Screen Reader Testing
27 Mar 2025 | Accessibility Ambassadors
Learn screen reader accessibility best practices from two UMN experts, including common issues and how to test content.
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Color, Contrast, and Text Considerations
16 Dec 2024 | Digital Accessibility
Four UMN accessibility experts will expand on some of the 7 core accessibility skills to discuss color, contrast, text, headings, links, and lists.
Introduction to Manual Accessibility Testing
13 Sep 2023 | Twin Cities Drupal Camp
Automated accessibility scanning tools can only catch around 30% of accessibility issues. To fully meet accessibility standards and make sure everyone is able to use your site, manual testing with assistive technologies is required. We will provide an overview of common manual testing methodologies and demonstrate simple keyboard and screen reader checks you can use to get started.
Disability Culture, Campus Alliances, and the Role of Disability Services: Insights from the Creation of Three Disability Affinity Groups
19 Jul 2023 | Association on Higher Education and Disability Annual Conference
What is disability community and how can disability services professionals support it on their campus? In this session, six presenters will share the stories of how disability affinity groups were started at three different institutions, the impact these groups have had on disabled students, faculty, staff, alumnx, community members, and allies, and how these communities have been sustained within and across said institutions. Within these narratives, specific attention will be drawn to the sometimes fraught relationship between each university’s office of disability services and the members of these communities, as well as the ways these relationships have evolved over time with institutional changes.
Belonging Beyond Compliance: Cultural Accessibility in the Digital Realm
20 Mar 2023 | Multiple Perspectives Conference, the Ohio State University
Digital accessibility efforts often focus on technical and legal standards, but may neglect crucial social and cultural dimensions of access. This workshop introduces the cultural model of disability in relation to digital technologies, then engages attendees in a discussion of practical strategies to nurture cultural accessibility in their organization’s practices.