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Month: February 2020

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Measuring Accessibility Outcomes

Posted on: February 27, 2020 March 6, 2020 Written by: Sheri Byrne-Haber Comments: 0
Peter Drucker said “you can’t manage what you can’t measure”. Here’s how to gauge the success of disability inclusion / accessibility initiatives utcome is frequently quantitatively measured using benchmarks. Let’s say you need to get somewhere. You need four pieces of information…
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Disability inclusive workplaces

Posted on: February 25, 2020 March 5, 2020 Written by: Sheri Byrne-Haber Comments: 0
Most diversity / inclusion articles don’t include disability. Here are things you need to consider to succeed at disability-related inclusion HBR recently published an article called 5 Strategies for Creating an Inclusive Workspace. And while the article is brilliant for addressing…
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This week in accessibility: NFB v. EPIC

Posted on: February 20, 2020 March 5, 2020 Written by: Sheri Byrne-Haber Comments: 0
The inaccessible defendant won this round, but don’t count on their victory helping you in a similar situation. Recently, a Massachusetts district court decided in favor of a defendant who sold inaccessible software and dismissed a suit against them that was filed…
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Deconstructing Accessibility Statements

Posted on: February 18, 2020 March 5, 2020 Written by: Sheri Byrne-Haber Comments: 0
Don’t read legal-ese? This will help you understand what accessibility statements actually say, and more importantly, why. This is MY interpretation of accessibility statement legal-ese. I am not your lawyer. You need to make up your own mind. With your…
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VMware’s First Accessibility Hackathon

Posted on: February 14, 2020 March 5, 2020 Written by: Sheri Byrne-Haber Comments: 0
The first week in February marked VMware’s first accessibility week which consisted of an accessibility summit followed immediately by an accessibility hackathon. The fact that VMware held a successful accessibility hackathon only a year after starting its accessibility program is something to…
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7 things that turn good accessibility into great accessibility

Posted on: February 13, 2020 March 5, 2020 Written by: Sheri Byrne-Haber Comments: 0
“It’s easy to pick on people who do a crappy job at accessibility. Why don’t you write an article on how to get people good at accessibility to up their game?” I was asked in one PM. Challenge accepted. The…
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My Superbowl hangover

Posted on: February 11, 2020 March 5, 2020 Written by: Sheri Byrne-Haber Comments: 0
It is the Tuesday after the “big game” as I write this article. My annual headache is back. I don’t drink. Year after year I get aggravated beyond believe because the Superbowl producers give you a few seconds (if that)…
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10 things that indicate designers have no clue about accessibility

Posted on: February 5, 2020 March 5, 2020 Written by: Sheri Byrne-Haber Comments: 0
Once you see more than one of the items below, you can be fairly sure that accessibility was not considered in design and development People frequently reach out to me* asking if a particular site is accessible. This happened last…
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To Disclose, or not to Disclose

Posted on: February 4, 2020 March 5, 2020 Written by: Sheri Byrne-Haber Comments: 0
That really is the question. And one lived by people with disabilities on a VERY regular basis when interviewing This article is not legal advice. If you have questions about how disclosing a disability can impact you legally, ask your…
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Recent Posts

The Problem with Blanks for People Who Are Blind or Low Vision

A sighted person glances at an empty space and reads it as part of a whole. A screen reader user lands on that same empty space and reads it as a question: Is this blank on purpose, did something just…
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So, Your WordPress Theme Isn’t Accessible: How to Fix It Using a Phased Plan That Survives Updates

  You love your WordPress theme. It took hours to get everyone to agree on it. You’ve poured blood, sweat, and tears into getting your content just right. But it isn’t accessible. Maybe you are a Title II organization staring…
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Partial Accessibility Is Sometimes Worse Than No Accessibility at All

To people who do not use assistive technology, partial accessibility sounds like a reasonable compromise. Some access is better than none, the thinking goes, and an organization that fixed half its problems is surely better than one that fixed nothing.…
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WIIFM: The Motivational Question Behind Every Accessibility Conversation

Every person sitting through your accessibility presentation is silently asking the same question: “What’s In It For Me?” They may not say it out loud. They may even agree with you in principle. WIIFM might be hidden in other thoughts,…
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The Faces Age Verification Cannot Read

TL;DR: Half of U.S. states now require online age verification, and the systems doing the verifying were not built with disabled faces in mind. Age verification is having a moment in the United States. Half the states now require it…
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GAAD 2026: Not Much to Celebrate, Yet

Tomorrow is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. If you are expecting a post full of colored banners, virtual events, and “let’s raise awareness!” energy, keep looking, this is not that post. Disability advocates across the US are exhausted, and we have…
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Know Your Accessibility Testers Before You Need To

Most accessibility managers have a vague sense of who their strongest team members are and, similarly, who the weakest are. Vagueness stops being good enough the moment a layoff list lands on your desk or a high-stakes audit is staffed…
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You can’t audit your way into accessibility culture change

Accessibility audits play a clear and useful role in modern software development, yet teams often assign them far more influence to them than they can realistically deliver. Audits occur at the end of the software development lifecycle, after product decisions…
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Think About What You Feed Into Generative AI BEFORE The Demand Letter Arrives

You have been using generative AI to do your job better. You asked it to turn a 300-line bug spreadsheet into a readable executive summary for your leadership team. You used it to draft test plans for a new procurement…
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Two SDNY Decisions in One Week Show Courts Are Done Messing around with Questionable Accessibility Litigation

Courts in SDNY have been showing their impatience with repetitive, cookie-cutter accessibility lawsuits for years. Two decisions from the Southern District of New York were issued last week. Together, they send a message that the accessibility field has needed to…
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