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WIT: Accessibility 101
September 10, 2018 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm CDT
Springfield Women in Technology (SGF WIT) is committed to expanding the number of women in tech in the Springfield area, facilitating connections and collaborations within the community, and providing learning opportunities across various technical subjects.
Springfield Women in Technology -Accessibility 101
Your new app might support all browsers and platforms, but does it support all of your *users*?
In this presentation, you’ll learn the foundations of what accessibility means, why accessibility matters, how to aid users with different needs, and leave with techniques you can use to jumpstart your organization’s path to creating accessible applications.
Event info:
Accessibility 101 will be presented at The eFactory – BKD Room. Join from 5:30-6 for social time with refreshments provided by Gravitate Solutions and Asynchrony Labs, with the presentation to follow!
Our speaker:
Sav Russell (she/they pronouns) is a front-end developer at Rivet, based in the Kansas City River Market. They have 5+ years experience creating interactive digital experiences and activations for major brands, focusing on accessibility and creating internal tools to help clients solve core problems.
*** This event is open to all ***
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