Web Accessibility Workshop

Web Accessibility has traditionally been described as the process of enhancing websites for people with disabilities (be that a visual, auditory, motor, or cognitive disability). This four-hour workshop covers the basics of developing with accessibility in mind—and working to build a better web experience for everyone.

This workshop will be four hours on Saturday, June 24, from 1pm EST to 5pm EST at Industrious Pittsburgh (downtown).

PREREQUISITES & TECH REQUIREMENTS

• Your laptop
• A modern browser (preferably Chrome)
• A text editor. We recommend Sublime Text 2 (It's free and available for both Mac and PC (https://www.sublimetext.com/2)).

We ask that you please sign up as early as you can so that we can properly allocate resources and TAs. You must sign up on Meetup before the class - we cannot take payment in person. Unfortunately, we are not able to issue refunds.

All attendees are expected to abide by the Girl Develop It Code of Conduct (https://www.girldevelopit.com/code-of-conduct). Questions about the class or interested in TA-ing this class? Contact pittsburgh@girldevelopit.com.

ABOUT THE TEACHER

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Lindsay Silver is a web developer at Sparkbox in Pittsburgh, PA. Leaving college with a background in English, she began her adventures into the world wide web through the field of digital scholarship — creating websites which analyzed data drawn from rare Quaker manuscripts. Discovering that web development was something she really enjoyed, Lindsay then expanded upon her knowledge of the web with a lot of help from GDI classes in Philly and Pittsburgh.

Lindsay continues to participate in the GDI community as an organizer, TA, Code & Coffee person, student, and as a teacher. In her free time, Lindsay enjoys walking around Pittsburgh when it’s sunny, eating chocolate chip cookies, playing frisbee, and watching the Great British Baking Show.