Amplify with Jess Ekstrom 38: 3 Ways to Make Your Website More Accessible with Myrna Daramy
Are you ready to make your website accessible for everyone? Let's test your website's accessibility!
Myrna Daramy is an advocate for Digital Media Optimization, encouraging others to create an inclusive and accessible space in their brands. Listen in as she walks us through opportunities for improvement and how we can start optimizing our websites today!
DMO: Digital Media Optimization (1:50)
Digital Inclusivity: Your digital platforms are accessible to any and everyone. (3:41)
ADA Compliance (5:53)
Disabilities to consider: Mobility, Hearing Impaired, Hard of Hearing, Vision Loss, Deaf, ADHD, Epilepsy, Cognitive (7:42)
Three Ways to Make Your Website Accessible:
1. Run an automated test to be ADA compliant (9:03)
Wave, ace, Site Improve (only 25% accurate)
Levels of ADA Compliance
A - Lowest Level of Compliance
AA - Industry Standard of 38 Checkmarks
AAA - 100% ADA Compliant
2. Working with your designer or developer to ensure you’re compliant.
3. Add Active ADA Widget
One Liner: In order to accomplish Digital Media Optimization, you not only have to consider how diverse you are, how inclusive you are, but also how accessible you are. (20:23)
Links:
Active ADA Widget