At Webmontag Frankfurt I spoke about accessibility and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead of us.

1. Eric Eggert, yatil.de, Global Ignite Week (Frankfurt), 2010-03-01
Accessibility

2. (Almost.)
Everyone here
is disabled.
(Or will be at some time.)

4. “People need not be
limited by physical
handicaps as long as
they are not disabled
in spirit.”

6. different input
mechanisms
&
different output
mechanisms

9. We don’t need special websites
for people with special
requirements.

14. Accessible websites help
everyone.

15. Have you ever forgotten
to buy new batteries for
your mouse?

16. Designing for our
future selves.

17. 1998
2008
14-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
0 25 50 75 100

18. Making great websites is fun.

19. The web enables
people to do
things beyond
their abilities.

20. Thank you!

21. Images
••Slide 3 & 4:
http://epicwinftw.com/2010/01/29/stephen-hawking-lego/
••Slide 5:
Trackball: http://www.vowiki.at/index.php?title=Bild:Infogriptrackball.jpg
• http://www.assistiveware.com/videos.php
••Slide 7:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/karola/4017466586/in/photostream/ (Karola Riegler)
• http://www.bizeps.or.at/oegsvideo.php?nr=9593 (ÖGS video still image)
• http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html (TED video)
• http://live.gnome.org/Orca (Orca screen reader)
••Slide 8:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yatil/galleries/72157623414493993/ by @ScreenOrigami
••Slide 10:
http://failblog.org/2008/09/05/ramp-fail/ (Failblog)
• http://accessibility-fail.dreamwidth.org/1101.html (found at accessibility-fail.dreamwidth.org)

22. Images
••Slide 11:
http://www.hauptbahnhof-wien.at/
••Slide 12 & 13:
http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html
••Slide 15:
http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/
••Slide 20:
http://thereifixedit.com/2009/08/16/epic-kludge-photo-santas-towing-service/