Designing content for your perceived average users is a flawed concept that potentially leaves a large portion of your audience behind. Indeed, most people haveRead more about Did You Know… #013
“If you think an inclusive approach to communication is cost prohibitive, then you should look at what it costs your business to systematically exclude partsRead more about Food For Thought #013
Raghavendra Satish Peri is a digital accessibility evangelist, breaking down web and mobile accessibility barriers. He galvanizes the adoption of accessibility by inspiring the local…Read more about Interview with Raghavendra Satish Peri
“It’s not uncommon for site features to only work with a mouse. Is every functionality or call to action on your site designed to beRead more about Inclusive Web Tip #012
“Do I systematically make materials available in advance to allow audience members with learning disabilities to familiarize themselves with the materials and ask any questions?”Read more about IPS Self-Assessment #012
Inclusive speakers recognize that people with disabilities are people first, and that there can be no real gains in terms of diversity, equity, and inclusion…Read more about Appealing to different types of learners
“Always provide alternative, audio description tracks for your videos, so that audience members who only rely on hearing can still fully understand the content shared.”Read more about Inclusive Speaking Tip #012
The Accessible Canada Act (ACA) builds on the Canadian Human Rights Act and focuses on the prohibition of discrimination based on disability. Adopted in theRead more about Did You Know… #012
“Challenges for inclusion may be our responsibility to solve as professional communicators, but the weight of exclusion is ultimately borne by audience members alone.”Read more about Food For Thought #012
Crystal Preston-Watson is a senior digital accessibility analyst working at Salesforce, and a self-proclaimed full-time absurdist that is dedicated to making innovative, dynamic, and accessible…Read more about Interview with Crystal Preston-Watson
“Don’t ever rely on a single sensory characteristic, such as colour, size, shape, position or orientation to convey your message. Is your content also supportedRead more about Inclusive Web Tip #011
Before we can consider how disabilities may impact the engagement levels of our audience members, we must establish ground rules with learning styles, identifying basic…Read more about Acknowledging the spectrum of learning styles
“Do I systematically aim to optimize readability for your audience by sticking to lower case, sentence case, or camel case text presentations?”Read more about IPS Self-Assessment #011
“Make sure colours used for meaningful text, graphics, and icons in your printed and digital content are sufficiently contrasted against their respective backgrounds.”Read more about Inclusive Speaking Tip #011
Research shows that people with disabilities have friends and loved ones who can be influenced when deciding which businesses to solicit, based on how inclusiveRead more about Did You Know… #011
“Inclusion is like driving a car… as long as everything runs smoothly, no one notices or cares. But when something breaks down, the entire experienceRead more about Food For Thought #011
Dennie Declercq is an IT coach, an autism and accessibility expert, a public speaker, and the President and Founder of DDSoft, a nonprofit organization connecting…Read more about Interview with Dennie Declercq
“Avoid opening links in new browser windows. Instead, let users decide based on their preference. If you are forcing new windows to open, do youRead more about Inclusive Web Tip #010
People have different learning styles, and speakers should be cognizant of them all, when putting together and delivering their content. As speaking professionals, we are…Read more about Learning styles and inclusion
“Do I systematically go for bold foreground text, whenever possible, to help it stand out better against its background?”Read more about IPS Self-Assessment #010