Event Logistics, Date and Time: , Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 7:30 p.m., Format:, Attend online through A11y NYC Meetup, Event Description, Most of our time online is typically spent reading text, yet we don't often consider how accessible that text is. The typefaces, fonts, and text styling used can have a significant impact on the user experience — and there are few accessibility guidelines that relate to text accessibility. This session will provide an overview of how reading is processed in the human mind, and how to minimize the…, Presenter Bio, Jared Smith is the Associate Director of WebAIM. He is a highly demanded presenter and trainer and has provided web accessibility training to tens of thousands of web professionals throughout the world. With over 20 years of experience working in the web design, development, and accessibility field, he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that is used to help others create and maintain…
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Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) is a free 24-hour online event for the global community. It celebrates inclusive design and shares knowledge and ideas from analogue to digital, from design to development, from planners to practitioners, and everything and everyone in between. Some of the sessions that will be offered: Beyond 99 Red Balloons - A Pragmatic guide to alternative text How Project…, How to join, No sign-up. No registration. All sessions are streamed live and publicly on the Inclusive Design 24 YouTube channel – see the entire playlist for the event . Live captions for each session will be available. Have a question for a presenter? No problem! Tweet your questions to @id24conf using the #id24 hashtag and our moderators will make sure they get them answered for you.
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Disability rights activity, writer, and speaker Emily Ladau has released her first book, Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally . This practical, intersectional guide offers all readers a welcoming place to understand disability as part of the human experience., About the book, People with disabilities are the world’s largest minority, an estimated 15 percent of the global population. But many of us—disabled and nondisabled alike—don’t know how to act, what to say, or how to be an ally to the disability community. Demystifying Disability is a friendly handbook on the important disability issues you need to know about, including: How to appropriately think, talk, and…, How to purchase the book, This book is available in various print, audio, and digital formats at Penguin Random House .
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The Digital Experience team has launched a new Provide Inclusive Meetings and Events page on the Inclusive by Design site. This page can be found in the How to Create an Inclusive Experience section of the site. The goal of the page is to provide presenters and event coordinators with general guidelines on how to ensure meetings and events are disability inclusive, including how to create…
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axe-con is an open and inclusive digital accessibility conference that welcomes developers, designers, business users, and accessibility professionals of all experience levels to a new kind of accessibility conference focused on building, testing, and maintaining accessible digital experiences. The conference will be held virtually Tuesday, March 15 through Thursday, March 17th, 2022. You can…
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Teach Access has launched the latest iteration of the Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit on GitHub. The move to GitHub will allow us to post translations of the job positions and interview questions going forward. The goal of the Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit is to help organizations build internal capacity for producing accessible digital products by developing a knowledgeable and…
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Registration and the call for speakers is official open for axe-con 2023 , which will happen on March 15 and 16, 2023. Axe-con is the world’s largest digital accessibility conference that welcomes developers, designers, business users, and accessibility professionals of all experience levels to an accessibility conference focused on building, testing, and maintaining accessible digital…
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The National Guard was formed on December 13, 1636, when the first militia regiments in North America were organized in Massachusetts. The colony's militia was organized into three permanent regiments - the 181st Infantry, the 182nd Infantry, the 101st Field Artillery, and the 101st Engineer Battalion of the Massachusetts Army National Guard - to better defend the colony. Learn more about the…
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Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) is a free 24-hour online event for the global community. It celebrates inclusive design and shares knowledge and ideas from analogue to digital, from design to development, from planners to practitioners, and everything and everyone in between. There is no sign up or registration. Check out this year's schedule and add sessions of interest to your calendar.
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The Origins of Hanukkah, The holiday is named Hanukkah, which means “dedication” in Hebrew, in honor of the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after a small band of Jewish people reclaimed it from the Syrian-Greeks in second century BCE. The group had a small amount of oil to light the Temple, which they expected to last only briefly; however, the oil continued to burn for eight nights. The lighting of the…, When and How Hanukkah is Observed, Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar. The, Hanukkah menorah, (or hanukkiah) is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah. Eight of the nine branches hold lights that symbolize the eight nights of the holiday; on each night, one more light is lit than the previous night, until on the final night all eight branches are ignited. The ninth branch holds a candle, called the shamash ("helper" or "servant"), used to light the other…, How to Wish Someone a Happy Hanukkah, There are several ways in which you can wish someone a Happy Hanukkah, including "Happy Hanukkah!" or one of the following:, Chag Sameach, (Happy Holiday): This saying is not limited to Hanukkah and can be used during any Jewish holiday;, Chag Urim Sameach, (Happy Festival of Lights); or, Hanukkah Sameach, (Happy Hanukkah).
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