Thread:Susan.Henderson/@comment-22439-20140221165441/@comment-24407835-20140221180223

I've asked for feedback on that: http://ncd.wikia.com/wiki/NCD_Unconference_Wiki#Accessibility_Plan, but haven't gotten anyone else to respond. If you are a user with visual challenges, than your experience is both a data point and could be instructive. If not, perhaps you can enlist someone to test it out and document the experience. Your input would be appreciated. One challenge that we've noticed already is that we have one visually impaired user who is just beginning to experiment with a screen reader, so that there are challenges even with something that may be accessible to an experienced user who makes use of all available tools. As you have alluded in your comment, we have older and less savvy users who seem to have difficulty clicking on the "edit" and "publish" buttons, despite having no disabilities affecting their access. One response to concerns that I'd like to avoid is the impulse to shut down avenues of communication as a response to challenges in accessibility. Based on these concerns, we did disable the "add a photo" link in the template for the front page, just to make sure that it was impossible for anyone to add a photo. By limiting the possibility of adding a photo, have we made the site more accessible? Is it less accessible to deaf users who might wish to add a photo? If we choose not to communicate at all, or to force everyone to communicate in a traditional and non-interactive way, don't we then effectively limit access for everyone rather than expand it? If you are aware of any available publicly editable web-based platform that is more accessible, please let us know. If not, your assistance in documenting the inadequacies of this one would be appreciated. Thanks for your input.