Minnesota Digital Accessibility Law Celebration
When: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 1:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Saint Paul, MN 55155
Details
1:45 - 2:15 p.m. Recognition Ceremony: Honoring legislative and advocacy champions.
2:15 - 4:00 p.m. Experience Lab! An immersive accessibility experience that showcases how people with disabilities use technology.
Government information and services are for all citizens. Accessible websites and software help ensure that people with disabilities can apply for jobs, work, communicate, and use services available to all Minnesotans. Come celebrate 10 years of disability inclusion in Minnesota.
ASL interpreting and CART will be provided.
For other accommodations or information, contact MNITAccessibility@state.mn.us, 651-201-1118.
All are welcome!
CSUN Recap
Kim Wee, David Andrews, JoAnn Rautio, Kim Schulze, Jay Wyant, Lolly Lijewski, Kim Sandrock, Lois Butcher. Front row: Jiffy.
In March, eight State of Minnesota employees arrived at the 2019 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference. Their goal? Learn as much about digital accessibility as they could in four days, then bring back the information to Minnesota and apply it to their work.
We asked five of the attendees to share with us more about what they learned, the impact of the experience, and information they thought might help our readers. In case you missed it, March’s Office of Accessibility newsletter includes links to session handouts.
What did they share?
- Digital accessibility learning opportunities
- How to get more accessibility champions
- The value and impact of meeting developers of accessibility testing tools in person
We collected their insights in the CSUN Recap blog.
Maps for All
It’s never been easier to create accessible content. There are abundant tools and training resources on creating accessible documents and web pages. Maps have been another story. Maps typically are loaded with lines, dots, icons, shadings, and other elements to draw the viewer’s eye. Yet the occasional map creator could not readily find resources on how to make digital maps accessible. Until now.
What’s in a map?
Several years ago, a few state employees with cartography and geographic information systems (GIS) training got together and asked themselves the question: what makes a good map? And how can we make them accessible?
The team solicited input from a wide range of map designers, creators, and accessibility experts. After much wrangling, the team decided on two broad categories of maps: static and interactive.
Learn about design considerations, what's in the Map Design Guide and where to find it, and the core recommendations for designing and developing interactive maps in the Maps for All blog.
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