Accessibility Legislation with Lee Eldridge

09/26/21 • 35 min

This is the second episode in a 6-part series all about Accessibility Changemakers: conversations with persons with disabilities, as well as allies of persons with disabilities, all of whom are working to make the world a more inclusive place through their creative leadership.

Meet Lee Eldridge, a workflow automations specialist who has a long history of helping facilitate accessible communications solutions. In this episode, Lee helps us understand what many clients, large and small, are thinking when it comes to organizational accessibility efforts. Lee suggests the need for freely-available, legislation-compliant accessibility training provided by the government to help more individuals create accessible communication pieces. Lee also speaks to the ways in which he feels governments might start reacting to accessibility non-compliance in the near future.

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Accessible Communication with Kevin Shaw

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This is the first episode in a 6-part series all about Accessibility Changemakers: conversations with persons with disabilities, as well as allies of persons with disabilities, all of whom are working to make the world a more inclusive place through their creative leadership.

Meet Kevin Shaw, an entrepreneur with a mission to build, lead and inspire. Kevin grew up with low vision and lost his vision entirely at the age of 19. In this conversation, Kevin speaks to the medical model of disability versus the social model of disability, including the ways in which people aren’t disabled; rather it’s environments that are disabling. Kevin explains how he navigates physical and digital spaces, demonstrating screen reading technology within accessible and inaccessible digital environments. Finally Kevin provides his take on what companies are doing right from an accessibility standpoint and where they still have a ways to go, leading him to explain his latest technology venture, MenuVox. This episode is a must-listen for anyone who designs digital spaces and documents, including websites, software and PDF files.

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Accessible Design Process with Josh Skinner

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This is the third episode in a 6-part series all about Accessibility Changemakers: conversations with persons with disabilities, as well as allies of persons with disabilities, all of whom are working to make the world a more inclusive place through their creative leadership.

Meet Josh Skinner, a Registered Graphic Designer (RGD), post-secondary instructor and senior product designer who is passionate about equity and accessibility. In this conversation, Josh discusses the design process and the role accessibility plays in it, the importance of truly defining what ‘accessibility’ means for your project and that accessibility can (and should) be more than a checklist. Furthermore, Josh sets the record straight that designing more inclusively does not have to mean losing your brand’s voice.

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