How to read a VPAT webinar, October 13 2021

How to read a VPAT webinar with Terrill Thompson, UW

Chapters
0:00 Start
2:58 Monica Olsson introduces Terrill Thompson
3:42 Terrill begins presentation about VPATs
6:52 Acronyms explained
10:38 “I honestly don’t think I have seen a fully accessible product.” (in 20 years)
11:31 Accessibility Rider contract language
13:57 VPAT needs to be new/current version and accurate
16:24 Washington Policy 188
19:02 Formation of the W3C
20:36 ALT tags for images
24:58 Structure of a web page
26:46 Form field labels
32:02 Intro to ARIA
40:02 VPAT version 2.3
43:11 Conformance levels
46:24 Company’s accessibility contact person
49:16 Who completed this VPAT?
1:12:11 The HECVAT tool

Anyone who makes IT procurement decisions is assuming risk on behalf of their institution. As the risk owner, you must take steps to ensure the product or service you're procuring is accessible to all users, including those with disabilities. How do you do that? A standard form used by IT vendors to document their level of accessibility is the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT).

Terrill Thompson is manager of the IT Accessibility Team at the University of Washington, a role in which he works to promote IT accessibility by building community, developing resources, delivering lectures and workshops, conducting accessibility evaluations, providing consulting and support to a wide variety of constituents, and conducting research. Terrill has nearly thirty years of experience in the IT accessibility field.

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