umBristol Talks - May 2024 - Accessibility Special

Hey folks,

We've got another fantastic lineup of talks for you in May, hosted by CPS Group at DeskLodge House. Refreshments will be provided for the evening.

This month is a people-called-Matt-talking-about-accessibility special! With Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) and UMBRAAD the following day, we're starting the hype about accessibility in the Umbraco community a day early.

The talks for the evening will be:

• "Calling An Accessibility Overlay Accessible Does Not Make it Accessible" by Matt Begent
  In this talk, we'll look at Accessibility Overlays, what they are, what they do and why you probably shouldn't use them. It includes the greatest video of all time.
• "Navigating the web through colour-blind eyes: It's not all black and white" by Matt Sutherland
  Admit it. You've launched a website without considering the impact of your website on people who are colour blind.
  I know I have and I am colour blind!
  Colour vision deficiencies come in varying degrees of severity and therefore it can be difficult to know how your design decisions impact your users who suffer.
  In this session, I will discuss my journey with colour vision deficiency, highlight how it affects internet users on your site and arm you with considerations and tools for a more inclusive website design process.

Agenda (subject to change):

• 6:00 PM - Doors open
• 6:15 PM - Food and drinks
• 6:30 PM - Welcome and short news recap
• 6:40 PM - Talks commence
• 7:40 PM - Socialising
• 8:30 PM - Venue closes/decamp to pub

Hope to see you there!
umBristol team