Equalize Digital
Website Accessibility Consulting, Training, and Development
Don't you love all the great AI tools available at the moment? Specifically, aren't all the captions design tools fantastic? All those options! Animations, flashing effects, typography, graphic treatments... Aren't they so creative and ...
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In this session, Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, shares the latest findings from her annual Page Builder Accessibility Report. This session reveals how popular WordPress page builders stack up in terms of accessibility — which ones have ...
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Drawing on their extensive experience in accessibility-focused consulting and staffing, Catherine and Kate discussed effective strategies for recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding individuals with disabilities. Catherine and Kate covered practical ...
In this talk, Angela and David explored practical strategies for working with options in Elementor that allow you to make your site more WCAG compliant, including: Angela and David provided a few custom code snippets to improve accessibility of ...
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How does an annual accessibility conference grow into a national industry association with real policy influence? This meetup is an inspiring and practical conversation about scaling an accessibility-focused initiative into an organization with ...
This is a beginner-friendly session where Maria explored ARIA, when to use it (and when not to), and best practices for ensuring an inclusive digital experience. Thanks to Our Sponsor Kinsta provides managed hosting services for WordPress. ...
At the May 19, 2025, WordPress Accessibility Meetup, agency leaders gathered for a panel discussion focused on how to sell accessibility in WordPress projects. Moderated by Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, the conversation featured insights ...
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In this session, Amber and Steve explored the critical decision-making process behind determining whether a website can be remediated for accessibility compliance or if it needs to be completely rebuilt from scratch. Amber and Steve covered key ...
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Good design isn’t just about making things look nice. It’s about making your products easy to use and accessible for everyone. In this presentation, Shannon Towell, a seasoned Experience Designer, broke down the key elements to watch for when ...
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Every company is strongly invested in their brand colors, even when these don’t meet contrast ratio requirements against their site’s background color. From an accessibility specialist’s perspective, it’s essential to know where these colors cannot ...
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A well-executed designer-to-developer handoff is key to ensuring a website is not only accessible but also stays true to the design that has been carefully and thoughtfully crafted. So, how can a designer make sure the finished website is accessible ...
This presentation explored the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) related to video and audio accessibility, including requirements for captions, transcripts, sign language interpretation, and audio descriptions. Amber broke down essential ...
This four-part presentation covered (a) the federal and state laws that require (or maybe do not require) that business websites be accessible to those with disabilities, (b) what it means for a website to be accessible to those with disabilities, ...
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Move beyond mere WCAG compliance to create genuinely accessible digital experiences. While WCAG provides an essential baseline, focusing solely on checklists can limit meaningful user impact. By understanding the diverse needs of individuals with ...
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From creating persona-like character sheets to role-playing these characters during a project's planning, design, development, and testing phases, you will learn how to improve the user experience-based development and overall accessibility of your ...
Since the navigation menu is typically the first and most-used point of user interaction within a website, the menu must be accessible to all users – including those navigating the site through assistive technologies. This becomes even more important ...
This is an interactive workshop to plan your accessibility goals and strategy for 2025. Amber showcased the process of creating an accessibility remediation roadmap, with recommendations for prioritizing fixes and creating a timeline. The talk ...
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A lack of financial foresight means accessibility oversight. In this presentation, Chris Hinds covered essential accessibility products and services that should be part of every budget. Gain insight into what typical costs are for accessibility ...
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One common and frustrating experience for a user with disabilities is when software they've depended on releases an update...and loses the accessibility it once had. It's easy to imagine this is an isolated experience, but it's shockingly common. ...
Continue Reading about Managing Plugin Accessibility for the Long Term: Joe Dolson
Aim for perfection and accept excellence along the way. CodeGeek's mission was to redesign and rebuild the transportation website for the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, conformant with WCAG 2.2 guidelines. At CodeGeek, they wanted to take it a step ...