#aoda — Public Fediverse posts

I'm trying to cut back on time how much time I spent sending product/service feedback, but I just can't help it when a message from a company like Canadian Tire, who is big enough to know better, sends an email where the entire message is just "Hey Charles," and a bunch of images with no alt text.

(Also my computer is busy installing updates right now so I can'tbe productive anyway lol)

#accesibility #aoda

Accessibility isn’t a feature. It’s a foundation.
If your website isn’t usable for everyone, it isn’t compliant.
Overlays won’t fix structural issues. Sustainable accessibility requires proper evaluation, remediation, and education.
Build it in — don’t bolt it on.
Learn more: https://makeitaccessible.ca/
#Accessibility #AODA #WCAG #InclusiveDesign

If you are confused about your schedule, here's a summary. The PDF schedules provided by the City of Toronto and Circular Materials are both correct. Some map areas have changed their pickup schedules: for example, Parkdale used to be Wed Day 2 and they have now switched to Wed Day 1. The PDF versions of the maps show these changes correctly. But the mobile app and website lookup function don't.

Folks affected by Day switches should have received special printed mail notices about these changes, but some didn't.

One disappointing note about the PDF calendars: while those on the city's site are visually identical to those on Circular Materials site, the ones used by Circular Materials are inaccessible and untagged. Why don't they use the same tagged versions that are on the city site? Who knows! Does Circular Materials even know about the AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act)? No they don't.

2/5

#Accessibility #AODA #a11y #TaggedPDF #recycling #calendars #Toronto #CircularMaterials

If you are confused about your schedule, here's a summary. The PDF schedules provided by the City of Toronto and Circular Materials are both correct. Some map areas have changed their pickup schedules: for example, Parkdale used to be Wed Day 2 and they have now switched to Wed Day 1. The PDF versions of the maps show these changes correctly. But the mobile app and website lookup function don't.

Folks affected by Day switches should have received special printed mail notices about these changes, but some didn't.

One disappointing note about the PDF calendars: while those on the city's site are visually identical to those on Circular Materials site, the ones used by Circular Materials are inaccessible and untagged. Why don't they use the same tagged versions that are on the city site? Who knows! Does Circular Materials even know about the AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act)? No they don't.

2/5

#Accessibility #AODA #a11y #TaggedPDF #recycling #calendars #Toronto #CircularMaterials

If you are confused about your schedule, here's a summary. The PDF schedules provided by the City of Toronto and Circular Materials are both correct. Some map areas have changed their pickup schedules: for example, Parkdale used to be Wed Day 2 and they have now switched to Wed Day 1. The PDF versions of the maps show these changes correctly. But the mobile app and website lookup function don't.

Folks affected by Day switches should have received special printed mail notices about these changes, but some didn't.

One disappointing note about the PDF calendars: while those on the city's site are visually identical to those on Circular Materials site, the ones used by Circular Materials are inaccessible and untagged. Why don't they use the same tagged versions that are on the city site? Who knows! Does Circular Materials even know about the AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act)? No they don't.

2/5

#Accessibility #AODA #a11y #TaggedPDF #recycling #calendars #Toronto #CircularMaterials

If you are confused about your schedule, here's a summary. The PDF schedules provided by the City of Toronto and Circular Materials are both correct. Some map areas have changed their pickup schedules: for example, Parkdale used to be Wed Day 2 and they have now switched to Wed Day 1. The PDF versions of the maps show these changes correctly. But the mobile app and website lookup function don't.

Folks affected by Day switches should have received special printed mail notices about these changes, but some didn't.

One disappointing note about the PDF calendars: while those on the city's site are visually identical to those on Circular Materials site, the ones used by Circular Materials are inaccessible and untagged. Why don't they use the same tagged versions that are on the city site? Who knows! Does Circular Materials even know about the AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act)? No they don't.

2/5

#Accessibility #AODA #a11y #TaggedPDF #recycling #calendars #Toronto #CircularMaterials

If you are confused about your schedule, here's a summary. The PDF schedules provided by the City of Toronto and Circular Materials are both correct. Some map areas have changed their pickup schedules: for example, Parkdale used to be Wed Day 2 and they have now switched to Wed Day 1. The PDF versions of the maps show these changes correctly. But the mobile app and website lookup function don't.

Folks affected by Day switches should have received special printed mail notices about these changes, but some didn't.

One disappointing note about the PDF calendars: while those on the city's site are visually identical to those on Circular Materials site, the ones used by Circular Materials are inaccessible and untagged. Why don't they use the same tagged versions that are on the city site? Who knows! Does Circular Materials even know about the AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act)? No they don't.

