Kris interviews accessibility advocate Emily Ogle on a variety of topics concerning accessibility and people with disabilities (timestamps below).
Emily is an accessibility advocate and strategist who lives and breathes accessibility. She's an expert in WCAG and VPAT and trains people on accessibility using exercises she designed to provide perspective. Emily is also the Senior Accessibility Designer at CVS Health.
You can message Emily on LinkedIn and find more resources from Emily at the links below:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-ogle-pmp-cpacc-dhs-trusted-tester-aa540979/
Disability: let's say the world: https://www.a11yproject.com/posts/lets-say-the-word-disability/
Creating and Providing Training on Accessibility: https://www.3playmedia.com/resources/recorded-webinars/wbnr-04-08-2021-training/
0:00:Emily introduction
1:50: Why is accessibility essential
3:55: Emily's work at CVS
7:30: Emily's training
11:15: What is ableism
19:18: How to reduce ableism
25:06: What are microaggressions
32:30: VPATs
39:01: Overlay widgets
45:10: Final Thoughts
46:50: Emily's resources
#EmilyOgle #AccessibilityAdvocate #AccessibilityMatters
Transcript: https://adabook.com/emily-ogle-passion-accessibility/
Kris designed the ADA Compliance Course (ACC) as instructions you can give your team to fix the most commonly claimed issues in ADA website lawsuits. The ACC is really an SOP for your web team. Your team can get started in minutes at https://ADACompliance.net/.
Connect with Kris directly on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/adabook
https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisrivenburgh
Kris offers accessibility services including WCAG 2.1 AA manual audits and remediation at https://accessible.org.
Kris also wrote the book on ADA compliance for digital assets. You can find out more about The ADA Book at https://ADABook.com.
