Entering a new digital age for accessibility and inclusion

Denis Boudreau
UX Collective
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6 min readFeb 7, 2021

Two hands on a laptop computer keyboard, with icons representing concepts of compliance, regulations, legal and checklists.
Birds-eye view of two hands on a laptop computer keyboard, with a series of icons representing concepts of compliance, regulations, legal, and checklist considerations.

Despite a pandemic that has kept most of us on major lockdowns, and United States politics that have monopolized much of the Canadian airwaves in the first few weeks of the new year, January turned out to be a pretty interesting month from a digital inclusion standpoint, with two major milestones for Canadians with Disabilities all over the country. Sadly, these events flew under most people’s radars.

So, to honor their expected influence on the digital accessibility landscape moving forward, my next appearance on the Now with Dave Brown morning show on AMI-Audio (live at around 9:25 am Eastern this coming Monday) will be dedicated to recognizing what was achieved since we kicked off 2021. Two events that pave the way to what we can hope to be a more inclusive future, for anyone who lives with one or more disabilities as they dive into the online world. Therefore, for this next segment on the show, Dave and I will focus on some of the underlying tenets that hold the practice of digital inclusion together: laws and standards.

AODA cranks it up a notch in 2021!

Let’s start with accessibility laws, or updates to impactful accessibility laws if you will.

As some of you may have heard, back in 2005, Ontario adopted the Accessibility for Ontarians with…

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Helping leaders connect with the missing piece in their DEI efforts. Amazon BestSelling Author “The Inclusive Speaker". Speaker/Trainer/Coach. #neurodivergent

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