WATCH: Who Wants to Be an Accessibility Champion?
See Alexa Heinrich, Chris Brogan, and Trish Fontanilla compete for Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
It’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
I teamed up with nonprofit Perkins Access today to host a truly joyful 15 minute game show: Who Wants to Be an Accessibility Champion.
We brought accessibility champions from across the digital world - Alexa Heinrich, Chris Brogan, and Trish Fontanilla - to compete in games that bring to life basic accessibility concepts like alt text and captions.
Play along at home and see why accessibility is important for the 1 billion people worldwide with a disability:
Learn more on the Perkins Access site.
Broccoli?
Yes.
Want to help?
Amplify the importance of digital accessibility by amplifying Perkins Access today:
Related resources:
Guide: Check out contestant Alexa Heinrich’s guide to accessibility on social media - If you want to discover how to make your social media content accessible, this site is a great place to begin learning.
Article: Why accessibility is an essential part of DEI, from Perkins Access
Webinar on-demand: Lessons from the team behind the most accessible presidential inauguration in history - a webinar I hosted with the Biden for President team and non-partisan Presidential Inaugural Committee
Webinar on-demand: Reaching the forgotten digital audience - see examples of how Wunderkind and America’s Test Kitchen improved digital accessibility.
Accessibility matters, and it’s easier than you think to become an accessibility champion. Thanks for watching!
Best,
Katie Martell