Name
Digital Accessibility: A Crucial Ingredient of Ethical Civic Tech Design
Date
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Time
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM (EDT)
Description

Digital accessibility is about designing and creating content and technology that works for everyone, including people with disabilities. Accessibility is the difference between including and excluding employees, members of the public, program participants and more. Accessibility is essential to diversity and inclusion. Accessibility is a civil right of disabled people, protected by laws in the United States and beyond. For these reasons and more, accessibility is essential to practicing ethical civic design. Bring your questions and come learn about why accessibility is so important to ethical civic tech design. We'll talk about ethics in the civic design space, what the law has recently been saying about accessibility and collaborative tools to help you advance accessibility whatever your role in civic tech.