Help test font legibility!
November 13, 2024 by DABC
A designer in Vancouver is looking for 25 participants with low vision to help test the legibility of a font. Feedback sessions will be in person in Vancouver, last approximately 1 hour and take place between November 25 and December 13th. Sessions will include reading the font in various formats on an iPad. The study is being conducted by an American company aiming to improve their legibility and accessibility. Participants will be compensated with a $200 gift card. To participate, please email Tyler Hawkins: tyler.w.hawkins@gmail.com.
They’re looking for participants who:
- Have moderate visual impairment characterized by blurry vision, and visual acuity in the range of 20/70 to 20/160 in the better-seeing eye after correction.
- Have intact central vision and intact peripheral vision, meaning they should retain the ability to see objects directly in front of them without significant distortion or obstruction.
- Are between 18 and 70 years old.
Accessible Parking Exemptions
Did you know that in Vancouver, BC, vehicles displaying a SPARC BC accessible parking permit can access resident permit parking and resident parking only, for up to 3 hours? And No Parking Zones for 30 minutes while actively loading or unloading people or materials?
All accessible parking exemptions are listed here: https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/accessible-parking.aspx.
Statement of Work – A Redesigned Website for Disability Alliance BC
DABC is planning to redesign our website to become easier for people to use and built with accessibility in mind. It is our preference to work with a web developer who has lived experience with disability and previous demonstrated experience designing accessible websites. If this is you, please reach out to feedback@dabc.ca.
About DABC
Disability Alliance BC (DABC) is a provincial, cross-disability non-profit and registered charity.
Our mission is to support people, with all disabilities, to live with dignity, independence, and as equal and full participants in the community. DABC works to fulfill this mission through our services, programs, community partnerships, advocacy, research, and publications.
We envision a society where people with disabilities are not only fully included, but also recognized as valued contributors; fostering a culture that upholds diversity and equity.
Context
DABC is undertaking a redesign of our website. It has been around 8 years since our website was last updated, and since then, we have taken into account lessons learned on content and design to improve the website. Our current website is quite slow, and difficult to navigate: https://disabilityalliancebc.org/
In preparation for the website redesign, DABC staff and board have put in the work to prepare strategic documents, feedback, and a vision for what we want our new website to be. We are looking for a web developer who can make our vision a reality. The web developer we work with will have access to these documents and responsive collaboration from our website redesign working group.
We are looking for a web developer who:
- Has experience and knowledge in building accessible websites. We want to ensure that our website is as accessible as it can be, for as broad of types of disabilities as possible, by designing a site that does not rely on an accessibility overlay/widget.
- Is values driven, and is inspired by the values of DABC.
- Is able to find actionable solutions to the sheer volume of information we have on our website, and can make this more digestible and navigable for the user.
- Can develop a website which requires minimal back end website knowledge in order for DABC staff to regularly maintain and update the website after it is created.
Timeline:
DABC is seeking quotes from web developers on estimated costs to build DABC’s new website. We are hoping to carry out this work in the fall of 2024.