Presented at WordCamp Europe 2017, you can watch the recording on WordPress.tv.
Some short tips you could take away:
- Brush up on disability etiquette, try this video for an entertaining start https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv1aDEFlXq8
- Another event accessibility policy you could try: color communication badges
- If you’re speaking about accessibility, read this post & make sure you’re not accidentally othering people with disabilities in your talk: Disabled people go to disability conferences—and everywhere else, too
- When talking with people w/ disabilities about event #a11y, “don’t be a barrier to access needs” was the biggest concern – there’s a stigma about “faking” disability to get “perks”, which often prevents people with disabilities from getting the support needed