More lawsuits filed against companies using accessibility plugin/overlays

$ · September 29, 2023

ADP has been sued for inaccessibility despite using a popular overlay. The rest of the cases involving overlays have been small potatoes by comparison.

Organizations with $33 Billion in annual revenue were sued over accessibility in one week last month

$ · September 28, 2023

2020 accessibility lawsuits are on track to be close to 50 % higher than either 2018 or 2019. This article reviews a single week’s worth of those lawsuits.

Your first attempt at making anything accessible will be awful

September 26, 2023

Don’t use this as an excuse. Even awful is better than 98 % of what other people are doing.

Received an accommodations request? Think twice before turning it down

$ · September 25, 2023

This is Part 2 of a two-part article. Read Part 1, The Manager’s Practical Guide to Handling an Employee Newly Diagnosed With a Disability here. What are...

What people with disabilities hope to see in a Biden Presidency

September 23, 2023

After four years of ridicule and inattention to PwDs being completely normalized, the future is looking slightly brighter.

Silver (WCAG 3.0) First Public Working Draft released.

September 20, 2023

February 26, 2021, is the deadline to submit comments.

This Week in Accessibility: First lawsuit filed over lack of captions in VR

$ · September 19, 2023

This most recent accessibility litigation evolution has been predicted for the past couple of years by ADA legal experts.

My top 10 favorite disability/ accessibility articles of the year

September 17, 2023

Picking your favorite articles when you’ve written 145 of them in the past 12 months is like picking your favorite kids.

Starting a new accessibility remediation project?

$ · September 17, 2023

Marie Kondo’ing the project first will get you to your goal faster.

Where to go for accessibility help when you are stuck

$ · September 16, 2023

There are lots of resources, some obvious, some not so obvious

Why I seldom turn on my video for Zoom calls

$ · September 15, 2023

Body Dysmorphia Disorder (BDD) and increasing anxiety rates are significant issues for people now spending 8 hours a day or more on Zoom.

Ten Tips for Creating Effective Accessibility Workshops

$ · September 9, 2023

For starters, re-imagine your all-day workshop in an “all you can eat buffet” format, not a single 12-course dinner.

Sustainability starts with disability inclusion and accessibility.

$ · September 6, 2023

For starters, for every 1 % increase in people with disabilities working, $25 billion would be added to the US economy.

One good thing the pandemic has changed forever

September 4, 2023

It’s *finally* gotten harder to hide discriminatory comments.

What types of media representation do people with disabilities want to see?

$ · September 1, 2023

If you ask a disability activist, the answer to this question is more complicated than you might think.

Six actions that will destroy disability/diversity ally credibility

$ · August 27, 2023

Believe me when I say that for all underrepresented communities, including disability, actions speak WAY louder than words.

Naomi Osaka cancels the French Open

August 26, 2023

Why her actions are so important to people with mental health issues and disabilities

Presentation hints to help participants who don’t have perfect vision

$ · August 25, 2023

Following a few minor best practices drastically improves the experience not only for people with vision loss but also those who are neurodiverse.

Making chatbots accessible

$ · August 24, 2023

Chatbots are everywhere online customer service is necessary. However, few are accessible to people with disabilities.

No, you are not entitled to pick my brain for free

August 21, 2023

I am under zero obligation to provide you a “teachable moment”

How to prevent your conference calls from getting hacked

August 21, 2023

A few simple, proactive steps will help reduce the chance of this terrible event from occurring on your watch.

Why I’m still wearing a mask

August 18, 2023

Mask regulations have been lifted for fully vaccinated Americans, but wearing masks for some of us will never be optional.

Who tests the ADA testers?

$ · August 18, 2023

ADA and digital accessibility litigation are full of claims filed by “testers.” How far should that be allowed to go?

What people should know BEFORE writing articles or creating products about accessibility

$ · August 18, 2023

So many people are writing or developing products around this hot tech topic right now. Many of them are getting it very wrong.

Sanctions levied against plaintiffs for filing frivolous disability rights lawsuits

$ · August 18, 2023

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Johnson, Dinn v. Caraf Oil upheld a district court ruling that fined both the attorney and the plaintiff in a disability lawsuit.

The importance of exit interviews during the “Great Resignation”

$ · August 18, 2023

Organizations should be doing them already. But if they aren’t doing them or aren’t doing anything with the data, how will they recover from this most recent pandemic side-effect?

Parenting a child with a disability

August 18, 2023

Some things that parents of disabled children know that might not be so obvious to others.

Moving from accessibility testing into management

August 18, 2023

There are several questions you should be asking yourself before you make the leap

Most of the 25 largest American universities spectacularly fail students with disabilities.

August 18, 2023

Ultimately lack of digital accessibility will prevent us from becoming a sustainable society.

You should NOT be able to resell accessible seating tickets.

August 18, 2023

You must certify that you have a disability to buy an ADA ticket. Why should you be able to resell it at an inflated price to someone without a disability?

The four pillars of accessibility overlay marketing

August 18, 2023

Fear, Guilt, Inspiration Porn, and Pay to Play

Making a disability-related COVID vaccination accommodation request

August 18, 2023

As companies solidify their approach to employees and vaccination, these requests will become increasingly more common.

Should website owners be held responsible for the accessibility of user-generated content?

$ · August 18, 2023

The outcome of newly filed litigation could impact social media, product reviews, and fundraising campaigns, to name a few.

Many accessibility problems would be solved if business did three things

$ · August 18, 2023

Three adjustments to the way we do business could vastly improve the world for people with disabilities

Phrases that you might not realize are ableist

August 18, 2023

Calling out ableist language is the first step to rehabilitating a disability non-inclusive environment.

Procuring accessible goods and services — two alternatives

$ · August 18, 2023

Whether accessible goods are procured is critical to the success of accessibility programs

Making PowerPoint decks more accessible

$ · August 18, 2023

An essential component to maximizing remote participation by people with disabilities

Making word clouds and polling fully accessible to all meeting attendees

$ · August 18, 2023

If you want to be perceived as inclusive, you have to BE inclusive. Otherwise, your words and actions are merely performative.

Regaining your accessibility spark

$ · August 18, 2023

All jobs have up and down cycles. Try these steps to get back on the upswing when you are on a down cycle in your accessibility journey.

When does a disability accommodation become a personal benefit?

August 18, 2023

A question that is currently winding its way through American courts

People with disabilities and sports

August 18, 2023

We want to be spectators. Many of us want to be or are, participants. So why is it that we face so many freaking barriers?

Radical Candor about Accessibility Day-to-day Job Responsibilities

$ · August 18, 2023

Some days you get to tilt windmills, some days the windmills tilt you

This Week In Accessibility: Kasper v. Ford

$ · August 18, 2023

Woman sitting at a business desk filling out a digital job application Is your job application process accessible to people with disabilities? If not, you...

Nothing Without Us and the Accessible Canada Act

August 18, 2023

Canada flexes its accessibility superpower muscles by passing the Accessible Canada Act and beginning the campaign “Nothing Without Us”

This Week in Accessibility: Diaz v. Kroger

$ · August 18, 2023

Have we run out of grocery stores to sue over digital accessibility violations yet?

The Importance of Disability Employee Resource Groups

$ · August 18, 2023

Do you bring your “authentic self” to work? Most people with disabilities don’t, especially those with invisible disabilities. Disability ERGs can help with that.

Starting a Disability Employee Resource Group (ERG)

$ · August 18, 2023

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?

August 17, 2023

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

$ · August 17, 2023

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)?

August 17, 2023

A lot. Here’s why workplace name pronunciation features need to include the ability to add phonetics and video for name signs