For kids and teens: The longest shot: How Larry Kwong changed the face of hockey celalibrary.ca/node/25375156 Game changers: Stories of hijabi athletes from around the world celalibrary.ca/node/25719716 Athlete is agender: true stories of LGBTQ+ people in sports celalibrary.ca/node/26559317

Join us tomorrow! Updates for Android and iOS devices have come a long way, especially for braille readers. Our presenters will go in-depth into features available on both iOS and Android mobile devices, including braille screen input. Jan 22, 2026 10:00 AM PT us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

À l'occasion de la Journée internationale des personnes handicapées, nous rendons hommage aux personnes handicapées ainsi qu'à leurs alliés et aux organisations qui les soutiennent et œuvrent à leurs côtés pour éliminer les obstacles à leur pleine inclusion et à l'égalité.

Audio descriptions are necessary for making videos accessible. They narrate the crucial visual elements that would be necessary for understanding the plot without the ability to see the screen. They describe non-verbal cues like gestures, facial expressions, or eye contact.

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities we honour those living with disabilities and the allies and organizations who support and work alongside to remove barriers to full inclusion and equitality. Read disability memoirs published in the last year celalibrary.ca/2025_Diability_Memoirs

Your site's users need enough time to interact with content and fill out forms. People with disabilities such as blindness, low vision, dexterity impairments, and cognitive disabilities might need more time for things such as forms. Allow users to turn off or extend time limits.

If you feel like you don't know what you don't know about accessibility, it can help to follow folks who discuss assistive technology, accessibility and disability. Here's a list of people who post a lot about those. bsky.app/profile/did:...

We hope to see you next Wed. Nov. 26th for the Becoming Anti-Ableist workshop at 10am with Elisabeth Walker-Young and Shawna Lawson of Inclusive Experiences. This session is “grounded in lived experiences and principles of disability justice.” Register today! tinyurl.com/inclusiveexp...

Congratulations to David Szalay who won the Booker Prize for his book Flesh. "In Flesh, Szalay has conjured a character who is unknowable and blunt, yet fully realized and somehow incredibly loveable." Read it in audio celalibrary.ca/node/26174317 and braille celalibrary.ca/node/25576771

Audio descriptions are necessary for making videos accessible. They narrate the crucial visual elements that would be necessary for understanding the plot without the ability to see the screen. They describe non-verbal cues like gestures, facial expressions, or eye contact.

Today is I read Canadian day when we can spend 15 minutes reading a great Canadian story. Check out our Kids and Teens Awards page for suggestions for Canadian books! We guarantee you will find one you love. celalibrary.ca/Kids-Teen-Aw...

Vous cherchez de bons livres canadiens à lire avec des jeunes? Consultez notre page des prix littéraires pour enfants et adolescents. celalibrary.ca/Kids-Teen-Aw...

Octobre est le mois de sensibilisation à la dyslexie et, récemment, toute l'équipe du CAÉB s'est habillée en rouge pour soutenir nos utilisateurs dyslexiques et la communauté au sens large. On estime qu'une personne sur dix souffre de #dyslexie et mérite des ressources de lecture accessibles ! 1/

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month and recently the CELA team all wore red in support of our users with dyslexia and the broader community. It's estimated that 1 in 10 people have #dyslexia and they deserve accessible reading materials! Thanks to all organizations for raising awareness. #a11y

Félicitations à tous les auteurs et créateurs en nomination pour le Prix du Gouverneur général de littérature. Retrouvez tous les titres en nomination dans notre collection et revenez nous voir ! Nous en ajouterons d'autres dans les prochaines semaines. celalibrary.ca/2025GG #GGBooks2025

Congratulations to all the authors and creators nominated for a Governor General's Award for Literature. Find all the nominated titles now in our collection and check back as we will be adding more in the coming weeks. Happy Reading! celalibrary.ca/2025GG #GGBooks2025

Catalogue search unavailable October 21 7-7:30 pm EDT On Tuesday October 21, 2025 from 7 to 7:30 pm EDT the search function on the CELA website and Alexa skill will be unavailable for necessary maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Recherche du catalogue indisponible le 21 octobre de 19h à 19h30 HAE La fonction de recherche sur site web du CAÉB et dans la skill Alexa seront indisponibles le 21 octobre de 19h à 19h30 HAE pour des travaux d'entretien. Nous nous excusons de l'inconvénient que cela peut vous occasionner.

If you're new to captioning videos for your content, you might feel as if you don't know what you don't know. Meryl Evans' "Does Your Video Make These 6 Common Caption Mistakes?" is a great resource to help make your captions better. meryl.net/common-capti...

Library friends. If you are planning activities for upcoming children's programming, we have some tips for integrating #accessibility. Check out our Accessible Libraries Crafts and Activities resource. celalibrary.ca/sites/defaul...

Amis bibliothécaires ! Si vous prévoyez des programmes pour enfants, voici quelques conseils pour intégrer l'#accessibilité. Consultez notre ressource « Activités manuelles et manuelles pour les bibliothèques accessibles ». celalibrary.ca/sites/defaul...

Screen readers are software applications that convert on-screen content into audio, reading aloud what’s displayed on your laptop or mobile screen. In this blog post, @tetralogical.com debunks common myths about screen readers. tetralogical.com/blog/2025/10...

Automatic captions make it difficult to watch videos because the viewer is forced to decipher misspelled or mistranslated words that appear in a string of text without any punctuation. These can be distracting and disorienting. Always edit your captions before publishing.

