What we’re about
Accessibility Twin Cities is designed to connect and support individuals who work in – or are even simply interested in – the field of digital accessibility and accessibility testing for organizations, businesses, and government. Our goal is to give accessibility aficionados a chance to meet, share resources, and learn together. Content may be supplied through presentations given by members or guest speakers.
Meeting Content
Meetings will cover a range of topics that are pertinent to digital accessibility and testing.
This may include:
- Accessibility standards and laws
- Usability standards
- Testing techniques
- Client interaction/management
- Working in team testing environments
- Career development
Our Members
Anyone is free to join this MeetUp, but the group will reach out primarily to individuals who work with or are interested in digital accessibility as it pertains to users who live with disabilities.
Member Dues
There is an annual fee associated with membership of Accessibility Twin Cities Meetup. The fees help to offset costs of things such as event coordination, website management, closed captioning, virtual tools, and communications.
Some organizations hold prepaid memberships for their employees. Simply sign up for your free trial, then contact WeCo Operations to have your membership due waived, by emailing us at: admin@theweco.com
Please contact your employer prior to ensure that your organization participates.
Annual Membership Option
• Individual: $25.00 per year
Each membership will come with a 60-day trial. Once the 60 days are up the annual dues need to be paid or you will be removed from the group.
Individual perks:
> * Complementary meeting attendance
> * Priority registration for all MeetUps and events
> * Ongoing access to past event recordings
> * Networking with digital accessibility professionals
Location
All ATC Meetups will be live-streamed through Zoom. Please note that if it is your first time using Zoom, you may need to download it in order to join the Meeting.
Videos of Past Events
You can access recordings and transcripts from all events here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn0y2iki1Xxj1oMD0uYZpRADvruaIg2mG
Accessibility
We now use Zoom's live auto-caption feature during all ATC MeetUp events. Accessibility is extremely important to us, so please don't hesitate to email us at pr@theweco.com about any questions, accommodation requests, or if you have any difficulties accessing the events.
Do you have suggestions for topics, or are you interested in presenting to the ATC MeetUP membership? Contact Meetup Organizer, Ellen DeCesare at ellen@theweco.com
Sponsors
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Digital Accessibility by WeCoMeetUP coordination, default meeting space.
United Health GroupSupporting the efforts to communicate needs of website accessibility.- Digital Accessibility by WeCoMeetUP coordination, default meeting space.
- United Health GroupSupporting the efforts to communicate needs of website accessibility.
- Digital Accessibility by WeCoMeetUP coordination, default meeting space.
- United Health GroupSupporting the efforts to communicate needs of website accessibility.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- 100% Inclusion: Creating a Workforce of Professionals with DisabilitiesNeeds location
How do you build 100% inclusion into your workforce? Learn how WeCo has built a company staffed entirely by professionals with disabilities* in this NDEAM 2023 celebration webinar.
Register for this event on Eventbrite
Hear from a panel of WeCo leadership on how they’ve built a company where the expertise of living with a disability, is a viewed as a unique skill set that boosts inclusion. The results? A level of disability employment inclusion that is unprecedented in private companies. You’ll also hear from WeCo employees on their WeCo employment experience including recruiting application and onboarding.
What you’ll take with you:
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Advice for locating and attracting professionals with disabilities to your company
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Ways to ensure your company’s hiring process is inclusive and accessible
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Tips for retaining a workforce of professionals with disabilities
The perspective of people with living with disabilities is extremely valuable to include in any workforce—don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn how to hire and retain a workforce of professionals with disabilities!
Moderated by corporate inclusion expert and Senior Contributor for Forbes, Denise Brody, Denise is also a professional living a neurodiverse disability, and is the founder of Elephants-Everywhere.
This free webinar is offered as part of WeCo’s mission, and In honor of October’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM).
*Digital Accessibility by WeCo is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of the unique insights and experiences of people living with disabilities in the workplace. WeCo digital accessibility roles include a legal bone fide requirement, or preference, under State of Minnesota law, of living with a disability, as part of a subject matter expertise. See Subd 3 “Exceptions” here: Sec. 181.938 MN Statutes.
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- Deep Dive into Focus StylesLink visible for attendees
Hovering your mouse over a link or using your keyboard to select a button will look different visually depending on the website and browser you are using. These are called "focus styles" and are a commonly debated topic among accessibility experts.
Relying on browsers' default focus styles won't always meet WCAG requirements, especially with new requirements in WCAG 2.2. In this MeetUp, you'll hear from WeCo's Accessibility Team about what focus styles are, why they're important, and designing brand-specific indicators that override browser defaults.
From the color and thickness of the outline that appears when an element receives focus, to making focus styles cross-browser compatible, and to styling focus styles for different element types, you'll learn about different methods of making focus styles accessible to all users.