2/5

#Accessibility #AODA #a11y #TaggedPDF #recycling #calendars #Toronto #CircularMaterials

What's the solution? I don't know. Listen to accessibility advocates for a start. I also think that Ontario needs to look seriously at the lack of enforcement and penalties associated with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Is that why it failed? Is there a way to implement stronger, ongoing enforcement and monitoring, instead of waiting on long complex human rights cases to wind their way through the courts?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/aoda-ontario-accessibility-enforement-1.7053294

6/6

#AODA #Accessibility

One particularly controversial move was the Ontario decision to outsource building accessibility assessments to the Rick Hansen Foundation.

That new court building with accessibility issues? It received a "Rick Hansen Foundation Gold Accessibility Certification". Rather than fix the obviously broken design and planning process for public infrastructure, the government points to the certification and says it met the standards.

5/6

#AODA #Accessibility #RickHansenFoundation #RHFCertified

One particularly controversial move was the Ontario decision to outsource building accessibility assessments to the Rick Hansen Foundation.

That new court building with accessibility issues? It received a "Rick Hansen Foundation Gold Accessibility Certification". Rather than fix the obviously broken design and planning process for public infrastructure, the government points to the certification and says it met the standards.

5/6

#AODA #Accessibility #RickHansenFoundation #RHFCertified

One particularly controversial move was the Ontario decision to outsource building accessibility assessments to the Rick Hansen Foundation.

That new court building with accessibility issues? It received a "Rick Hansen Foundation Gold Accessibility Certification". Rather than fix the obviously broken design and planning process for public infrastructure, the government points to the certification and says it met the standards.

5/6

#AODA #Accessibility #RickHansenFoundation #RHFCertified

One particularly controversial move was the Ontario decision to outsource building accessibility assessments to the Rick Hansen Foundation.

That new court building with accessibility issues? It received a "Rick Hansen Foundation Gold Accessibility Certification". Rather than fix the obviously broken design and planning process for public infrastructure, the government points to the certification and says it met the standards.

5/6

#AODA #Accessibility #RickHansenFoundation #RHFCertified

One particularly controversial move was the Ontario decision to outsource building accessibility assessments to the Rick Hansen Foundation.

That new court building with accessibility issues? It received a "Rick Hansen Foundation Gold Accessibility Certification". Rather than fix the obviously broken design and planning process for public infrastructure, the government points to the certification and says it met the standards.

5/6

#AODA #Accessibility #RickHansenFoundation #RHFCertified

When the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) was passed unanimously in 2005, it promised that Ontario would become accessible for everyone by January 1, 2025. Now less than 4 months away, it's clear that we won't meet that goal. And we're not exactly making decisions that will set us on a better path either.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/08/21/accessibility-requirements-ontario-disabilities-aoda-ttc-stations/

4/6

#AODA #Accessibility

Before that, the TTC needed to be taken to court in order to implement audio announcements for all bus and subway stops. And before that, it was the new Culinary Arts Centre at Centennial College that was inaccessible.

As with the new court house, these problems only became news after being called out by David Lepofsky of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance.

Why aren't standards being enforced?

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/lawyer-crusades-against-accessibility-problems-caused-by-inadequate-laws/article_fb01606f-ee67-5871-98f7-58ac510b6a06.html

3/6

#Accessibility #TTC #AODA #AODAAlliance

Thread: Why does Ontario keep building major public facilities with significant accessibility issues?

New report finds multiple accessibility issues in the $1-billion provincial courthouse that opened last year, especially the way-finding systems for blind and low vision visitors. Apparently, most issues were flagged by accessibility advocates during planning and construction, but that doesn't seem to have helped.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/956-million-downtown-toronto-courthouse-plagued-by-accessibility-issues-provincial-report-finds/article_a8a463ee-7469-11ef-8a48-c7dddeb7e167.html

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#Accessibility #Ontario #AODA

For #work I've gotta implement a site with several spaces for author input using #wysiwyg editors. I'm using #TipTap (based on prosemirror) because it's fairly flexible with custom add-ons that I'll need to implement.

Does anybody that uses accessibility tools on the web have particular gripes with existing WYSIWYG editing experiences? (Eg ckeditor, tinymce, google docs, o365).

I need to put LATEX editing and image insertion/captioning and table nonsense in the editor, and I've got the opportunity to make the whole experience more accessible, but I don't have a tonne of access to individuals with hands-on experience using this kind of tool with different perspectives. The guidelines only get you so far!

Any input helps!

#a11y #aoda #accessibility

For #work I've gotta implement a site with several spaces for author input using #wysiwyg editors. I'm using #TipTap (based on prosemirror) because it's fairly flexible with custom add-ons that I'll need to implement.

Does anybody that uses accessibility tools on the web have particular gripes with existing WYSIWYG editing experiences? (Eg ckeditor, tinymce, google docs, o365).

