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How to read a VPAT and ACR

Scheduled at 3:15 PM in Independence on Wednesday, November 18.

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Speaker(s)

  • Gian Wild, Ms, AccessibilityOz

Session Details

  • Length of Session: 1-hr
  • Format: Lecture
  • Expertise Level: Beginner
  • Type of session: General Conference

Summary

Gian Wild explains how to read a VPAT and its Accessibility Conformance Report, covering the differences between Section 508, WCAG, and International VPATs. She walks through the layout, how to interpret the ACR, red flags to watch for, examples of strong VPATs, and how to verify whether a VPAT accurately reflects a product's real accessibility compliance — important since vendors typically author their own.

Abstract

A VPAT is a document that provides an assessment of the accessibility compliance of a product; in essence, how accessible that product is for people with disabilities. But these are often created by the product owners themselves, so how accurate are they? How do you read a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) and associated Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR)? What are the differences between the Section 508, WCAG and International VPATs? Gian Wild talks through the layout of a VPAT and how to properly interpret the associated ACR. She discusses the red flags, what to do about them and provides some examples of what a good VPAT looks like. Finally, she talks about how you can confirm whether the VPAT is actually correct – determine whether it accurately represents the accessibility compliance of a product.

Keypoints

  1. Know what the red flags are for a bad VPAT and what to do about it
  2. Know when you see a good VPAT
  3. earn whether the VPAT is an accurate representation of a product's accessibility compliance

Disability Areas

All Areas

Topic Areas

Campus & System-wide initiatives, Faculty Development & Support, Legal, Procurement, Uncategorized, Web/Media/App Access

Speaker Bio(s)

Gian Wild

Gian works in the area of web accessibility: making sure web sites and mobile apps can be used by people with disabilities. She spent six years contributing to the international set of web accessibility guidelines used around the world and is also the CEO and Founder of AccessibilityOz. With offices in Australia and the United States, AccessibilityOz has been operating for five years. Its clients include the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, Optus, Seek and Foxtel. A 2017 Australian of the Year award nominee, Gian splits her time between Australia the US. A regular speaker at conferences around the world, in 2015 she presented to the United Nations on the importance of web accessibility at the Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.