Unfamiliarity with how to read and write for digital accessibility represents a form of illiteracy whereby the disservice, injustice or exclusion that extends from the illiteracy is not felt by the person who is illiterate, but by the already marginalized communities of disabled and otherwise disadvantaged digital technology users.
Web accessibility’s definition has evolved Our current understandings of digital accessibility are shaped by the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative‘s evolving definition of web accessibility, which currently reads, This basic definition has been used as a frame of reference for web accessibility work for 20 plus years. It’s the basis for the…
Entry points for educators to reflect on digital skills, choices, actions and beliefs that affect the accessibility of our digital practices in teaching.
Digital accessibility literacy skills are built upon W3C WAI strategies to include writing, production, work-checking, reading and curating skills.
