Sumner specializes in Web Accessibility on WordPress. Through her long-standing organization, she and her team build, maintain, evaluate and remediate WordPress websites to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards. She consistently reviews legal documents related to web accessibility lawsuits and communicates with attorneys on both sides of the issue.
She is active in accessibility and legal conferences and educational venues, including Small Business conferences, WordCamp and local WordPress groups where she regularly speaks on topics related to compliance issues for WordPress websites. She is popularly known for her presentation “Compliance, Traps & Trolls.” Sumner provides presentations to business groups on the benefits, importance and overall value of having an accessible website and conducts ongoing educational events for web designers who use WordPress, so they can better understand the ease and value of inclusive design and accessibility. She also teaches designers and DIYers who use WordPress the steps to remediating a WordPress site. She is a member of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) and several industry specific associations.
She is owned by a rescue dog named Tigger and his rescue cat, Merlin.