Digital Accessibility: No Longer an Afterthought

To celebrate GAAD (Global Accessibility Awareness Day), Amnet conducted an informative webinar, titled “Digital Accessibility: No Longer an Afterthought,” by Charles LaPierre, principal, accessibility standards, and technical lead, Global Certified Accessible, Benetech. The webinar was moderated by Frances Daniele, director of accessibility and key relationships, Amnet.

What to Expect from the Webinar?

This webinar talks about the following:

About Speaker

Charles LaPierre
Charles LaPierre is principal, accessibility standards, and technical lead, Global Certified Accessible, Benetech. Charles has over 25 years of accessibility development experience and has been a pioneer in accessible product development since 1993. Charles is currently a member of the following W3C working groups: Publishing Working Group, MathML Refresh, ARIA, and APA/Personalization Task Force, as well as a member of the EPUB3 W3C Community Group, and cochair of the Accessibility Metadata W3C Community Group. Charles is the technical architect of the new Global Certified Accessible (GCA) initiative at Benetech to certify publisher content as conforming to the EPUB 1.0 Accessibility Specification. Charles has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

Digital Accessibility: No Longer an Afterthought

Amnet and Accessibility

Amnet is a Technabled services company with over 25 years of experience. For companies that need to make their content accessible, Amnet provides born accessible content and also remediates existing content. We help clients stay ahead of the curve and enable digital equality in compliance with global regulatory requirements such as ADA, WCAG, Section 508, and EAA. Amnet is a Benetech-certified accessible vendor.

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