Posts by Sandi Gauder

  • The Business of Dignity

    In this episode, David and Sandi investigate the lived experience of people with disabilities when engaging the services of an organization. Our guest is Julie Sawchuk, accessibility strategist, educator and best selling author.

  • Introducing the Practical Accessibility Insights Podcast

    Practical Accessibility Insights

    In our first episode, David Best and Sandi Gauder introduce the new podcast. You’ll learn who David and Sandi are, and learn about what business owners need to know in making their organizations inclusive.

  • Lessons we’ve learned working from home

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    As a digital business, we’ve had the luxury of having an office in Port Perry and the ability to work from home or anywhere Internet access is available. But, in order to do that, we’ve had to put processes and systems in place to support that work option. Infrastructure VOIP (Voice Over IP) Phones: We …

  • A new AODA deadline is looming. Are you ready?

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    The AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilites Act) has been around since 2005. The Act set out several deadlines requiring organizations to make their websites accessible. This year, a major deadline is looming. What’s the deadline? January 1, 2021 Who does it impact? All organizations in the province of Ontario with 50 or more employees …

  • The unexpected costs of your new website

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    There is a difference between a web designer buying and customizing a theme and a web developer who is able to code a custom website. We build custom themes from scratch for our clients – always have and always will. Even before we started building WordPress websites, we built custom templates for our client sites. …

  • Making Websites Accessible

    What is an accessible website? An accessible website is a site that can be used by all of your visitors, including those with disabilities, no matter what tools they use to navigate the web.  Some of your visitors may have reduced vision and use a screen reader to listen to websites. Other visitors may have …

  • Accessibility-ready WordPress themes are just part the puzzle

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    WordPress has become one of the most common platforms for websites and accessibility-ready WordPress themes are a positive new trend in that growing market.  Almost 25% of websites are now powered by the popular CMS (Content Management System). With it’s increasing popularity has come a focus on the accessibility of those sites and that’s great …

  • Web accessibility: Why it’s time has come

    Having an accessible website means that your site is built in a way that enables anyone with a disability to interact with it. The Ontario AODA legislation kicked in January 1, 2014.  It is now mandatory for any company with 50 or more employees to make their new website or new web content accessible to …

  • Why It’s Important to Build your own Template

    When building a website, one of the first steps in the process is creating a look and feel for your site, often called a theme or template. If you are using a Content Management System (CMS) like WordPress, Joomla, or Drupal, there are many pre-made templates available from various sources around the Internet either for …

  • Looking to capture new markets? Consider an accessible website

    Every business owner who comes to us for a new website is looking to build her business by tapping into new markets on the web. They want to engage in tools that reach out to new users – Twitter, Facebook, blogs and the like. Yes, those are all great (and many would argue, necessary) tools …