Category: Accessibility meme (page 7)

A calendar meme with the caption: July is over, but I'm still proud of what I've been able to overcome despite my disability.

Accessibility Meme: Disability isn’t a one-time event—it’s a year-round reality.

Disability isn’t a one-time event—it’s a year-round reality. The needs and feelings of people with disabilities don’t just exist on special days or in certain months. We live our experiences every single day, navigating a world that often overlooks or…
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a meme showing Pablo Escobar waiting alone on a public chair with a written caption: "At a social event but nobody wants to talk about accessibility".

Accessibility Meme: Accessibility isn’t just my day job—it’s an everything, everywhere, all at once job.

Ever notice how accessibility professionals can’t turn it off? We’re not just talking about ramps and alt text at work—we’re out here obsessively auditing everything. Dinner party? I’m discussing the accessibility of the menu fonts. Wedding? I’m side-eyeing the aisle…
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A beautiful lady putting on a white suit in an office space with a written caption: "need disabled users to complete your survey? That's not my job today. "

Accessibility Meme: Controversial Statement It’s not my Job to Help you Publicize your Accessibility-Related Survey

Possibly controversial statement here. It’s not my job to help you publicize your accessibility-related survey. At least once a week, I get a request from a well-meaning graduate student asking me to help them get more responses to their survey.…
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a pretty lady looking with a side-eye focus with a written caption: If you call me wheelchair bound, differently able, or specially abled after I've asked you to use different language, you deserve all the side-eye I am sending your way.

Accessibility Meme: The phrases “Differently abled,” “Specially-abled,” and “Special needs” When Used in Conversation with me, are Deeply Frustrating

The phrases “differently abled,” “specially-abled,” and “special needs” when used in conversation with me, are deeply frustrating. These euphemisms are often well-intended, but they feel patronizing and disrespectful to the person they describe. People with disabilities deserve the dignity of…
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Alt: Simulated mobile phone call. Potential Fraud A PIP Right after requesting accommodations. Three action buttons: 1. Remind me 2. Message 3. Slide to answer

Placing an Employee with a Disability on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) *immediately after* They Request an Accommodation

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (#NDEAM). One disturbing and largely illegal action erects an enormous barrier that people with disabilities struggle to overcome. That action is placing an employee with a disability on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)…
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A Halloween Costume Package cover designed with orange and white as major colors and touch of red color design

Accessibility Meme Monday: New arrival at Spirit Halloween: The Invisible Disability Costume

New arrival at Spirit Halloween: The Invisible Disability Costume ! What’s included? Oh, all the usual perks, like: – Disbelief and judgments – Unwanted advice – Gossip and assumptions Of course the sunflower lanyard is conveniently not included — because…
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a female child seated in an office with the caption: "Submit Button always active" on the left side and "in-line field validation"

Accessibility Meme: Inclusive Form Design on Active Submit Button and In-field Validation

Inclusive form design isn’t a luxury, it’s a civil right. Most registration processes are forms based. Without accessible forms, people who use assistive technology can’t get through the door. When we talk about submit buttons, the choice to make them…
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