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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…

Parenting a child with a disability

Some things that parents of disabled children know that might not be so obvious to others. I spend a lot of time at various disability/diversity/design/tech/HR inclusion events repeating my story about my career shift from tech law to digital accessibility…

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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…

How to avoid Twitter’s latest accessibility mistakes

Good accessibility programs include things that go above and beyond just compliance with the WCAG guidelines In June of 2020, I wrote about Twitter’s attempt to rely entirely on volunteers for accessibility testing, culmunating in a public outcry over the release of…

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“Informal accommodations” are worth the paper they are printed on

Many American employees are discovering this as they attempt to continue working from home while their employers are trying to force them back into the office In an earlier article, I wrote about how mental health conditions have to be accommodated…

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What do American employers owe their employees with mental health conditions

This situation will become more prevalent thanks to the pandemic. This article will start with a general discussion on accommodations and then move on to the specifics of a mental health condition. Is the employer required to provide accommodations? Unless…

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What people should know BEFORE writing articles or creating products about accessibility

So many people are writing or developing products around this hot tech topic right now. Many of them are getting it very wrong. I read a lot of articles about accessibility. Some of them (and not just the ones I…

Why I’m still wearing a mask

Mask regulations have been lifted for fully vaccinated Americans, but wearing masks for some of us will never be optional. 2017 was a pretty bad year for influenza. I had a job that required me to travel to the corporate…

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