Training Support Staff on Accessibility: Donata Stroink-Skillrud
Learning Outcomes:
- Know what an Accessibility Support Policy is.
- Understand what an Accessibility Support Policy should include and how to draft one.
- Learn how to communicate your Accessibility Support Policy to your support staff.
- Get ideas for how to create your own Accessibility Support Training and what it should include (e.g. why does accessibility matter in support, legal requirements, types of disabilities, categories of disabilities, assistive technologies, accessible communication practices, accommodation requests, how to handle issues, respectful language and tone, examples and scenarios).
These meetups take place via Zoom and are live captioned. You must register to attend via Zoom.
About the Speaker
Donata Stroink-Skillrud is an attorney licensed in Illinois and a Certified Information Privacy Professional. She is the President and Legal Engineer behind Termageddon, LLC, a software as a service that has generated tens of thousands of website policies and kept them up to date with changing legislation. Donata is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, Board Member of the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative and Chair of the ABA’s ePrivacy Committee.
Event Information
Sponsors
Thank you to our sponsors:
- Live Captioning + Transcription: GoDaddy
- Organizer and Host: Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker
- Your Business here! Learn about sponsorship
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.