Update on WordCamp accessibility planning

I had a great conversation with Andrea Middleton at WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Minneapolis this weekend, and we’re making some plans to work on the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) features that WordCamp organizers will need to pay attention to in building their sites.

Some of the key tasks will include working through the accessibility issues in the base themes available for WordCamp organizers to build from, providing some documentation to help organizers know what design standards they need to meet, and doing some basic training on checking their work.

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