{"id":58198,"date":"2024-05-10T17:35:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/?p=58198"},"modified":"2024-05-15T16:17:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T20:17:54","slug":"global-accessibility-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/global-accessibility-awareness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Journ\u00e9e mondiale de sensibilisation \u00e0 l'accessibilit\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"58198\" class=\"elementor elementor-58198\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ce5f29 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ce5f29\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4570667\" data-id=\"4570667\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-022e810 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"022e810\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Journ\u00e9e mondiale de sensibilisation \u00e0 l'accessibilit\u00e9 <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53a2533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53a2533\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on Thursday, May 16 by checking or thinking about the accessibility of your digital offerings.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6730b03\" data-id=\"6730b03\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75c82a1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"75c82a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/gaad-logo-navy-qnz378qcoq1v4zlaj96ajq5daepww21zuvjof98t1o.png\" title=\"gaad-logo-navy\" alt=\"GAAD logo - all in dark blue: GAAD within a circle, with a keyboard beginning and ending the circle.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7dd1f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7dd1f6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-06a27d1\" data-id=\"06a27d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6ddcdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6ddcdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Pour la version fran\u00e7aise de cet article,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/journee-mondiale-de-sensibilisation-a-laccessibilite\/\" target=\"_blank\">veuillez cliquer ici<\/a>.&nbsp; |&nbsp; For the French version of this post,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/journee-mondiale-de-sensibilisation-a-laccessibilite\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veuillez cliquer ici<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70cd806 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70cd806\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital access and inclusion.\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Digital accessibility <\/b>refers to the ability of persons who experience disability to independently consume or interact with digital applications and content, which could include:<\/p><ul><li>web pages<\/li><li>mobile apps<\/li><li>electronic documents, like PDFs (Portable Document Format)<\/li><li>social media<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e879de4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e879de4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Are the top websites accessible?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d953af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d953af\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-256dcf9\" data-id=\"256dcf9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8592e75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8592e75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every year since 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/webaim.org\/projects\/million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WebAIM<\/a> has conducted an accessibility evaluation of the home pages for the top 1,000,000 websites. They check for accessibility barriers or errors that have an impact on page users.<\/p><p>This year\u2019s evaluation found an astounding 56,791,260 distinct accessibility errors\u2014an average of 56.8 errors per web page. Almost 96% of home pages had detected WCAG 2 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) failures.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bd2303 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5bd2303\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Most Common Errors<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abec74f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abec74f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">The most common failures on home pages were:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Low contrast text<\/li><li>Missing alternative text (alt text) for images<\/li><li>Missing form input labels (that identify all form controls, such as text fields, checkboxes, and drop-down menus, for assistive technology)<\/li><li>Empty links\u00a0<\/li><li>Empty buttons\u00a0<\/li><li>Missing document language (that identifies the language used on the page, for instance &lt;html lang=&quot;&rdquo;en&rdquo;&quot;&gt; for English)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9acb042\" data-id=\"9acb042\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e1955a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e1955a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Top-1M-websites-2024-accessibility-errors-qnz3741869g9ir24nyjy7sgzkj2vv4nazeqblp7bmo.jpg\" title=\"Top 1M websites 2024 accessibility errors\" alt=\"Image highlights content already in text.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc551a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc551a5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17785cf\" data-id=\"17785cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c7a687 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c7a687\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is your website accessible to every person?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-000ff1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"000ff1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Use a Free Evaluation Tool<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09c1db1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09c1db1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can easily check each website page for accessibility with a browser extension. If you have too many pages, start with the most visited pages.<\/p><p>For English websites, in Chrome you can use a free extension like the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chromewebstore.google.com\/detail\/wave-evaluation-tool\/jbbplnpkjmmeebjpijfedlgcdilocofh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WAVE Evaluation Tool<\/a>\u00a0(link brings you to the Google store).<\/p><ol><li>Once the WAVE Evaluation Tool is installed (easy one-click installation), navigate to the page you want to check.<\/li><li>At the top-right corner of your Chrome browser, click on the Extensions icon (that looks like a puzzle piece) and select Wave Evaluation Tool.<\/li><li>It will automatically evaluate your page for accessibility and provide a summary of its findings on the left side of the page.<\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"><br \/>Based on that report, you can reduce the accessibility barriers on your web page to make it easier for all your clients or customers to access your information.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">As an example, below is a screenshot of the WAVE Evaluation Tool for this web page. A summary of the findings is displayed on the left, and you can click on the tabs for more detailed information. A small icon appears next to each element on the page to demonstrate its function (for instance,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">header, link, alt text, bulleted text, or other function)<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">, while also clearly identifying the errors.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49218ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"49218ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Screenshot-GAAD-blog-post-Wave-Evaluation-Tool-smaller-qnz4tzngcxxalt3d4bfpipt6gndk73yxp2ehtgysmg.jpg\" title=\"Screenshot \u2013 GAAD blog post \u2013 Wave Evaluation Tool \u2013 smaller\" alt=\"Screenshot of this post with summary of WAVE Evaluation Tool results on the left. 0 Errors. 0 Contrast Errors. 9 Alerts. 12 Features. 97 Structural Elements. 305 ARIA.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7228b96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7228b96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Use a Checklist<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-126af88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"126af88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you prefer not to use a browser extension, you can use a checklist to check the accessibility of each website page. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/test-evaluate\/easy-checks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W3C Web Initiative provides a checklist<\/a> on their website for common checks, audio\/visual checks, and form checks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dafe952 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dafe952\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ressources suppl\u00e9mentaires<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03c8345 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03c8345\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The following sites provide information about Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD):<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/accessibility.day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journ\u00e9e mondiale de sensibilisation \u00e0 l'accessibilit\u00e9\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/gaad.foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The GAAD Foundation<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Accessibility Awareness Day Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on Thursday, May 16 by checking or thinking about the accessibility of your digital offerings. 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