Last week, I introduced the concept that accessibility is a culture to be built, not a problem to be solved. Apparently it resonated with a lot of people because I got thousands of reactions and Krispy Kreme actually include this…
when you can’t expense a stapler, but you can make accessibility decisions that cost your company hundreds of thousands of dollars
At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter whether the decision to be inaccessible, was made deliberately or by accident. The legal costs, rework, and opportunity costs can be astronomical. Alt: Fry from Futurama “shut up and take my…
I don’t always test accessibility, but when I do, I only test with screen readers
The majority of the WCAG guidelines have to do with vision loss. That doesn’t mean that vision loss is the only thing that accessibility teams should be focused on. It means that it’s extremely difficult to take some thing that…
How do we Make our Products Accessible?
If only board room discussions about accessibility happened like they did in this meme. Alt: boardroom meeting suggestion meme. Cartoon man at the head of the table screams “how do we make our products more accessible?” Flunky number one says…
Only You can Prevent Inaccessible Code
Too many immature companies think accessibility is the accessibility team’s job. That results in compliance oriented accessibility. In fact, mature companies view accessibility as EVERYONE’s job. That’s how you get culture change. #AccessibilityMemeMomday #accessibility #inclusion #disability #diversity
Accessibility testing in SaaS environments can be tricky with respect to timing
Accessibility testing in SaaS environments can be tricky with respect to timing. SaaS inherently allows many updates frequently, and does not have to adhere to a strict release schedule. ACR/VPATs our accessibility documentation for the public sector that document accessibility…
worrying about accessibility the day after you receive a demand letter is the most expensive and disruptive way to include people with disabilities.
Too many companies ignore accessibility until they are threatened with litigation. That is the worst strategy, ever. “I didn’t know about accessibility” and “I didn’t get to it” are not excuses that will get your organization off the hook. alt:…
Marked Safe From being called “Differently Abled” today
Yesterday was International Day of People with Disabilities. How did I celebrate? – I bought a belt for my elderly father and went grocery shopping with my mom – I did laundry – I put some Thanksgiving leftovers in the…
I am more than a diagnosis. I am a person with decades of lived experience as a woman with multiple disabilities. You cannot and should not try to simulate my lived experience
At least once a week, I hear about some disability “advocate” using disability simulation to try to create empathy with non-disabled people. This is wrong in so many dimensions, and is even more irritating when that advocate says it’s OK…
You can take a perfectly accessible website, document or mobile application and break that accessibility with one poorly thought through update.
Accessibility is never “one and done” That’s because code and content updates are never done. Every code and content change needs accessibility review. When accessibility is built into your culture, those reviews become second nature. When accessibility is a checkbox…
