GAAD Presentation at Chase

The Story of

From web developer to co-‐founder of a global movement

5/19/2016 @joedevon – PresentaEon at Chase

Hello. My name is Joe Devon

Lived In NY in 2007, was Freelance WebDev

Big tech scene, lots of meetups Studied voraciously

@joedevon

Pic circa ~2007

One day, I stumbled upon a video by Yahoo! programmer Victor Tsaran

Play Videos

•  Victor Tsaran Video: hZps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izrC4R7SsH4

•  ChrisEne Ha Video: hZps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OO9w_oK6dQ

•  Fullspeed screen reader: hZps://soundcloud.com/freecodecamp

3/14/2015 @joedevon -‐ Midwest PHP 4

Moved to Los Angeles

Got a gig @ AmericanIdol.com. Unfortunately, no tech scene in L.A.!

Dad @ JPL Speaker of 10 languages. Survivor of Auschwitz & Dachau. He lost much of his hearing & eyesight.

BLOG POST THAT INSPIRED GAAD

Tweeted the blog post – thought that would be the end of it-‐

Guess who winds up speaking at 1st GAAD event in Los Angeles in 2012?

Victor Tsaran

World was starEng to change

•  Mobile was geing much bigger •  Apple was making quite an impact. The iPad had recently launched, w/ Voiceover

•  Caring about ALL users changes the DNA of a company for the beZer

•  Making products that bring....DELIGHT •  100 excuses to NOT make a product accessible

Play more videos

•  iPad ease of use: hZps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la6vK6hI7rM


Success of GAAD, Year One

•  GAAD made my hometown paper •  Gov’ts & Corps ran events, blogged & tweeted •  Appeared in podcasts, magazines

My Dad got cancer, passed away Feb. 16

GAAD Year 2

•  Mindy Morgan, Front End Dev designed a new logo… which made the front cover of .Net Magazine

•  FCC blogs & tweets #GAAD for 24 hours •  #GAAD had a tweet a minute! •  More engagement than we could have ever imagined

•  I guess we hit on something

GAAD Year 2

YouTuber “Blind Film CriEc” introduces GAAD via livestream

Tommy Edison

Play Tommy Videos

•  Tommy Edison uses Facebook: hZps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtE2NfFZK2g

•  Tommy Edison uses Instagram: hZps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1e7ZCKQfMA , hZps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i1k3srHKAA


GAAD Year 3

•  The Paciello Group created #ID24 •  #GAAD two tweets a minute •  Gaming companies spoke about a11y games •  ArEcles in PHP Architect, Sitepoint, A List Apart & more

GAAD Year 3

GAAD comes full circle

Remember the bank whose unusable interface inspired my post?

Twist of Fate

GAAD Year 4

GAAD Year 4

•  Grew by a factor of 5 •  #GAAD had 52 Million impressions •  TwiZer “Reach” was 25 Million People •  Whatever that means

HOW TO MAKE AN IMPACT

Why should I care about a11y?

Accessibility StaEsEcs

•  How many people are disabled? 57M in US 1B Worldwide

•  What’s the breakdown? Hearing impaired: 360M Vision impaired: 285M CogniEve: 194M Physical impairment: 13M Other (Depression, Alcohol, DemenEa): 148M

Accessibility StaEsEcs conEnued

•  Baby Boomers geing older •  Myth of Minority. 54% have some form of disability (PEW internet project)

•  $200 Billion in disposable income •  Gartner says it’s in the Trillions •  9 out of 10 websites are inaccessible

DisabiliEes & Web Browsing

VISUAL IMPAIRMENT: •  Blind people don’t even have a screen to look at

•  Blind people can’t use a mouse •  Color contrast is important for low vision and people w/ color blindness

•  Screen Magnifiers •  Screen Readers read out web pages


DEAF USERS: •  Audio w/ no wriZen component locks deaf users out

•  Videos can become useless •  Unless you capEon your videos! •  Don’t rely on Audio Captchas!

Another Tommy Video

•  Tommy interviews Yahoo Accessibility: hZps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C9Cbu2bPBA



COGNITIVE ISSUES, MOTOR IMPAIRMENT: •  Organizing your content in a well laid out manner can be helpful to those with cogniEve impairment

•  There are other disabiliEes like Quadriplegics who use other assisEve technology like Puff & Sip controllers.

•  Motor DisabiliEes

GAAD Year 5?

Play a Cat Video

•  Obligatory Cat Video: hZps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU7hPOY8n_Y


THANK YOU!

TwiZer: @joedevon, @gbla11yday Email: [email protected]

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