Ups and Downs of Building Accessibility Program from Scratch

Date & Time

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 1:20 PM PDT  

Location

Grand JK  

Description

Building Accessibility program in an organization from scratch is often a daunting task. If you are a single player in the field or a team of few, it is hard to decide on priorities and allocate scarce resources to the activities which will have the biggest impact. While changing processes to include accessibility focus on various levels, including in the framework of a product development life cycle, can be a little bit more streamlined, the cultural shift requires a lot of blood, sweat and tears. At ADP, the internal Accessibility team has been created about a year ago, and in a short time was able to launch company-wide Accessibility program and build the foundation for effective support of the product teams on their journey to integrate accessibility into designing and developing digital solutions and tools. Accessibility journey, especially at the beginning, is bumpy. Therefore, ADP Accessibility team will share not only successes and achievements, but also obstacles and failures it had to overcome to make sure accessibility is in front of the mind of the leadership, product managers, designers, developers, testers as well as HR, marketing and communications specialists and an integral part of any product acceptance criteria.  

Audience

• Information & Communications Technology
• Research & Development
• Employment & Human Resources
• Administration & Business Support

Audience Level

Intermediate  

Session Summary (Abstract)

Building an Accessibility program in an organization from scratch is often a daunting task. Let’s discuss how to decide on priorities and allocate scarce resources to the activities which will have the biggest impact.  

Primary Topic

Digital Accessibility  

Secondary Topics

• Design
• Development
• Information & Communications Technology (ICT)
• Leadership & Strategy

 

Session Type

General Track  

Presenters

• Yulia Sarviro
  ADP
• Kelsey Hall
  ADP

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