Yesterday was International Day of People with Disabilities. How did I celebrate? – I bought a belt for my elderly father and went grocery shopping with my mom – I did laundry – I put some Thanksgiving leftovers in the…
waiting for the accessibility tickets to make it into the backlog
1) It’s not enough to find the accessibility tickets, they have to be fixed. 2) It’s not enough to fix the tickets, they have to be prioritized at the same level of importance as feature defects. 3) If you haven’t…
Accessibility Meme: A common accessibility New Year’s Resolution is updating ACR/VPAT documentation
A common accessibility New Year’s Resolution is updating ACR/VPAT documentation. ACR stands for Accessibility Conformance Report and VPAT stands for Voluntary Product Accessibility Template. Having the same defects show up in consecutive ACR/VPATs is a sign that the accessibility team…
Accessibility Meme: One of the reasons why people think accessibility is expensive is repeated external audits
One of the reasons why people think accessibility is expensive is repeated external audits. If you are not ready to do anything with the audit results, don’t do the audit. Like food in a trash can, accessibility audit results deteriorate…
Accessibility meme: It doesn’t matter where accessibility is located within an organization
It doesn’t matter where accessibility is located within an organization. It could be part of IT, QA, Design, or IDEA. The important thing is that the buck stop somewhere to make the final call. The accessibility team can’t say “we…
Accessibility Meme: Accessibility Mentorship
We’re coming up to the end of National Mentoring Month in the US. Accessibility as a topic is largely reliant on information being taught from one individual to another. There is little in the way of for credit college courses,…
Accessibility Meme: early happy Groundhog Day
Friday posts never do very well in terms of engagement, so I’m going to wish everyone an early happy Groundhog Day. In the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray played a character who woke up every day on February 2 and…
Accessibility Meme: When the execs say come back to the office or get fired and you have a disability
Today’s post is called “Why I cringe every time I hear a demand for Return to the Office (RTO).” Citations in the first comment. People with disabilities thrived in jobs in 2023, in large part because more of them could…
Accessibility Meme: Question: When is the worst time to do your first accessibility audit?
Question: When is the worst time to do your first accessibility audit? Answer: Immediately after you receive a demand letter from a law firm No matter how good your accessibility maturity is, something will turn up in an audit. –…
Accessibility Meme: Where to Start with an Accessibility Review
People always ask me where to start with an accessibility review when they can’t afford an external auditor. I always tell them start with these two things: keyboard access and color. Why those two? Well for starters they require different…