndi Rowland, Ph.D.,
Executive Director, WebAIM
Utah State University Institute on Disability
Ph: 435-797-3381
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> On Nov 7, 2022, at 9:28 AM, Nathan Clark < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> I am a software tester.
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>
>> On 11/7/22, <EMAIL REMOVED> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> It depends on which part of the accessibility industry you're in, such as
>> websites, documents, apps, audio / video media, government, or academia.
>> Although there's a lot of common concepts among those areas, they also are
>> vastly different.
>>
>> Is it time to acquire knowledge in one of those other areas?
>>
>> A good place to get a smorgasbord of ideas is at next week's Accessing
>> Higher Ground conference. https://accessinghigherground.org/ This year it
>> will be an in-person conference with virtual attendance for some sessions,
>> so it's not too late to register and attend. A couple of quick sessions
>> might spark ideas of what you'd like to study next.
>>
>> I've been in the accessibility field for more than 25 years and I always
>> learn many new things, techniques or ideas at the AHG conference. (And I'm
>> always proud to be accepted to present there, too.)
>>
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