There are two flavors of awards: the ones you must be nominated for and the ones you receive out of the blue. Being named one of the top 10 disability advocates on LinkedIn by Favikon falls into the latter category,…
Accessibility Fail Friday: A tube of skin cream with poor color choices for design
WCAG does not apply to packaging. Or does it? The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) set the standard for digital accessibility, not physical items. But consider this: as soon as a web page of that packaging gets created, that web…
Accessibility Triumph Thursday: Wix and Accessibility Journey
It’s #AccessibilityTriumphThursday, and today, we’re highlighting an unexpected contender: Wix. A few years ago, Wix was an accessibility dumpster fire. It was a platform notorious for poor accessibility combined with indifferent support for people with disabilities. It was close to…
Accessibility Fail Friday: Mandatory GPA Requirements can be a Significant Barrier to Success
I’m starting a new series today: #AccessibilityFridayFail On Fridays, I will post what I consider to be the biggest accessibility fail I have seen that week. This week’s entry comes from my job search, where I applied for a job…
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.…
Accessibility Quote: If you want better accessibility leaders, you need to offer a non-mamager career path
Leadership is not always about people management. Authentic accessibility leadership happens when people are allowed to push boundaries, innovate, and solve complex problems—often without ever having any people management responsibilities. For many in the accessibility field, their expertise, passion, and…
Accessibility Triumph Thursday: BBC’s Consistent Accessibility and Inclusive Design
By popular request, #AccessibilityTriumphThursday will accompany #AccessibilityFailFriday I may need some help identifying triumphs. Unfortunately, the fails to outweigh them by quite a bit. Feel free to DM me with accessibility Triumph nominations. People frequently ask me what is a…
Accessibility Fail Friday: Another Job Application Mandatory Field That Shouldn’t be Mandatory
#AccessibilityFailFriday week 2: Another job application mandatory field that shouldn’t be mandatory. No one wants to write a custom cover letter for every job application. And yet, on this job application it is required. I wonder how many of these…
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…
Accessibility is mmm, mmm good. The Campbell’s Soup Case Study
For over 50 years, Campbell’s Soup used the same old labels on their iconic red and white cans. Let’s be honest. Those labels weren’t winning any awards. In 2021, Campbell’s decided it was time for a change. Instead of just…