ISG Playbook
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Date
July 31, 2020
Attendees
| A Aponsah |
| Abhi |
| Casey Freeman |
| Daniel Miller |
| Divya - Charlie |
| Elizabeth Massiah |
| Eva Floyd |
| Hannah Spodick |
| Ian Hilton |
| Jason Corning |
| Jay |
| June Cho |
| Keenan Moore |
| Kelli Dicks |
| Kelly P. Clark |
| kristen.davis@cms.hhs.gov |
| Kristina Burkholder |
| Lesley Humphreys |
| Leslie Flaherty |
| Macrae Brennan-Fuller |
| Mark Adkins |
| mbalraj |
| Nancy Fisher |
| Rebecca Hensley |
| Richard Verderamo |
| Rob Weins |
| Rufina Tu |
| Sophia |
| Steven Kury |
Sue Un Sue Un |
| Tyreek Houston |
Topic
Designing for Accessibility
Program
Accessibility means that people with a broad range of abilities, including visual, motor, auditory, speech, or cognitive disabilities, can use websites and other services.
Accessibility is essential to a successful website. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in four U.S. adults – 61 million Americans – have a disability. And if that number were not compelling enough, accessibility is the law.
On Friday, July 31 at 1 PM, the HCD Community of Practice welcomed iQIES team members Htet Htet Aung, UX Designer, and Sandra Clark, Front-end Developer, to explore:
- Fundamentals of accessibility and UX
- Whom are we trying to help, and why does it matter?
- Incorporating accessibility into the design process
CMS Program Analyst/COR/Section 508 Clearance Officer Brinda Large joined for a panel discussion and Q&A.
Brinda is ISG’s 508 Compliance subject matter expert and is involved with accessibility from solicitation to testing to document remediation. Htet Htet specializes in medical applications and accessibility. Her interest in accessibility advocacy began as a researcher for mobile-based text input for people with cerebral palsy and Parkinson’s at Carnegie Mellon University. Sandra has had an abiding interest in accessibility for over 15 years. She has spoken at several programming conferences about the how and why of accessibility.
Materials
Resources
W3C WAI: Web Accessibility Initiative. Includes strategies, standards, and supporting resources to help you make the Web more accessible to people with disabilities.
Action items
- Sign-up to help shape World Usability Day during a brief brainstorming session on Friday, August 14 at 1 PM.
- Contact hcd@hcqis.org if you're interested in leading or contributing to a topic for an upcoming community of practice.
- Save the date: World Usability Day, November 12, 2020.
- Save the date: HCD Community of Practice on Friday, August 28 at 1 PM.
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