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What the Department of Justice / Rite AID settlement agreement means to designers

TL;DR — if you don’t pay close attention to accessibility, you are effectively committing professional malpractice. On November 1, 2021, the Department of Justice published a settlement agreement it entered into with the nationwide pharmacy chain Rite Aid specifically concerning the inability…

Department of Justice to companies with inaccessible websites: We’re back!

Deconstructing the Rite Aid settlement agreement On November 1, 2021, the Department of Justice published a settlement agreement it entered into with the nationwide pharmacy chain Rite Aid specifically concerning the inability of people with disabilities to use both Rite Aid’s COVID…

Most of the 25 largest American universities spectacularly fail students with disabilities.

Ultimately this will prevent us from becoming a sustainable society. Under US Section 508, any project using federal money has to be accessible to people with disabilities. This rule is codified in 29 USC § 794 (d) and applies to developing, procuring, maintaining,…

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What it’s like to be a liberal, female, disabled archery competitor

My last two tournaments have involved some terrible comments from other competitors. I won the last one anyways. 23 months ago, we had a group of teammates visiting from Austin and the Pacific Northwest. We wanted to do a group…

A tale of two retailers — a disability inclusion story

Lowes went all in to include deaf employees. Sprouts Market did the opposite. Here is how that has worked out for both companies. Sprouts Farmer’s Market Three d/Deaf applicants applied for jobs at Sprouts and were selected for interviews. The…

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COVID-19 vaccine workplace accommodation requests

Requests for workplace vaccine exemptions due to medical conditions is a huge reasonable accommodations issue Disclaimer: This is not legal advice and is my own opinion. It in no way should be considered the opinion of my employer. What are…

Moving from accessibility testing into management

There are several questions you should be asking yourself before you make the leap My ex-boss (Jehad Affoneh, who recently moved from VMware Design to CDO of Splunk) did a very insightful series of tweets about things to ponder when contemplating moving from design…

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Can I go to beta with an inaccessible product?

The more important question is, why would you want to do that? I get asked the question, “Can I go to beta without being accessible?” frequently. This question usually comes outside of my employment situation, most often from companies that…

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Accessibility Micro-coaching

A technique for honing everyone’s accessibility skills Ever since the Internet was invented, training and communications trends have centered around getting those materials focused, more compact, shorter, and more effective. Why go to an all-day training when you can get…

Sanctions levied against plaintiffs for filing frivolous disability rights lawsuits

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Johnson, Dinn v. Caraf Oil upheld a district court ruling that fined both the attorney and the plaintiff in a disability lawsuit. Dinin is an attorney, Johnson is the d/Deaf plaintiff. Together, they…

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