Your first attempt at making anything accessible will be awful
My primary goal in life is to convince people to make things accessible, which is defined as making products and services work for people with disabilities....
You should NOT be able to resell accessible seating tickets.
Tickets for Rent: ADA tickets are $56 even though non-ADA seats next to it are $106 and seats a couple of seats more to the center are $200 In the US, public...
Accessibility and Whistleblower Lawsuits - Bashin v. Conduent settles
Golden three-dimensional human cartoon figure blowing into an oversized whistle attached to a neckloop while standing on a gavel pad with a gavel behind it....
Accessibility and Usability
ice cream cones with fresh fruit Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash I saw a post on LinkedIn this week that said “You can’t have usability without...
Accessibility and Open Source
More and more companies are either consuming or producing open-source software. However, very few of them are thinking about accessibility. That creates a...
Accessibility and Online Survey
Accessible surveys come from combining an accessible survey builder with an accessible survey Surveys are like design systems. Even if you have an accessible...
Accessibility and Online Education Materials
An empty lecture hall Each day, there are at least a dozen new articles in my LinkedIn feed on converting dead-tree, in-person course materials to online...
Accessibility and Disability Blogging — one year anniversary
A donut with a candle In April 2018, I considered writing a book on accessibility. Blogging, I thought, would be an excellent way to meet my writing goals...
Accessibility and Motion
“Moderation in all things is the best policy.”- Roman comic dramatist Plautus (c.250–184 BCE) While Plautus never had to deal with motion in the context of...
Accessibility and Kobe
a sign that says be kobe Photo by Weichao Tang on Unsplash I know nothing about basketball and very little about Kobe Bryant. Wheelchair basketball wasn’t a...
Accessibility and Design Thinking don’t work together automatically
Alt: Six-step methodology for design thinking from NNGroup.com. Empathize and Define (belonging to the “understanding” phase) Ideate and Prototype (belonging...
Accessibility Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACA: Affordable Care Act or Accessible Canada Act depending on context. “The ACA must comply with the ADA, not the ACA” is actually a legit sentence. ACR:...
7 Things that Turn good Accessibility into Great Accessibility
grand canyon photo by Jad The difference between good and great is a chasm the size of the Grand Canyon— Rob Light, Creative Artists Agency (speaking about...
10 Tips for More Effective and Accessible WFH Communications
a desk with a laptop, an open book and pen. Pick the Appropriate Method of Communication Email, Slack, text message, phone, chat, conference call there are...
10 Reasons to Switch to Centralized Budgeting for Accessibility
an image of a hand holding a phone on a desk filled with paper It is the second half of April, and in the accessibility world, that means three things: IEP...
Canadian Summer
View of the Northumberland Strait at summer sunset from my deck in Point du Chene, New Brunswick, Canada
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Cartoon lightbulb with the words “Treat Everyone Equally” on a blue background I just read yet another article, this time quoting a New York state government...
Seven 2024 Accessibility Projections
Here are the topics I think will be in the forefront of disability inclusion and accessibility next year
This Week in Accessibility: Griffin v. Dept. of Labor Credit Union
Another rare defendant’s victory, but really not substantially different than Diaz v. Kroger
Life Before the ADA
The ADA turned 29 last week. These are things that people thought were acceptable before the ADA passed.