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How to avoid being an accessibility grinch

Maybe accessibility doesn’t come from a store. Maybe accessibility perhaps means just a little bit more? In this holiday season, here are a few notes on how not to be “Grinch-like” in your accessibility activities. Accessibility isn’t a feature, it’s…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…