Accessibility consulting is broken

By Karl Groves

Elevator Pitch

Accessibility Consulting, that process where a client hires a consultant to go through their system, test it for accessibility issues, and submit a report to them, is fundamentally broken.

Description

Accessibility Consulting, that process where a client hires a consultant to go through their system, test it for accessibility issues, and submit a report to them, is fundamentally broken. The typical client engagement locks the customer in an audit-fix-audit-fix cycle does not directly address either the symptoms or the cause of the disease. This talk will propose a new approach for fully addressing what clients really need.

Notes

I’m an engaging speaker with a over a decade of experience presenting, holding workshops, and training. I’ve spoken in 7 countries and 11 US states.

18 videos of some of my presentations can be seen at http://www.karlgroves.com/presentations/

Below is a partial the conferences I’ve spoken at:

  • NationJS, Washington DC (multiple)
  • Beyond Tellerand, Germany
  • ParisWeb, Paris France (multiple)
  • Better By Design, Madison Wisconsin (workshop)
  • Fronteers Spring Conference, Amsterdam Netherlands
  • Elements Web Conference at Penn State
  • IEEE Information Visualization, Baltimore Maryland
  • Annual Conference of the Society for Technical Communications, Baltimore Maryland
  • Frontend Conference, Zurich Switzerland
  • RVA JavaScript Conference