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.

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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.

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A11y Wars: The Accessibility Interpretation Problem

May 17, 2018 By Glenda Sims

Without a shared testing perspective, achieving accurate test results for compliance with WCAG 2.0 can be challenging and expensive. A common cause for inconsistent accessibility…

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Understanding WCAG 2.1 – Reviewing Mobile Success Criteria

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

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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