I got a restraining order against my COVID-denying next-door neighbor
I will call my assailant, “Mr. Covid.” His actions had already generated two separate police calls (from others) for assault in the previous three months. My...
If somebody can use it, somebody can misuse it
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash There is a portion of the American legal system under the category of negligence called “strict product liability,” also...
I am an accessibility badass
An email request came in, ending with: Please sign the letter with all those letters after your name. You know, BSc JD MBA CPACC BADASS After I stopped...
How to Stop People from Filing Repeat ADA Lawsuits
Name tag that that says “Hello I am . . . Suing You” I have a confession to make. I am a “serial filer” Last year, the US Department of Education’s Office...
How to make organizations aware of an accessibility issue
You’ve found an accessibility problem, in a website or app from someone we are going to refer to below as “OffendingCompany”. Maybe you have vision loss and...
How to lose a customer in 10 seconds
In the modern digital age, where so much of our lives revolve around online platforms, ensuring accessibility for everyone is critical. However, widespread...
How to identify a Toxic Accessibility Culture, and what you can do about it
A real dumpster fire (from which the term “dumpster fire” was coined) Urban dictionary defines “Dumpster Fire” as: 1. A complete disaster.2. Something very...
How to discuss accessibility during a design/UI/UX interview or portfolio review
Portfolio reviews are the penultimate step in the design/UI/UX interview process. It’s a chance to show your work, defend your decision-making, explain your...
How the Gig Economy impacts People with Disabilities
For those of you who have been living under a rock for the last five years, a gig economy engagement is defined as a full-time or part-time contract as...
How the focus on Digital Employee Experience is leaving out People with Disabilities
Blurry image of man shown from the shoulders down holding a tablet with various types of digital symbols overlaid — mobile, cloud, email, electronic...
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...