Stay current on accessibility

The Abbotsford Accessibility Symposium brought together business owners, creators, and community leaders to explore how digital accessibility strengthens user experience, inclusion, and business outcomes. Tamara discusses the highlights and learnings from her time as a presentor and participant.

Easy Surf was selected as a finalist for Social Enterprise Champion at this year’s Untapped Awards.

This three-part session centers accessibility in the workplace, showing how technology choices impact inclusion. Part 1 delivers a 30-minute primer on digital accessibility, using personas and real examples to reveal everyday barriers and practical, human-centered design fixes. Part 2 demonstrates assistive tech (screen readers, voice, captions, magnification) to expose where designs fail or succeed and how small choices affect usability. Part 3’s expert panel shares real-world wins, pitfalls, and tactics to align HR, IT, legal, and procurement, equipping attendees with strategies, and confidence to build an accessible workplace that empowers people rather than checking boxes.

Nunavummi Disabilities Makinnasuaqtiit Society (NDMS) is a respected and well-used disability organization serving all of Nunavut. They provide support and advocacy for people with disabilities and were dismayed to learn their website wasn’t very accessible. It was important to build a site that reflected the community and was accessible as soon as possible.

Collaborating with Easy Surf, we did a thorough test of our custom theme to meet and exceed WCAG 2.2 standards. We used this as the base of the build. NDMS had a great selection of professional photos and a logo we could use as a starting point. We used their brand colours to create bold areas of colour to distinguish separate areas of the site.

This week, Rob and Ryan dive into the world of digital accessibility with special guest Noah Senecal-Junkeer, Co-founder of Easy Surf. Noah shares his deeply personal journey living with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, and how his own challenges using tools like speech recognition software inspired him to help reshape digital access for others.

They discuss how Easy Surf is changing the game, literally. From website audits to playtesting video games, Easy Surf’s team of testers with lived experience is proving that accessibility is better when it’s built-in from the start, not bolted on later.

What does ‘accessibility’ mean in game design?

We sat down with the team from Easy Surf (a game and web accessibility consultancy) to discuss this topic that’s becoming more urgent and more transformative every year.

From design misconceptions to business strategy, we covered why accessibility matters and how even small changes can unlock your game for millions of players.

We're sharing our accessibility review and group discussion of Wordatro! This was so much fun, and we had a great discussion with the Wordatro! developper and publisher to discuss our findings.

We’re proud to share our Annual Benefit Report for fiscal year 2024—a look at how Easy Surf is living our values as a disability-led business.

Inside, you’ll find highlights from our impact work, honest reflections on where we fell short, and the steps we’re taking to grow a more inclusive digital future.

We talk the ins and outs of gaming with disabilities. How can you make games accessible to everyone? How do blind people game? We are bringing together developers, gamers, and consultants from the gaming industry to talk about where accessibility is going in the gaming space.

Tamara and Noah join accessibility advocate and content creator Carrie Morales for a candid conversation about the digital accessibility landscape—what’s working, what needs to change, and how Easy Surf came to be.

Together, they share lived experiences, industry insights, and advice for aspiring accessibility testers.