You’ve likely heard this before:

“If you want it to be accessible, you can’t use JavaScript.”

“Screen readers don’t understand JavaScript.”

Well, I call BS.

You can’t believe everything you hear.

The problem isn’t JavaScript—it’s how it is being used. 

We’re bringing you this virtual seminar to help dispel the myths about JavaScript and Accessibility once and for all. You’re going to see how JavaScript can actually be used to enhance accessibility.

(What did he say? JavaScript can be used to make things MORE accessible?)

You’ll get a better understanding of how assistive technology like screen readers, magnifiers and other software works with JavaScript. You’ll see the top 3 traps that developers fall into when using JavaScript, and we’ll walk you through basic strategies and techniques to avoid them. Then we’ll show you how to move beyond providing accessibility at a technical level so that you can start delivering interfaces using JavaScript that are more accessible and easier for everyone to use, including people with disabilities.

Real world solutions for real world problems

This seminar includes practical advice and techniques that are based on real world scenarios. And, because you’re getting access to the archive of the seminar, you can revisit it over and over so that you’re truly confident knowing “The Truth about JavaScript and Accessibility”—how you can use JavaScript effectively and accessibly in your work.

In 90 minutes (including a dedicated Question & Answer block), we’ll share with you what we know works based on the work we’ve done helping others make dynamic interfaces accessible. Financial institutions, government departments and retail operations all want to use JavaScript in their web sites and applications. We’ve helped dozens of them achieve their goal of using JavaScript in their interfaces to keep things fresh, responsive and dynamic but still meet their accessibility goals.

Derek Featherstone will lead you through common problems in the use of JavaScript and accessibility, with a look at how we can solve these issues with solid principles, simple techniques and thorough testing. You’ll learn strategies that help you ensure that you’re hitting the mark when it comes to dialog boxes, dynamic error messages, contextual help for form fields, keyboard interaction, and much more.

Form Accessibility is anything but optional.

We understand. You want to make all of your work accessible. You strive to craft user experiences that engage everyone, including people with disabilities.

But your budget got cut and your timeline changed. That project that needs 6 more weeks of work only gets 10 days. So what does that mean for your forms? You know—the pieces of your web site that kind of make everything happen? Form accessibility is anything but optional.

You need practical advice and techniques that provide real accessibility for your forms right now. Patterns emerge in web design and development and reusing them streamlines your work without compromising quality. This is especially true with web forms, and in this virtual seminar, you'll see those patterns in action.

You need solutions that work.

In 90 minutes (including a dedicated Question & Answer block), we’ll share with you what we know works based on our accessibility consulting engagements with financial institutions, government departments and retail operations that NEED forms to work and work well, for everyone. These clients can’t compromise on accessibility and we help them ensure that they create accessible forms for all of their transactions.

Derek Featherstone will lead you through common problems in the design and accessibility of complex web forms and how we can solve these issues with solid principles, simple techniques and thorough testing. You’ll learn strategies that help you ensure that you’re hitting the mark when it comes to error messages, corrections, contextual help for form fields, keyboard interaction, and simply dealing with complex form types.