1.
Promoting Accessibility on Projects
With No Accessibility Aspirations
A Panel Discussion
UXPA 2015

2.
The Panelists
• Honorable Mention (panelist who could not attend):
– Elle Waters, Director of Strategy, Simply Accessible,
@nethermind
• Panelists:
– Dana Douglas, Senior User Experience Specialist, UserWorks,
@userworks
– Cory Lebson, Principal, Lebsontech User Experience Consulting,
@corylebson
– Jennifer Sutton, Independent Consultant,
@jsutt
• Moderator:
– Dick Horst, President, UserWorks,
@userworks

3.
A Few Relevant References
"Which ‘Everyone’ Do You Mean?" Derek Featherstone, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1Rz-
6fKacQ&feature=youtu.be&t=18m46s
“Q&A Testing for Accessibility Before Development Begins,” Tim Lohman,
http://www.accessiq.org/news/news/2015/05/qa-testing-for-accessibility-before-development-
begins
“WebAIM’s Hierarchy for Motivating Accessibility Change,” Jared Smith,
http://webaim.org/blog/motivating-accessibility-change/
“Accessibility Lipstick on a Usability Pig,” Jared Smith,
http://webaim.org/blog/accessibility-lipstick-on-a-usability-pig/
“Accessibility Wins,” curated by Marcy Sutton, http://a11ywins.tumblr.com/
“Integrating Accessibility: Planning Content for Everyone,” Eileen Webb,
http://webmeadow.com/blog/archives/201505/integrating-accessibility-planning-content-everyone
“Accessibility as innovation,” Whitney Quesenbery,
http://www.slideshare.net/whitneyq/accessibility-as-innovation