{"id":3063,"date":"2025-07-31T14:19:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=3063"},"modified":"2025-09-04T16:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T23:39:38","slug":"using-low-vision-as-my-tool-to-help-me-teach-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/session\/using-low-vision-as-my-tool-to-help-me-teach-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Low Vision As My Tool To Help Me Teach WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EIdqFurRuS8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With all the talk about the importance of making WordPress Accessible, how does someone with low vision teach and work with WordPress? I will share the tools and techniques I have used for years as a WordPress instructor at Pratt Institute, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and elsewhere in New York City. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will demonstrate the Operating System and WordPress adjustments I need to make it possible for one with low vision to be productive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This talk is based on my article in Smashing Magazine on what it&#8217;s like to have macular degeneration. &#8220;Using Low Vision As My Tool To Help Me Teach WordPress&#8221; https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/2018\/05\/using-low-vision-teach-wordpress\/<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordcamp-session-speakers\"><span class=\"wp-block-wordcamp-session-speakers__byline\">Presented by<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-wordcamp-session-speakers__name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/bud-kraus\/\">Bud Kraus<\/a><\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all the talk about the importance of making WordPress Accessible, how does someone with low vision teach and work with WordPress? I will share the tools and techniques I have used for years as a WordPress instructor at Pratt Institute, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and elsewhere in New York City. I will demonstrate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5616875,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1756405800,"_wcpt_session_duration":2700,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[3058],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[58],"session_category":[64],"class_list":["post-3063","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-track-2-rose-city","wcb_session_category-topic-technical"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfz0Bf-Np","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"session_date_time":{"date":"August 28, 2025","time":"11:30 am"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"3058","slug":"bud-kraus","name":"Bud Kraus","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/bud-kraus\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":"Technical WordPress","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/3063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/3063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8821,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/3063\/revisions\/8821"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/3058"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/trynet"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=3063"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=3063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}