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Digital Accessibility: Thinking Beyond WCAG and Compliance: Chris Scholtens

February 6 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Free
Digital Accessibility: Thinking Beyond WCAG and Compliance with Chris Scholtens on Thursday, February 6th at 10 AM Central.
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 disabilities—such as ADHD, dyslexia, or color blindness—organizations can innovate accessibility solutions that are perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. How do we strive for genuine accessibility efforts instead of performative actions, prioritizing user benefit over optics? Beyond benefitting users, investing in accessibility fosters innovation, expands market reach, and enhances brand loyalty.

These meetups take place via Zoom and are live captioned. You must register to attend via Zoom.

About the Speaker

Chris is a Product Manager who is deeply passionate about delivering valuable products to customers, a lover of gadgets, tea, Apple products, board games, old jazz and blues albums, comic books, accessible products, and delightful UX.

Event Information

Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors:

Accessibility & Accommodations

This meetup will be held virtually over Zoom and live captioned, thanks to our sponsors. Slide links will be provided when applicable, and presenters are encouraged to make slides as accessible as possible with alternative text for images, etc.

We’re working to secure sponsors so that we can offer ASL interpretation.

All are welcome to attend. If you need specific accommodations to make this meetup work for you, please contact us and we will try our best to accommodate you.

Code of Conduct

Please note that this group is a welcoming space for all. As this event is part of the official WordPress Meetup program, all attendees must follow the WordPress Online Code of Conduct.

By RSVPing to this meetup, you agree to abide by these guidelines. If you have concerns that the Online Code of Conduct is not being followed, don’t hesitate to get in touch with an organizer.

Details

Date:
February 6
Time:
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cost:
Free
Event Category:
Website:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8117343594733/WN_y0ED73dxRZaP7x7v7DY4aQ

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