Digital accessibility in Healthcare guide by the Paciello Group

Do you do business with Canadians?
Deadline for the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
Do you work for or own a public, private, or non-profit business that employs over 50 individuals in the Canadian province of Ontario? If so, your organization should be aware of the January 1, 2021 deadline for ensuring all web content (excluding live captioning and audio description) is WCAG 2.0 AA compliant under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).
https://www.paciellogroup.com/deadline-for-the-accessibility-for-ontarians-with-disabilities-act-aoda-is-fast-approaching/

Accessibility in Healthcare
Digital Accessibility in Healthcare
Healthcare is in the midst of a massive shift to digital
Healthcare, like many other verticals, is rapidly transforming as the COVID-19 pandemic and external factors like new technologies, system enhancements, and pressure from organization-wide goals to provide cost-effective and time-efficient services reshape the industry.
What does this mean for accessibility program managers and stakeholders who need to ensure an accessible and inclusive experience for patients and employees?
Well, certainly that it is getting significantly more complicated.
Now is the time to take action before your organization becomes the target of a lawsuit. You need to be confident that you are taking strides to protect your organization while providing all people (regardless of ability) access to your digital content.
TPG’s 8-Step Plan
Use the following information to gain a better understanding of what to expect as you identify, document, and gain control over your healthcare organization’s digital accessibility.
https://www.paciellogroup.com/digital-accessibility-in-healthcare/#content

Hour of Code events in December

Kes: I'm trying to find accessible events and activities for screen reader users: there is a "Screen reader" checkbox, but I'm not seeing any results for it.
We need to crip the code so we can stage our own hackathons, because wouldn't it be awesome if we could all be able to hack our own prosthetics, like Hugh Herr?

Hour of Code
https://hourofcode.com/us/learn

Join the largest learning event in history, December 7-13, 2020
https://hourofcode.com/us
How to plan your Hour of Code
Join the movement and introduce your students to computer science with these steps.
Computational thinking helps nurture problem-solving skills, logic, and creativity. And technology is transforming every industry on the planet. Students today should learn how to create technology, not just use it. By starting early, they’ll have a foundation for success in any 21st-century career path.

Trying an Hour of Code is a simple and fun way to introduce students to computer science, perhaps for the very first time, and it fits perfectly for both in-class and after-school settings. Take a look at our
participation guide
https://hourofcode.com/files/participation-guide.pdf
if you still have questions.