April #a11ychat – Violation or Best Practice?

By Caitlin Cashin

April 1, 2013

Not Foolin’

This month’s #a11ychat will be taking place on April 15th, from 5-6pm EST. Our topic this month is “Violation or Best Practice?” There are many accessibility standards that are up for debate – are some accessibility issues actually violations or simply a violation of best practice? The Deque team of Denis Boudreau, Glenda Sims, Todd Liebsch, Paul Adam, and Paul Bohman, are ready with some standards that they themselves have wrangled with, and they’re looking for a second opinion.

Join the debate and help us shed a little light on some cloudy issues.

If you’re new to #a11ychat or tweetchats in general, visit our #a11ychat How-to Guide.

Caitlin Cashin

Caitlin is an "Accessibility Decoder" at Deque Systems. She joined the team back in 2011 and has taken on a variety of roles over the years. These days she spends her time exploring the best ways to communicate accessibility ideas and solutions to the general public.

Tags: a11y , A11ychat , Accessibility , accessibility best practices , compliance , denis boudreau , deque , glenda sims , Web Accessibility , Web Content Accessibility Guidelines , web standards

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