In this episode of Beyond Barriers, Jonathon Taylor shares his experience as an accessibility trainer. We touch upon the Shift Left Approach, the ambiguity that exists in WCAG conformance, solving for accessibility at the authorship level and at the user level, the possibility of universal solutions for all accessibility needs, and AI producing accessible code from the get-go.

Jonathon also takes us through the different types of accessibility training—end-to-end training, self-guided approaches, collaborative and instructor-led training—and what the pros and cons of each of them are. He also gives his perspective on measuring the impacts of training, scaling, and concluding them.

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(1:20) : Journey Into Accessibility

(2:24) : Life as an Accessibility Trainer

(5:34) : Empowering those who are unaware of accessibility

(7:10) : Shift Left Approach

(9:00) : Types of Accessibility Training

(18:26) : Ambiguity in WCAG conformance

(22:08) : Universal Solution for all accessibility needs

(28:02) : Using AI to produce accessible code

(31:25) : Upgrade skill-set to suit a larger audience

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