AFB Talent Lab Client Partner
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AFB Talent Lab
The organization displaying this badge has demonstrated a commitment to investing in digital inclusion by partnering with the AFB Talent Lab to evaluate the accessibility and usability of its website, apps, or other digital products to people with disabilities. This badge remains active for up to one year after the organization’s engagement with AFB as validation of its continued investment in accessibility. An expired badge indicates the consulting project with AFB ended more than one year ago.
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AFB Talent Lab evaluates the digital products defined by the organization through design review and/or authentic usability testing by people with disabilities using a screen reader or other assistive technologies. Following testing, AFB provides the organization with a report of identified accessibility and usability issues, prioritized based on severity and matched to WCAG standards where appropriate, for the client to improve.
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The organization has the opportunity to meet with AFB Talent Lab testers and accessibility experts to discuss identified issues, remediation recommendations and implementation steps, and accessibility and digital inclusion best practices. With this new knowledge, the organization implements changes to improve the accessibility and user experience for people with disabilities.
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The earning organization is solely responsible for acting upon AFB’s recommendations and implementing improvements to their website, apps, or other digital products based on AFB Talent Lab’s usability testing report and suggested improvements. This badge validates the organization’s partnership with AFB Talent Lab, not the implementation of any recommendations or accessibility of any website, app, or other product.
Standards
AFB Talent Lab offers accessibility consulting services as a component of its education and training programs for future tech industry talent. Using a teaching hospital model, AFB Talent lab interns and apprentices apply their developing skills to real-world consulting projects under the supervision of experienced project leaders
AFB Talent Lab’s Accessibility & Usability Standards focus on competency in five key areas, including Industry Regulations & Guidelines, Assistive Technology, Inclusive Design, Inclusive Development, and Process Management. Please visit the AFB Talent Lab website for more details on our program standards and learning targets.