It’s your money — make sure you spend it with organizations who are actually qualified to do the work It used to be there were just a handful of major accessibility vendors in the game. SSB Bart Group (now Level…
Overlays are not the solution to your accessibility problem
In the long run they will hurt, not help your approach to people with disabilities Accessibility overlays are tools that detect and dynamically repair HTML accessibility issues in non-mobile environments. And what accessibility manager in their right mind WOULDN’T want…
2019 Accessibility Blog Wrap-up
Links to my most read stories, most impactful stories, and favorite stories In November 2018, I set a goal of writing 100 accessibility articles before the end of 2019. I met that goal, and then some. Here are some of…
Disability Burnout is Real
Left unchecked, disability burnout can completely take over your life. Disability burnout is a state of physical or emotional exhaustion caused by or made worse by a disability. Symptoms include: feelings of exhaustion inability or difficulty in focusing or prioritizing…
2020 Disability / Accessibility Predictions
Eight important trends that will help you get ahead and be more inclusive with respect to disabilities in 2020 More focus on speech driven interfaces that don’t require perfect speech Speech interfaces (both input and output) were a huge trend…
I am an accessibility badass
You can be one too An email request came in, ending with: Please sign the letter with all those letters after your name. You know, BSc JD MBA CPACC BADASS After I stopped laughing, I realized that the requester paid…
Documenting Accessibility Decisions
The ability to focus and remember is a privilege, especially for people with disabilities. Which makes documenting accessibility decisions that much more important. Focus and memory are privileges, perhaps even more so, for people with disabilities, who are: more likely…
How business FOMO is the enemy of good accessibility
Fear Of Missing Out is very present in the business world, not just personal social media. And it is very bad for PwDs and accessibility FOMO is defined as: Pervasive apprehension that an exciting or interesting event may currently be…
Cost per hour for Accessibility Testing Like all things tech, it widely varies based on location and levels of certification
Although I am usually not afraid of confrontation, this is an article that I have avoided writing about for a while. No matter what I write below, I’m going to piss someone off. Spending the last two months in a…
How Colleges have Ruined the College Admission
Bulk emails have made it far too easy for colleges to spam parents in an attempt to influence their children on which higher education location to choose I woke up early on Veterans’ Day. I had done a lot of…