I'm Shadi Abou-Zahra
Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist
at W3C
The World Wide Web Consortium
I'm Natalia Amelina
Senior National Project Officer in Education
at the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies
in Education.
Join us in this course
to learn the fundamental skills
and key resources
that are becoming increasingly important
across digital professions.
In according with statistics
people with disabilities
can make up around 15% of the population
and the United Nations Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
recognizes access to information as a human right.
And you may know
that this Convention was ratified
by 180 countries all over the world
very likley including your country too.
In this course
you will learn how people with disabilities use the web
including different types of assistive technologies
and adaptive strategies.
You will also learn how web accessibility
improves user experience of
older people
people using mobile devices
and essentially for everyone.
And of course
you'll also learn all about the international standards
from W3C
and training materials
and learn first steps in creating accessible web content
This course was designed
for technical and non-technical people.
If you work with digital technologies
this course is ideal for you to get started.