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...
Ethical design and accessibility
Red wooden block labeled “ethics” in the center of a Jenga game, other blocks labeled morality, relationship, behavior, choice, responsibility, trust,...
Enable Accessibility
I’ve been living in a trailer for seven months wearing the same one week’s worth of clothes every day. Everything else I own is packed away in storage while...
Eight steps to a more inclusive event
Photo by Gabriel Benois on Unsplash Part one of a two-part article. Part two focuses on how to make PowerPoint presentations more accessible. A significant...
Do you have a disability if you don’t have an official diagnosis?
First of all, disabilities are almost always thought of in either medical or legal contexts. The CDC’s definition of a disability, which is medical, is two-...
Don’t start the work New Year by sponsoring a weight loss contest
Exercise Almost 1/3 of Americans make New Year's resolutions. A staggering number of the resolutions made by people are related to weight loss (37 %),...
Don’t just design accessible products, build accessible experiences
Let’s break down that statement here real quick. Design accessible products “What the heck is offensive about that, Sheri?” you are probably saying to...
Domino’s accessibility lawsuit update
Photo by Oleg Ivanov on Unsplash Case history Robles, the plaintiff, couldn’t order a pizza from Domino’s through the Internet (this was back in 2016, which...
Do internet-only businesses come under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Photo by mostafa meraji on Unsplash Places of public accommodation is a particular phrase defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA identifies...
Do internet-only businesses come under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Photo by mostafa meraji on Unsplash Places of public accommodation is a particular phrase defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA identifies...
Documenting Accessibility Decisions
Focus and memory are privileges, perhaps even more so, for people with disabilities, who are: More likely to be at a socioeconomic disadvantage as measured...
Documentation and Accessibility
Photo by AndriyKo Podilnyk on Unsplash Document generation engines are a big part of technical documentation these days, especially in enterprise software....
Disability Microaggressions — AKA “Ableist things people say”
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash What is a microaggression? A microaggression is an indirect, subtle, possibly unintentional discrimination against members...
Disability inclusive workplaces
Yeah, that’s a lot of yellow. But I loved the graphic. Thanks stock.adobe.com ! HBR recently published an article called 5 Strategies for Creating an...
Disability Burnout is Real
Disability burnout is a state of physical or emotional exhaustion caused by, or made worse by a disability. Symptoms include: feelings of exhaustioninability...
Disability and AI Bias
Four cartoon images of business people of different genders and races, each holding a white face mask partially covering their faces. In May 2019, San...
Disability/Accessibility Language Choices
Photo by Soner Eker on Unsplash In the first part of this three-part article, I talked about the four different sociological models of disability. To recap,...
Digital Accessibility Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
Creating a metrics oriented hierarchy for tracking accessibility progress OKR hierarchy with seven components: Objectives, Key Results, Target, Framework,...