Friday posts never do very well in terms of engagement, so I’m going to wish everyone an early happy Groundhog Day. In the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray played a character who woke up every day on February 2 and…
Accessibility Meme: When the execs say come back to the office or get fired and you have a disability
Today’s post is called “Why I cringe every time I hear a demand for Return to the Office (RTO).” Citations in the first comment. People with disabilities thrived in jobs in 2023, in large part because more of them could…
People with disabilities are tired of having to waste our resources and time suing people for equal rights that the Constitution and federal law are SUPPOSED to automatically provide to us
8200 lawsuits*. Over double what was filed ten years ago. That is the number of ADA lawsuits filed in 2023 by people with disabilities who were discriminated against. Over 90 % of these cases are won by the plaintiff.** That’s…
Accessibility Meme: Question: When is the worst time to do your first accessibility audit?
Question: When is the worst time to do your first accessibility audit? Answer: Immediately after you receive a demand letter from a law firm No matter how good your accessibility maturity is, something will turn up in an audit. –…
There is no accessibility ‘quick fix’ Good accessibility requires systemic culture change
There is no accessibility fairy. No tool will make a website WCAG compliant with only one line of code changed (and a monthly payment, indefinitely of course) On multiple occasions, I’ve had salespeople ask me for one of those “completed…
Accessibility Meme: Where to Start with an Accessibility Review
People always ask me where to start with an accessibility review when they can’t afford an external auditor. I always tell them start with these two things: keyboard access and color. Why those two? Well for starters they require different…
Accessibility bugs are a GOOD thing. It means that someone got far enough along in your product to find a bug, cared enough to report it and will continue using your product more easily after it is fixed
Most people think product bugs are a bad thing. In the area of accessibility, that is frequently not the case. The key is how the company responds to the bug: 1) Make it easy for the bug to be reported…
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…
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…
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…
