Our brains are wired to repeat habits. Shifting our actions by just 1% can lead to big changes. In the book “Atomic Habits,” James Clear discusses ways to minimally shift our environment, actions, and mindset to help encourage and support good habits.
While reading this book, Kate DeForest of SUNY Oswego realized that very similar principles were already being used at her institution to help improve digital accessibility. Inspired by the techniques described in the book, Kate will discuss how to help shift the digital accessibility culture using small, actionable steps that can be incorporated into everyday habits and workflows.
This session is for new accessibility practitioners, team leaders, content creators, and anyone looking for ways to easily introduce and incorporate digital accessibility.
Speaker Bio
As Web/Digital Content Coordinator, Kate DeForest is one of the primary leaders of SUNY Oswego’s web accessibility efforts. She helps maintain the college's primary website, ensuring information is up-to-date, accurate, and accessible. As a member of the Workgroup on Accessibility Practices, she works with other campus accessibility experts to anticipate, troubleshoot, support, and resolve the practical digital accessibility needs of our campus community. Kate is a member of IAAP and a Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC). She has given over 20 accessibility-related presentations at local, state, and national conferences, including Accessing Higher Ground, HighEdWeb, the New York State Disability Services Council, and SUNY Technology Conference, among others.
Objective
During this webinar you'll learn how to:
- Explain ways to apply the four laws of atomic habits—make it obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying—to digital accessibility
- Provide examples of how to minimally shift our environment, actions, and mindset to create a good foundation for making digital accessibility a habit that people can stick with
- Focus on small, actionable steps that can be incorporated into everyday workflows and practices that help support the accessibility of digital content. The presenter provides common sense suggestions that are easy to include, but often overlooked