1. WAC 2010-06-16 Accessibility Conference Update

2. Conference details Aiming for Accessibility Conference University of Guelph June 8-9, 2010 http://www.accessconf.open.uoguelph.ca/default.aspx

3. AODA Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/accessibility/ Web accessibility: Accessible Information and Communications Standard

4. Web standards History: WCAG 2.0 Level AA WCAG 2.0 Level A Current & Future: WCAG 2.0 Level A & AA Hybrid WCAG 2.0 Level AA

5. WCAG 2.0 Level AA http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/ Customize Quick Reference to include: Techniques and Failures: HTML, CSS, SMIL, Client-side Scripting, Server-side Scripting, WAI-ARIA Success Criteria Levels: A, AA (Hidden: AAA) Sections: Introduction, Sufficient Techniques and Failures, Advisory Techniques, Conformance Requirements

6. Waterloo direction Recommendation to start with Level AA Expected future direction of AODA High effort to retrofit websites

7. Expected timelines for new standards implementation Clear as mud... Start implementation in 2011 Achieve compliance for 2013... but still TBD

8. Other items Plan for accessibility (design, technology, training, effort to retrofit) Education (training) is key (e.g. alt tags, meaningful links) Validators are not enough (e.g. meaningful links) Make web forms accessible (e.g. keyboard navigation must work) Avoid Flash (good general rule) Test JavaScript for accessibility (and minimize use) Remember to caption videos Accessible documents (PDF, Word, PowerPoint) Accessible alternatives (PDFs, web pages/content)