Accessibility Bites: Introduction to Web Accessibility

When:

August 28, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

2025-08-28T12:00:00-07:00

2025-08-28T12:30:00-07:00

Session Description

Web accessibility means making sure everyone can use your website, including people with disabilities. This brief session will introduce the basics of digital accessibility and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). We’ll cover common issues that make websites inaccessible and how this impacts real users. Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of what digital accessibility is and why it is essential.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the purpose of the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Analyze audience needs and understand diverse user experiences, including that of people with disabilities
Learn about common issues that make websites inaccessible
Identify potential website barriers and explore actionable ways to improve accessibility

Schedule

Introductions and access information – 2 minutes
Key definitions – 5 minutes
Overview of the WCAG and common inaccessibility issues – 10 minutes
Understanding your audience – 5 minutes
Actionable items – 3 minutes
Q+A – 5 minutes

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This notice is to inform you that this session will be recorded, archived, and shared with course registrants. By participating in this session, you acknowledge that your participation in this session will be recorded and the recording will be made available to other course participants.

About the Facilitator

Your facilitator for this session is Nora Loyst.

Nora Loyst (she/her) is an accessibility consultant with Untapped Accessibility who brings expertise in service delivery, facilitation, and community engagement. She is passionate about collaborating with community to translate accessibility planning into practice. Nora holds a B.A. in Health and Community Services from UVic and is currently completing her Masters in Leadership Studies. Her commitment to accessibility is guided by her own lived experience as a person with a disability and she is enriched by the varied perspectives and experiences of her friends, family, and community.

This session is supported by Untapped Accessibility. Untapped Accessibility launched in October 2022 to support BC organizations comply with the Accessible British Columbia Act. A certified social enterprise, they have helped over 180 organizations reach beyond compliance and create more accessible organizations with comprehensive and innovative approaches to disability inclusion. They generate revenue for Open Door Social Services Society, supporting the non-profit’s mission to open doors to lifelong learning and career success for more people with disabilities.