Working Toward Accessibility!

(To the tune of “(Walking in a) Winter Wonderland”!) Access calls, are you listening?Lighthouse designs, we’ll be christeningA beautiful site, we’re launching tonight,Working toward accessibility. The GIC is building pages,Our agencies will launch in stages.But there’s no need to wait, we can remediate‘Cause we’re working toward accessibility. You can add some alt text to a […]

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GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #5

Accessibility Countdown: 128 Days(4 months, 7 days)until Accessibility Deadline (4/24/26) DTI Offers Training for New Accessibility Testing Extension DTI’s agreement with Level Access has expanded to include a new accessibility testing browser extension feature called Test Accelerator. This is a manual testing tool used to conduct structured accessibility evaluations and to document results. There will […]

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Keeping Delaware’s Social Media Accessible

Most people who work with Delaware state websites are aware of the need to make their content accessible. But they may not realize that the same standards (and laws) apply to social media. Social media is often the fastest way to reach the public, but if posts aren’t created with accessibility in mind, they can […]

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Bringing Everyone to the Table

How Your Colleagues Can Help Keep Your Site Accessible It’s Thanksgiving week, so we’re going to try to help you bring your colleagues to the table to start a discussion about how your agency creates documents. And we’re even going to share some resources that can be printed out and taped up as reminders for […]

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GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #4

Accessibility Countdown: 155 Days(5 months, 4 days)until Accessibility Deadline (4/24/26) DTI’s Accessibility Training Seminars Now Available Online A few weeks ago, DTI brought in our representatives from Level Access to lead four separate presentations on digital accessibility. The PDF Accessibility training recordings are now available on the A11y Coalition SharePoint site. If you joined the […]

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Coming Soon: New Accessibility Tool!

Some web editors at the agencies and municipalities that work with the GIC may have noticed a change in their WordPress user interface. They may also have noticed some new icons popping up… Good news- they are there to help achieve and maintain accessibility compliance! This week, the GIC has begun a phased roll-out of […]

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New PDF Policy

One of the biggest sources of accessibility problems on our state agency websites comes from the tens of thousands of legacy PDFs that have been posted over the years. We wanted to drop a quick note here today about a new GIC policy aimed at addressing the PDF problem as it pertains to new website […]

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GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #3

Accessibility Countdown: 165 Days(5 months, 14 days)until Accessibility Deadline (4/24/26) Special Dates in November Highlight Accessibility Awareness November is a special month in the world of digital accessibility! There are two days that have been designated for awareness that have spawned literally hundreds of events around the world. World Usability Day, Thursday November 13th World […]

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Lighthouse Ghost Stories!

‘Tis the season to share scary ghost stories! We’ve been talking a lot about the Lighthouse design system in this platform. But, in the spirit of the season, we thought we’d take a look at some of the spooky stories involving Delaware’s actual lighthouses. We discovered some fascinating and freaky ghost stories! We make no […]

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GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #2

DTI to Host Online Digital Accessibility Training Series As part of Delaware’s Digital Accessibility Initiative, the Department of Technology and Information (DTI) is launching a four-part Accessibility Training Series to support all Level Access users and agency accessibility leads. This series will help build practical skills for creating, reviewing, and remediating accessible PDFs in alignment […]

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