Shawn Lawton Henry and Kevin White / W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Update #id24 2025
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Interaction & UXUI Design
Join us to learn about continuing work on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2, on WCAG 3 (it's a long way off), and activities between 2 and 3. We'll also highlight updated resources to put WCAG standards in perspective and focus on the user experiences of disabled people, as well as the benefits for all — users, product owners, society. Find out about resources and opportunities that support your efforts to advance digital accessibility in your organization and worldwide.
About the speakers
Shawn is Director of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) and leads worldwide education and outreach activities promoting digital accessibility. Shawn focuses her personal passion for accessibility on bringing together the needs of individuals and the goals of organizations in designing human-computer interfaces. Her book 'Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design' offers an approach for developing products that are more usable for everyone.
Kevin is Senior Principal Accessibility Specialist at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) and leads W3C's accessibility technical work. In this role, he contributes to internationally recognized standards that support accessibility. Kevin provides support and oversight of the accessibility working groups and is the staff contact for the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group that develops Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
https://inclusivedesign24.org/
About the speakers
Shawn is Director of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) and leads worldwide education and outreach activities promoting digital accessibility. Shawn focuses her personal passion for accessibility on bringing together the needs of individuals and the goals of organizations in designing human-computer interfaces. Her book 'Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design' offers an approach for developing products that are more usable for everyone.
Kevin is Senior Principal Accessibility Specialist at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) and leads W3C's accessibility technical work. In this role, he contributes to internationally recognized standards that support accessibility. Kevin provides support and oversight of the accessibility working groups and is the staff contact for the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group that develops Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
https://inclusivedesign24.org/