Don’t use this as an excuse. Even awful is better than 98 % of what other people are doing. My primary goal in life is to convince people to make things accessible, which is defined as making products and services…
More lawsuits filed against companies using accessibility plugin/overlays
ADP has been sued for inaccessibility despite using a popular overlay. The rest of the cases involving overlays have been small potatoes by comparison. I am predicting thatSF Lighthouse for the Blind v. ADP will be to overlays what the Domino’s case was…
Convincing People to Be Accessible
I’ve broken the suggestions I am making below many, many times. I’m trying harder not to do that in the future. Product owners and people above them in the executive hierarchy frequently hold the position that current customers and what…
Ten basic accessibility facts
All accessibility managers should be comfortable communicating the following facts and the reasons behind them. Fact #1: All accessibility (digital and physical) is a civil right. The Americans with Disabilities Act is a civil rights law for people with disabilities.…
Why COVID-19 contact tracing apps *must* be accessible
People with disabilities should benefit from emergency software. They also WANT to participate. Contact tracing won’t work without them. COVID-19 coronavirus: Tracing app ‘unusable’ for the blind and those with low vision No one in accessibility was surprised by this…
“As Designed” is a useless bug closure status — especially for people with disabilities
Just because it was designed that way, doesn’t mean it was a good idea. As someone who started off in software testing over 30 years ago, and then transitioned into accessibility, I’ve seen some crazy bug closure statuses. Won’t Fix…
Accessibility best practices for screenreader testing
Things accessibility/product owners should be doing to decide what screen readers to test and how to test them. Chart description: The results of the annual WebAIM survey from 2019 shows the trendlines for Voiceover, NVDA, and JAWS as a primary…
Don’t just design accessible products, build accessible experiences
Use your user journeys to map out all employee and customer touchpoints and make sure they are all accessible. Design accessible products “What the heck is offensive about that, Sheri?” you are probably saying to yourself. Followed by “Duh, isn’t…
10 Reasons to switch to centralized budgeting for accessibility
Centralized budgeting is a key activity for creating an accessibility environment that will mature more quickly It is the second half of April, and in the accessibility world, that means three things: IEP season starts for the next school year…
Constructing an accessibility elevator pitch
Everyone in accessibility needs an accessibility elevator pitch Accessibility elevator pitches are essential for two reasons: Introducing yourself and explaining what you do. Immediate, pre-programmed come-backs to people who express disinterest in accessibility. What is an accessibility elevator pitch? An…