Chief Information Accessibility Officer

Glenda Sims

Glenda Sims is the Chief Information Accessibility Officer at Deque, where she shares her expertise and passion for the open web with government organizations, educational institutions, and companies ranging in size from small business enterprise.

Glenda Sims

Glenda’s bio

Glenda is an adviser and co-founder of AIR-University (Accessibility Internet Rally) and AccessU. She serves as an accessibility consultant, judge, and trainer for Knowbility, an organization whose mission is to support the independence of people with disabilities by promoting the availability of barrier free IT. In 2010 Glenda co-authored the book InterACT with Web Standards: A holistic approach to Web Design.

Posts from Glenda

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Understanding WCAG 2.1 – Reviewing Mobile Success Criteria

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January 25, 2018 By Glenda Sims

Hi, everyone! I’m back to talk more about WCAG 2.1 and its latest December 7th working draft. Our focus today will be on the ten new success…

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Understanding WCAG 2.1 – Reviewing Cognitive Success Criteria

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January 9, 2018 By Glenda Sims

  Hello, everyone! We are back on our accessibility adventure through WCAG 2.1, the seventh public working draft! This draft was published on December seventh…

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Understanding WCAG 2.1 – Reviewing Low Vision Success Criteria

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December 14, 2017 By Glenda Sims

  Hi, everyone! I’m back to talk more about WCAG 2.1 and its latest December 7th working draft. We actually had a separate recording of…

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Understanding WCAG 2.1: What to Expect

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November 16, 2017 By Glenda Sims

Here we are on a quest to answer the question “What is WCAG 2.1?” My intention is to address this in a few posts. You…

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Understanding WCAG 2.1: A History of WCAG

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November 1, 2017 By Glenda Sims

What is WCAG 2.1? Ooo that’s an exciting question. I’d like to address it in parts if you don’t mind. My name is Glenda “The…

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Accessibility Prioritization: Your Tactical Roadmap [Part 2]

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February 25, 2016 By Glenda Sims

In the post I published a few days ago I shared how to  efficiently create a strategic accessibility prioritization plan.The strategy is based on the…

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