Abbreviations & Terms
A numeronym for accessibility
a11y
% of Canadians with a disability
14%
POUR
Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust
Perceivable: A way to translate visual information into text
Captions/transcript
The contrast ratio required for a AAA rating
7:1
An abbreviation for person with a disability or people with disabilities
PwD
Age range for "working-age" in Canada
15-64
W3C
Word Wide Web Consortium
Operable: The easiest way to test this principle
Disconnect your mouse and use your keyboard to navigate the page/site/course
"The design of mainstream products and/or services that are accessible to, and usable by, as many people as reasonably possible ... without the need for special adaptation or specialised design."
Inclusive Design
An abbreviation for temporarily able-bodied
TAB
Most common types of disabilities
Pain, flexibility & mobility
WAI
Web Accessibility Initiative
Understandable: A way to tell users how to enable the Save button in an empty form
Clear instructions/required field indicators
ARIA feature that announces on-screen changes that don't cause a page refresh/reload
Live regions
One of two models used to approach disability and accessibility structures and topics
Medical Model or Social Model
Difference in employment rates for people with disabilities and temporarily able-bodied people
25% (PWD = 50%, TAB = 75%)
ARIA
Accessible Rich Internet Application
Operable: A way for someone with dexterity or mobility issues to increase the area(s) on screen they interact with
The most important thing you can do for online accessibility
One of four categories of disability
Permanent, temporary, visible, invisible
Amount to increase all stats by, to get a better sense of the "real" impact
2-3x
WCAG
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Robust: The full name of the NVDA screen reader
NonVisual Desktop Access
ATAG
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines