Two topics that you might not think go together. But they do. I know nothing about basketball, and very little about Kobe Bryant. Wheelchair basketball wasn’t a “thing” when I was a kid. When I could walk intermittently, I got…
Documentation and Accessibility
What format needs to be accessible? PDF, HTML, or both?? Document generation engines are a big part of technical documentation these days, especially in enterprise software. Most enterprise organizations no longer use Adobe tools to create PDF files or edit…
Addressing accessibility requirements in design briefs
Don’t produce a design document that includes a design implementation recipe without including accessibility details. Adesign brief is a description of a project and corresponding drawings (comps and wireframes, for example) created by a person or team in consultation with…
Starting an Accessibility Consultancy
You may want to do this because it makes business sense for you, Or you may NEED to do this because of AB5 Nothing I write should EVER be construed as legal advice. But here are the steps I am…
Out-of-state ADA lawsuit revived by Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Yeah, it’s a bathroom case. But digital accessibility stakeholders should pay close attention to this one There were two notable defendant wins in digital accessibility lawsuits in 2019. Mendez v. Apple and Diaz v. Kroger were tossed in no small part because the plaintiffs…
Answering the question “Are you accessible?”
Hint: Surprise ! The correct answer to “are you accessible” is never, ever supposed to be simply “yes” I despise the Museum of Ice Cream. Don’t get me wrong, I *love* ice cream. Anything with chocolate in it, for the win.…
Vetting accessibility vendors
It’s your money — make sure you spend it with organizations who are actually qualified to do the work It used to be there were just a handful of major accessibility vendors in the game. SSB Bart Group (now Level…
Overlays are not the solution to your accessibility problem
In the long run they will hurt, not help your approach to people with disabilities Accessibility overlays are tools that detect and dynamically repair HTML accessibility issues in non-mobile environments. And what accessibility manager in their right mind WOULDN’T want…
Accessibility Job Auditions
Employers are turning to job auditions over interviews to identify candidates they want to make offers to. How can you ethically make this work for accessibility? “Job Auditions” — an interview process that includes doing actual work to prove that…
2019 Accessibility Blog Wrap-up
Links to my most read stories, most impactful stories, and favorite stories In November 2018, I set a goal of writing 100 accessibility articles before the end of 2019. I met that goal, and then some. Here are some of…