Title: Accessibillty Team Update:March 6, 2013
Author: esmi
Published: March 7, 2013

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4:54 pm _on_ March 7, 2013     
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# Accessibillty Team Update:March 6, 2013

### Custom Menus

Real, positive, progress on this via [#14045](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14045)
thanks kargely to @lessbloat and @ceo. Remaining concerns are centred on supporting
text for non-sighted users that avoids purely visual/spatial terminology.

### CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Comment Form

Currently looking at [#15080](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15080) with
a viw to ensuring that:

 1. users of software that does not support HTML5 are not dis-advantaged.
 2. the mixture of form controls and plain text in the current core output is removed
    so that screen reader users no longer have to make 2 “passes” to extract all of
    the form information.

### 2013 CSUN Conference

The group was represented by @accessiblejoe and @joedolson who reported phenomenal
support for 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) — see [#csun13](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23csun13).

### Theme Accessibility Audit

Now moving onto the next phase — working with the Theme Review Team to update the
[Theme Review Guidelines](https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review) and devise a
practical workflow for an optional accessibility review.

### Documentation

The first draft of the [accessibility section for the Theme Developers Handbook](https://make.wordpress.org/docs/theme-developer-handbook/theme-functionality/accessibility/)
is almost complete. Next step — gathering feedback from the Theme Review Team.

### Concerns

Manpower, remains the largest concern. We badly need:

 * more, experienced, developers to assist with the upcoming theme accessibility
   audits
 * a greater range of non-technical, disabled users who are willing to undertake
   occasional user tests & provide feedback. At the present time, we are still heavily
   skewed towards visually-impaired users which presents a significant danger when
   trying to develop balanced solutions for all potential users.

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