Starting a Disability Employee Resource Group (ERG)
Red “U” shaped magnet with a white wheelchair symbol on it attracting metallic cartoon figurines I once wrote about how important disability-focused employee...
Should you describe yourself and your location in remote meetings?
Absolutely, but there needs to be a balance between the right amount of data and Too Much Information (TMI).
Why doing an instant ADA website compliance review is a terrible idea
TL;DR — you will get an inaccurate, incomplete, and biased report of your actual accessibility status, plus potentially create significant legal liability
What’s in a name (sign)?
A lot. Here’s why workplace name pronunciation features need to include the ability to add phonetics and video for name signs
The ADA lawsuit settlement involving an accessibility overlay
What the settlement agreement included, and what does it mean for the industry?
Technology doesn’t make accessibility hard. People who don’t care do
Everything that makes accessibility difficult ties back to one root cause: People not giving a damn about others who are different.
Seven Steps to Processing a “Teachable Moment”
Teachable moments suck. Here’s how I make them suck less.
The Accessibility Profession Can Be Stressful, Exhausting, and Frustrating
The Accessibility Profession Can Be Stressful, Exhausting, and Frustrating
Pivoting to fully remote accessibility testing
Five months into the pandemic w/ no finish line in sight, temporary changes must be reassessed and made permanent to improve productivity.
Performative Disability Allyship
Are messengers seeking to disrupt ableism or just seeking praise for “taking a stand” that will never result in substantive change?
How to discuss accessibility during a design/UI/UX interview or portfolio review
There are a gazillion articles on how to do a good job reviewing your design portfolio. None of them talk about accessibility.
Why US law effectively mandates all software design be responsive
Your employer/client can spend a lot of time and money on lawsuits and rework if you don’t follow this one simple rule.
The majority of people with disabilities can’t file an unemployment claim without help.
There’s no excuse, but plenty of blame to go around. Deferred maintenance on state unemployment systems is the common denominator.
This week in accessibility: NFB v. EPIC
The inaccessible defendant won this round, but don’t count on their victory helping you in a similar situation.
Scaling Accessibility
In an enterprise software world, accessibility isn’t always about testing a handful of simple websites with homogeneous data and predictable release cycles. Sometimes accessibility has to scale.
Personas with Disabilities
Some people love personas. Some people hate them. But if you have personas, and they are 100 % non-disabled, you are doing everyone a disservice 12 different...
Stop doing “Walk Throughs” and Start doing “Roll Throughs”
Using a “growth mindset” to understand the point of view of someone with a disability may help you identify issues before there are complaints Images...