The hashtag #accessibility allows you to find lots of accessibility-related resources on Twitter and LinkedIn. To find accessibility resources in Spanish, use the hashtag #accesibilidad. The hashtag #accessibilité helps you find resources in French.

If you're struggling to decide what to include or what to leave out, think about how you might describe this to someone you know. Imagine you and a friend are driving by, and they have to keep their eyes on the road. How would you describe the image to them in a meaningful but succinct way?

You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.

Le CAÉB a repris la production et la distribution de matériels de lecture en braille en relief et en braille imprimé, ainsi que le rechargement des appareils Envoy Connect. Il pourrait y avoir des retards de livraison de votre matériel en raison des grèves tournantes des employés de Postes Canada.

Now that Canada Post workers have begun rotating strikes, CELA has restarted production and distribution of embossed braille, printbraille and reloading of Envoy Connect devices. There may be delays in receiving your materials due to rotating strikes by Canada Post workers.

Congratulations to the authors shortlisted for the Giller Prize! People with print disabilities can find accessible versions of these titles in our collection. Happy Reading! celalibrary.ca/2025Giller_Short

En raison de la grève des employés de Postes Canada, le CAÉB a suspendu la production et l'envoi de documents papier ainsi que l'envoi des lecteurs Envoy Connect. Les options numériques ne sont pas affectées. bibliocaeb.ca/blog/canada-...

Due to the strike by Canada Post workers, CELA has suspended production and mailing of embossed braille and printbraille. We are pausing the mailing of reloaded Envoy Connect devices. Digital options are unaffected. Please follow updates on our blog. celalibrary.ca/blog/canada-...

Congratulations to the 5 authors whose books have been nominated for the 2025 Atwood Gibson Writer's Trust Prize. Accessible versions of these titles can be found in our collection for people with print disabilities. Happy Reading! celalibrary.ca/2025Atwood_Gibson #CanLit #a11y

Congratulations to all the authors whose books are nominated to the 2025 Giller Prize longlist. We have a number of the titles already in our collection, ready for you to read. Find them at celalibrary.ca/2025Giller_Long

CELA has subscriptions to OWL magazines in accessible formats to support kids with print disabilities: vision loss, physical and learning disabilities. And we have free accounts for educators to get materials on behalf of their students so that all kids can participate. celalibrary.ca/educators

Basic transcripts are a text version of speech and non-speech audio information needed to understand content. Descriptive transcripts also describe the visual information needed to understand the content, helping people who are both Deaf and blind. www.w3.org/WAI/media/av...

Don't use color alone to convey information. Marking required fields by only using colored labels won't help people who use screen readers or who can't distinguish colors. If using color, also add text like asterisks and/or "required." www.w3.org/WAI/tips/des...

Are you assisting a person with a print disability manage their CELA service as they transition from reading CELA materials on CD to a variety of players and apps? Join us tonight Sept 9 at 7pm EDT for a webinar to learn tips and tricks to make things easier. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Congratulations to all the authors who have been nominated to the Toronto Book Awards short list. Find the list in accessible formats in our collection. celalibrary.ca/2025Toronto_Short www.toronto.ca/city-governm...

Your site's users need enough time to interact with content and fill out forms. People with disabilities such as blindness, low vision, dexterity impairments, and cognitive disabilities might need more time for things such as forms. Allow users to turn off or extend time limits.

Make sure web pages appear and operate in predictable ways. Things like the header, navigation, and footer should be the same on each page. Navigation links should be the same on every page and always in the same order. Things should be labeled consistently.

Rejoignez-nous aujourd'hui à 15h (HE) pour une séance de questions-réponses afin d'accompagner les utilisateurs qui abandonnent les CD. Posez vos questions et découvrez de nouvelles façons de lire vos livres audio. Pour y assister par téléphone composez 1-855-655-2273 bibliocaeb.ca/webinarsfory...

Join us today at 2pm ET for our Q&A session supporting users who are transitioning away from CDs towards new ways of reading. Bring your questions and learn new ways to read your CELA audiobooks. Register below or to attend by phone, please call 1-855-655-2273. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

When writing alt text, ask yourself if you would picture an approximation of the image if it was described to you over the phone using the alt text you've written. Doing that exercise can be a good way to determine if you're on the right track.

CELA is delighted to support expanded access to braille across Canada, thanks to our cost sharing partnership with NNELS supported by the Government of Canada’s Equitable Access to Reading Program. This collaboration also supports CELA braille services.

Le CAÉB et le NNELS ont eu le plaisir de rencontrer Leslie Church, secrétaire parlementaire des secrétaires d'État pour le Travail, pour l’Enfance et la Jeunesse, et pour les Aînés, et de la ministre de l’Emploi et des Familles (personnes en situation de handicap) la semaine dernière. 1/2

CELA and NNELS met with Leslie Church, Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretaries of State for Labour, for Seniors, and for Children and Youth, and to the Minister of Jobs and Families (Persons with Disabilities). We appreciated the opportunity to highlight the importance of accessible reading.

Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart. medium.com/nightingale/...

Participez dès maintenant au Combat des livres du #CLÉTD! Lis /écoute les titres Les aventuriers des mondes perdus: Le secret de Nazca et Pigeons de fortune proposés par le CAÉB. Consulte le site Web du CLÉTD pour voter pour ton livre favori celalibrary.ca/node/25713781 celalibrary.ca/node/25713776

Il est possible que notre site web soit lent ou indisponible. Nous sommes conscients du problème et travaillons à sa résolution. Merci de votre patience.

Users may experience slowness or intermittent availability on our website. We're aware of the issue and working to resolve it. Thank you for your patience.