I need to put LATEX editing and image insertion/captioning and table nonsense in the editor, and I've got the opportunity to make the whole experience more accessible, but I don't have a tonne of access to individuals with hands-on experience using this kind of tool with different perspectives. The guidelines only get you so far!

Any input helps!

#a11y #aoda #accessibility

For #work I've gotta implement a site with several spaces for author input using #wysiwyg editors. I'm using #TipTap (based on prosemirror) because it's fairly flexible with custom add-ons that I'll need to implement.

Does anybody that uses accessibility tools on the web have particular gripes with existing WYSIWYG editing experiences? (Eg ckeditor, tinymce, google docs, o365).

I need to put LATEX editing and image insertion/captioning and table nonsense in the editor, and I've got the opportunity to make the whole experience more accessible, but I don't have a tonne of access to individuals with hands-on experience using this kind of tool with different perspectives. The guidelines only get you so far!

Any input helps!

#a11y #aoda #accessibility

For #work I've gotta implement a site with several spaces for author input using #wysiwyg editors. I'm using #TipTap (based on prosemirror) because it's fairly flexible with custom add-ons that I'll need to implement.

Does anybody that uses accessibility tools on the web have particular gripes with existing WYSIWYG editing experiences? (Eg ckeditor, tinymce, google docs, o365).

I need to put LATEX editing and image insertion/captioning and table nonsense in the editor, and I've got the opportunity to make the whole experience more accessible, but I don't have a tonne of access to individuals with hands-on experience using this kind of tool with different perspectives. The guidelines only get you so far!

Any input helps!

#a11y #aoda #accessibility

For #work I've gotta implement a site with several spaces for author input using #wysiwyg editors. I'm using #TipTap (based on prosemirror) because it's fairly flexible with custom add-ons that I'll need to implement.

Does anybody that uses accessibility tools on the web have particular gripes with existing WYSIWYG editing experiences? (Eg ckeditor, tinymce, google docs, o365).

I need to put LATEX editing and image insertion/captioning and table nonsense in the editor, and I've got the opportunity to make the whole experience more accessible, but I don't have a tonne of access to individuals with hands-on experience using this kind of tool with different perspectives. The guidelines only get you so far!

Any input helps!

#a11y #aoda #accessibility

Ontario in a ‘crisis state’ on accessibility, unlikely to meet 2025 goal: report | Globalnews https://j2dw.co/3TzF31h #AODA #Disabilities #Accessibility #onpoli @onpoli

Twice in the last five minutes my @privacybrowser has run into websites displaying a banner "This site works best with #Javascript enabled." Of course, the sites didn't work AT ALL with Javascript deactivated.

Ironically, one site had been redone by a firm specializing in #Accessibilty for conformance with #AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act) and #WCAG standards. You'd think they'd use language like "activated" and "deactivated" for software instead of "en/disabled".

A comprehensive guide to understanding digital accessibility requirements in Canada https://www.deque.com/blog/canada-digital-accessiblity-laws/ #canada #a11y #law #AODA #ACA

One down, eight to go #druid #aoda @druid

Former Ontario lieutenant-governor David Onley dead at 72 | Globalnews https://j2dw.co/3kifceT #J2DW #DavidOnly #OntarioLtGovernor #Disabilities #Advocates #ForTheWin #AODA #onpoli @onpoli

David Onley leaves a memorable legacy of advocacy https://bit.ly/3Xw0fUO #DAvidOnley #Disabilities #AODA #LtGovOnt #TheaKurdi #Citytv #onpoli @onpoli @ontariogreens

David Onley leaves a memorable legacy of advocacy https://bit.ly/3Xw0fUO #DAvidOnley #Disabilities #AODA #LtGovOnt #TheaKurdi #Citytv #onpoli @onpoli @ontariogreens

David Onley leaves a memorable legacy of advocacy https://bit.ly/3Xw0fUO #DAvidOnley #Disabilities #AODA #LtGovOnt #TheaKurdi #Citytv #onpoli @onpoli @ontariogreens

David Onley leaves a memorable legacy of advocacy https://bit.ly/3Xw0fUO #DAvidOnley #Disabilities #AODA #LtGovOnt #TheaKurdi #Citytv #onpoli @onpoli @ontariogreens

Welp, if this compares to the other #a11yTO events then I will be driving up there October 26.
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#a11yTO is thrilled to announce a new addition to our calendar of events ... #a11yIRL: Accessibility In Real Life! A conference for, and about, built accessibility!

Saturday, October 26, 2019

More info: http://irl.a11yto.com

#Toronto #a11y #AODA #accessibility
https://twitter.com/a11yTO/status/1128389825323773952