MO Web Accessibility Summit: Sessions/Schedule

Lainie Strange, State of Missouri – OA/ITSD

This is for anyone who creates any content for a website (web content, social media content or documents).

In this introductory session, we will cover:

• What is web accessibility and who Is it for?
• How to use assistive technology to check for web accessibility
• Accessibility law, standards and the POUR concept
• How to implement accessibility features in documents

Marie Cohan, State of Texas – Department of Information Resources

(2 sessions)

Audience: Anyone involved in the procurement process of third-party IT content like: 

1. Web, mobile, cloud-based services
2. Web software licensing
3. Document creation shared on web, mobile or cloud-based services
4. Video, Audio, Multimedia services

Best Practices related to Procurement and Digital Accessibility: Solicitation (2pm session)

• Governance
• Procurement Lifecycle
• Drafting a solicitation – scope, accessibility language, and expectations
• Pre-bid opportunity for agencies and vendors – review scope and expectations, Q&A
• Courtesy reviews and training
• Responses – administrative review

Best Practices related to Procurement and Digital Accessibility: Evaluation (3pm session)

• Scope Review and Products and Services in the response
• Documentation Review – ACRs, PDAA, and other
• Risk Assessment
• Exceptions
• Negotiating
• Monitoring

Anna Moltado, Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council

This session will explore the conceptual models of disability and how our experiences and biases can impact communications in our work. How we perceive disability impacts our messaging. It can create barriers to the inclusive work we strive to do, as well as perpetuate barriers for the lives people with disabilities wish to live. Learn about communication strategies that lay a foundation for people with disabilities to create systemic change.

Key takeaways 

• Learn How to make accessible communications.
• Have a clear understanding of how to properly address disability in today’s day and age in communications. 
• Audit suggestion tools to check accessibility. 

Julie Brinkhoff, Business Services Consultant – University of Missouri

On April 24, 2024, the Federal Register published the Department of Justice Department’s final rule updating its regulations for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This session will discuss the web content and mobile application app updates in regards to accessibility for people with disabilities.

Brenda Whitlock, Missouri Assistive Technology

Missouri’s AT Toolkit is a set of web accessibility testing tools to aid in website and document accessibility testing, put together in a physical toolbag for the Tester. Utilizing the assistive technology gives the web developer and/or content creator a more authentic perspective of how content is perceivable and operable by a person who uses AT.

What’s in the Toolkit?

1. An HP laptop with software including:

• Dragon Professional
• ZoomText
• SofType onscreen keyboard
• NVDA screenreader
• HelperBird Browser extension

1. An iPad
2. Jelly Bean Switch
3. Headset
4. HeadMouse Nano

Session participants will learn how to use and test each device in the Toolkit.

Web Accessibility checklists for each device will be provided, along with additional resources. Attendees will have opportunity for hands-on testing at AT stations.

Lainie Strange, State of Missouri – OA/ITSD

In this session, we will review a sample organization-wide web accessibility roadmap document, The roadmap provides the step-by-step direction an organization needs to become compliant with the Federal 2024 DOJ Title II final rule (and if applicable, the state’s Web Accessibility law and standard).

We will also discuss how to implement the accessibility plan document. Depending upon the size or structure of your organization, you may have one or more plans set up for different divisions or offices. The plan assists with a long-term strategy to continue improvements to the accessibility of information. The plan document summarizes web accessibility standards and protocol and ongoing management plan.

Tentative

Ian White and A.J. Womack – State of Missouri – OA/ITSD

This session will cover: 

• What is a data visualization (AKA, “viz”) – Graphs, Charts, Maps, Infographics

Best Practice and Tips on:

• Proper use of colors & color contrast
• How to create easy to understand visualizations
• Translating it for non-visual users & alternative text/formats
• Tools to test data visualization accessibility