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Accessibility Meme: Organizations that claim to care about disability inclusion

If you or your organization: 1) Sell accessibility audit, remediation, or training services 2) Provide DEIA services or training 3) Claim to be inclusive, regardless of the type of product or service your organization provides 4) Receive *ANY* public money…
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turnover is the largest organizational that is not tracked in any cost centre. This hidden cost can frequently be prevented. But first, you have to be aware of this cost and monitoring it.

turnover is the largest organizational that is not tracked in any cost centre. This hidden cost can frequently be prevented. But first, you have to be aware of this cost and monitoring it.

Every week, well-known employment lawyers post articles about current litigation where organizations discriminated against people with disabilities and thus they left the company under the concept known as “constructive discharge.” Constructive discharge, as defined by the EEOC, is “when a…
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There is a reason W3C and WCAG don't mention disability in any of their standards. All product accessibility efforts must focus on assistive technology, and not the medical conditions people with disabilities have.

There is a reason W3C and WCAG don’t mention disability in any of their standards. All product accessibility efforts must focus on assistive technology, and not the medical conditions people with disabilities have

People with vision loss can use magnification, screen readers, or the combination of the two. People with dexterity issues might use a mouse, keyboard, or alternative keyboard. You can’t tell anything from a person’s diagnosis about how they will interact…
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Black man with sweat dripping down his face with the caption "Don't sweat the small stuff, " they said in accessibility, there is no small stuff.

Accessibility Meme: Many companies just getting started at accessibility focus only on critical bugs and lose momentum and drive to complete fixing the remainder of the bugs.

Many companies just getting started at accessibility focus only on critical bugs and lose momentum and drive to complete fixing the remainder of the bugs. My research testing shows that approach is problematic for two reasons: One: It is more…
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Vicarious discrimination contributes to the high rate of burnout in the accessibility professionals' field.

Vicarious Discrimination Contributes to the High Rate of Burnout in the Accessibility Professionals’ Field.

Have you heard the phrase vicarious discrimination before? Vicarious discrimination is when you witness either first or second-hand discrimination against another individual that belongs to the same underrepresented community that you do. So, for example, if you are helping someone…
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Accessibility Meme: DEI Celebrations should be about more than merely “awareness”

DEI Celebrations should be about more than merely “awareness” Awareness doesn’t last. Change lasts, but change is hard. To celebrate DEI days authentically, you need to: 1) Have benchmarks on the DEI topic at hand to see if you are…
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If you aren't doing user research with users with disabilities, you aren't doing real user research.

If you aren’t doing user research with users with disabilities, you aren’t doing real user research.

User research has been whacked in the most recent rounds of tech layoffs Do you know what that means? The limited amount of research that has been going on with people with disabilities has been severely curtailed 20 % of…
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