Accessibility in the trenches: accessible redesign, from research to implementation to maintenance

Now that we’ve painted the house, let’s install the foundation.
Remediating a website for accessibility after the fact is more than a headache. It’s costly, time consuming, and illogical.

Brandeis University is entering the final stages a lengthy redesign. We’ve made the new site accessible from the ground up. This includes considering accessibility throughout the redesign process: planning, visual design, code testing/tweaking/retesting and content creation. We learned a lot along the way, as did our CMS, development and widget vendors. We’ll discuss challenges such as pushing back when your vendors claim accessibility, training web editors, and monitoring content. We’ll shared what worked and what we’ll do differently next time.

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