How Tech has Changed Disability
Occasionally, when I find myself in one of those “dammit why is my life so hard” holes and am trying to struggle my way out of it, I think about how if I had...
How people with disabilities can be ableist
Greg Abbott is a wheelchair user, only the third wheelchair-using governor in United States history. What happened that caused him to need to use a...
How Open Floor plans Discriminate against People with Disabilities
Typical cube farm A recent article in the NY Times about “secret spaces” made me think about floor space layouts in business settings. I am NOT suggesting...
How long do people with disabilities have to sue over inaccessibility?
Photo by Tanner Vote on Unsplash Warning: This article is NOT intended to be taken as legal advice by any reader. Go find a real lawyer if you need a legal...
How I transformed from thinking my brain was broken to realizing I had a superpower
I am a quintessential “thin-slicer,” a personality trait that Malcolm Gladwell thoroughly explored in his book, Blink. Thin-slicing describes a person’s...
How Colleges have Ruined the College Admission Process for Parents
I woke up early on Veterans’ Day. I had done a lot of exercises (well, for me anyways) on Sunday afternoon and gone to sleep early. My high school senior had...
How business FOMO is the enemy of good accessibility
FOMO is defined as: Pervasive apprehension that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere that one is missing. FOMO is often...
Hiring an Accessibility Tester? Here is an approach that you should consider
A former team member reached out in November, 2018. He was disappointed because he didn’t get an accessibility testing contract that frankly, he was...
High Impact Accessibility on a Budget
Ceramic Pink Piggy bank, pig is wearing glasses and staring at a old fashioned manual calculator It is easy to spend a lot of money on accessibility....
Having a VPAT is not the same thing as being accessible
How I see myself / How others see me (cat looking into mirror, tiger looking back) I try to write thoughtful, sometimes geeky articles about the esoteric and...
HARO: Every publicity person’s low-budget best friend
Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash Ever wondered where reporters get their sources from and how to be one? I can’t count how many times I’ve heard on radio...
Handling accessibility demand letters
This must be the “demand letter” season. Maybe because all the lawyers are working from home due to COVID-19 with courthouses being closed? I’ve had multiple...
Groups that don’t care about people with disabilities
You don’t matter Your needs don’t matter You don’t deserve to be treated equally You are in the “we will get to you eventually” group because you have...
Got sued under the ADA for inaccessibility?
Photo by David Veksler on Unsplash Read Part 1 of this article here about recouping costs for accessibility lawsuits when others are at fault. This article...
Got sued over website accessibility?
This article is not legal advice. This is a general opinion article and should not be relied upon for any legal situation. Always consult an attorney who...
Getting a product accessible is not enough
TL;DR It’s not enough to get a product accessible. The entire product experience should be accessible.The processes needed to attain product experience...
Four Corporate Disability Equity Truths
Photo by Michael Carruth on Unsplash People with disabilities do not have access to equal business opportunities. If you don’t believe that, I ask you to...
Female leaders are better at ensuring people with disabilities aren’t excluded
In the article “What Do Countries With The Best Coronavirus Responses Have In Common? Women Leaders,” the female leaders of Denmark, Iceland, Germany,...
Federal accessibility laws don’t matter — California’s accessibility laws do
Federal laws are a minimum standard that must be followed by every entity they apply to in every US state/territory. The Supreme Court stated in Geier v....
Even free software needs VPATs …
Part 2 of a multi-part series on accessibility and open-source software. Read Part 1 here. Accessibility Myth: Free software doesn’t require VPATs. VPATS are...