this document is full of links for you to visit later, and learn at your own pace.
this is a 5 minute link dump about my special interest.
with a surprise demo!
# A Crash Course in Digital Accessibility
this document is full of links for you to visit later, and learn at your own pace.
this is a 5 minute link dump about my special interest.
with a surprise demo!
we're going to learn about:
*w3c accessibility standards
*accessibility auditing tools and practices
*language used in the accessibility circles
*how disability impacts us all.
this document is full of links for you to visit later, and learn at your own pace.
this is a 5 minute link dump about my special interest.
with a surprise demo!
## global disability stats<blockquotecite="https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/disability-and-health">*Anestimated1.3billionpeopleexperiencesignificantdisability.Thisrepresents16%oftheworld’spopulation,or1in6ofus.*Somepersonswithdisabilitiesdieupto20yearsearlierthanthosewithoutdisabilities.*Personswithdisabilitieshavetwicetheriskofdevelopingconditionssuchasdepression,asthma,diabetes,stroke,obesityorpoororalhealth.*Personswithdisabilitiesfacemanyhealthinequities.*Personswithdisabilitiesfindinaccessibleandunaffordabletransportation15timesmoredifficultthanforthosewithoutdisabilities.*Healthinequitiesarisefromunfairconditionsfacedbypersonswithdisabilities,includingstigma,discrimination,poverty,exclusionfromeducationandemployment,andbarriersfacedinthehealthsystemitself.</blockquote>
## accessible notebook interfaces
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recently, Jupyter developers were able to remove accessibility violations caught be axe. read the [blog post].
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![image.png](attachment:da0e9339-76c6-4ddf-8695-4c804430a227.png "axe auditting results comparing the vioations before remediation and afterwards.")
</figure>
[blog post]: https://blog.jupyter.org/improving-the-accessibility-of-jupyter-6c695db518d3