Do It Myself Blog – Glenda Watson Hyatt

Need to improve your website’s accessibility?

For more than ten years, Glenda has worked with three levels of government, transit authorities and non-profit organizations to improve accessibility of their websites for people with disabilities.

She is well-versed in the internationally-recognized Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 and is rapidly absorbing the changes that come with the newly released 2.0 version. Glenda is also familiar with the United States legislation Section 508 that, in part, requires specified categories of websites to be accessible to people with disabilities.

Her clients have included:

• Human Resources Development Canada
• Government of British Columbia
• Ministry of Advanced Education
• City of Vancouver
• TransLink
• GO Transit
• Neil Squire Society
• Society for Disability Arts and Culture

Glenda is now combining her web accessibility expertise with her passion for blogging and her first-hand experience living with a disability to work with bloggers to create an accessible blogosphere.

Need a passionate writer?

Glenda writes avidly about accessibility and disability-related issues. Her work has been published worldwide.

Her most notable pieces include:

• Disabled Child Left to Die by Mother, Social Workers, Rational Outrage.
• What is in a word? The evolution of disability language (PDF Format), SPARC BC News.
• Make Your Company’s Intranet Accessible to Employees With Disabilities, eSight Careers Network.
• The Duty to Accommodate Workers With Disabilities in the Unionized Sector, eSight Careers Network.
• Say What?: Effectively Communicating with Clients with Speech Disabilities, Contact Point Bulletin. Volume 5, number 3.
• I’ll Do It Myself, Soaring Eagle Communications.
• Simplified Web Accessibility Guide, Ministry of Advanced Education and Human Resources Development Canada, BC/Yukon Region.

Need an inspiring speaker?

Using text-to-speech software with PowerPoint to accommodate her significant speech impairment, Glenda delivers powerful presentations wherever she presents.

Her recent presentations include:

• What’s in My Networking Toolbox?. Surrey – Delta Chapter of the Valley Women’s Network.
• What Accessibility Means to Me?. AccessCamp San Antonio, via online.
• How POUR is Your Blog? SOBCon 09, Chicago.
• Accessible Recreation: A Personal Perspective. BC Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA) Symposium, Whistler.

View Glenda’s entire virtual portfolio and email her to discuss ways her knowledge, skills and expertise may be of service to you or your organization.

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