Sitemap - 2023 - Access * Ability
Seven 2024 Accessibility Projections
This Week in Accessibility: Griffin v. Dept. of Labor Credit Union
Accessibility Participants, Managers, and Leaders
Difficult conversations about disability and birth defects
How Tech has Changed Disability
Digital Accessibility Concerns in Design Affordances
How Open Floor plans Discriminate against People with Disabilities
Why accessibility bugs are a good thing and how to handle them
Digital Accessibility Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
Captioning: It’s Time for a Revolt
Make People with Disabilities Part of your Accessibility Testing Program
What one wheelchair user thinks about being called “wheelchair-bound”
Are you guilty of “inspiration porn”?
How to Stop People from Filing Repeat ADA Lawsuits
My favourite books on accessibility and related topics
How the focus on Digital Employee Experience is leaving out People with Disabilities
This Week in Accessibility: Mendez v. Apple
Where is the best organizational location for Accessibility?
The web is getting less accessible to people with disabilities
High Impact Accessibility on a Budget
Running Accessible Meetings and Events
Is there a bias against disability in your Unconscious Bias training?
Inaccessible Third-party Content and Code — Why it is Important, and How to Address it
This Week in Accessibility: What we can learn from the “WebAIM Million”
Accessibility — Separate but Equal is Never OK
Advice for the Aspiring Accessibility Tester / Manager
Interview Questions Accessibility Professionals should ask
Accessibility Interview Questions
Policies that support employment of people with disabilities
Retaining employees with disabilities
Attracting candidates with disabilities
Designing Toast Messages for Accessibility
The accessibility issue more people with disabilities should think about
This week in accessibility: Robles v. Domino’s
Color Blindness Considerations for Designers and Content Managers
Hiring an Accessibility Tester? Here is an approach that you should consider
Prioritizing Accessibility Defects for Remediation
This Week in Accessibility: ADA lawsuits alleging defendants trespassed onto digital devices
You might be #Diversish if . . .
Serving Customers with Disabilities
You don’t get a “pass” to discriminate against people with disabilities in an emergency
Accessibility and Whistleblower Lawsuits - Bashin v. Conduent settles
Improving Native App Accessibility via Haptics
This week in Accessibility: Gomez v. GNC
Accessibility Checklists — Just say No
My multi-day PG&E power shut off diary
Accessibility and Disability Blogging — one year anniversary
This Week in A11Y: Are gift cards w/ Braille a good idea or required by law??
Top 10 disability and accessibility TED talks and Videos
Elements of an accessible hotel room
How Colleges have Ruined the College Admission Process for Parents
Cost per hour for Accessibility Testing
How business FOMO is the enemy of good accessibility
Documenting Accessibility Decisions
2020 Disability / Accessibility Predictions
2019 Accessibility Blog Wrap-up
What’s more expensive than getting sued over inaccessibility?
Overlays are not the solution to your accessibility problem
Answering the question “Are you accessible?”
Out-of-state ADA lawsuit revived by Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Starting an Accessibility Consultancy
Documentation and Accessibility
7 things that turn good accessibility into great accessibility
VMware’s First Accessibility Hackathon
Deconstructing Accessibility Statements
Disability inclusive workplaces
Measuring Accessibility Outcomes
Staffing accessibility — Consultants vs. employees
10 tips for More Effective and Accessible WFH Communications
Constructing an accessibility elevator pitch
Impostor Syndrome, Stereotype Threat and Disabilities
Accessibility and Online Education Materials
Handling accessibility demand letters
Website copy says more about your company than you think
What great accessibility managers want from their leadership
Toxic Positivity and Disabilities
There is no such thing as “perfect” accessibility
An open letter to vendors seeking customers via social media
I’ve got my accessibility certification — Now what???
Managers as caregivers during COVID
10 Reasons to switch to centralized budgeting for accessibility
Accessibility and Online Surveys
This Week in Accessibility: Initial Ruling in Braille Gift Card Cases
“Work as usual” after COVID-19 will be different. Get over it.
How long do people with disabilities have to sue over inaccessibility?
I love Electric Cars. But I will never, EVER buy a Tesla
Ten things to improve conference call accessibility
Accessibility best practices for screenreader testing
How to lose a customer in 10 seconds
Remote user research utilizing participants with disabilities
Why COVID-19 contact tracing apps *must* be accessible
Post-COVID employment changes that will benefit everyone, but especially people with disabilities
John Maeda’s 2020 CX Report and Accessibility
People with disabilities control $8 trillion in spending
Can an ADA lawsuit be filed against a company located outside the US?
An award-winning business product that is the opposite of inclusion
Twitter and Inaccessible “Voice Notes”
Are you Disability Compliant? Or Disability Competitive?
The US Pharmacy System — A cautionary tale
Why ERG volunteer work is both important and masochistic
I’ve given up on the ADA to protect my rights as a person with a disability
Building an “accessibility brand”
All the reasons you might not have gotten that job
Books on Disability Resiliency
Inaccessibility is a disease. Why aren’t we doing more to cure it?
More lawsuits filed against companies using accessibility plugin/overlays
Organizations with $33 Billion in annual revenue were sued over accessibility in one week last month
How people with disabilities can be ableist
Your first attempt at making anything accessible will be awful
Received an accommodations request? Think twice before turning it down
#DCX: Disabled Customer Experience
What people with disabilities hope to see in a Biden Presidency
Transitioning from being a manager to an individual contributor
“Anything else you want to tell us?” is not a valid substitute for “do you need an accommodation?”
Accessibility certifications: separating what IS good from what just sounds good
Silver (WCAG 3.0) First Public Working Draft released.
California Law AB 979 promoting board diversity does not go far enough.
This Week in Accessibility: First lawsuit filed over lack of captions in VR
Is an “identity model” replacing the charitable, medical, and social models of disability?
Got sued over website accessibility?
Disability/Accessibility Language Choices
My top 10 favorite disability/ accessibility articles of the year
Starting a new accessibility remediation project?
Where to go for accessibility help when you are stuck
Why I seldom turn on my video for Zoom calls
2021 accessibility predictions
Don’t start the work New Year by sponsoring a weight loss contest.
I got a restraining order against my COVID-denying next-door neighbor.
Got sued under the ADA for inaccessibility?
Ten Tips for Creating Effective Accessibility Workshops
Four Corporate Disability Equity Truths
All the Things You Shouldn’t Be Evaluating During Interviews
Sustainability starts with disability inclusion and accessibility.
Do you have a disability if you don’t have an official diagnosis?
One good thing the pandemic has changed forever
HARO: Every publicity person’s low-budget best friend
ACR /VPAT Consumption and Production
What types of media representation do people with disabilities want to see?
We don’t all “have the same 24 hours.”
Are bad graphical descriptions better than no graphical descriptions to someone with vision loss?
Are bad captions better than no captions?
How I transformed from thinking my brain was broken to realizing I had a superpower
Six actions that will destroy disability/diversity ally credibility
Naomi Osaka cancels the French Open
Presentation hints to help participants who don’t have perfect vision
What MacKenzie Scott is missing in her donations
ADA lawsuit costs are WAY more than just the settlement
Accessibility Abbreviations and Acronyms
Disability Microaggressions — AKA “Ableist things people say”
No, you are not entitled to pick my brain for free
How to prevent your conference calls from getting hacked
Are you ready to be anti-ableist in 2021?
Domino’s accessibility lawsuit update
What people should know BEFORE writing articles or creating products about accessibility
What do American employers owe their employees with mental health conditions
“Informal accommodations” are worth the paper they are printed on
Sanctions levied against plaintiffs for filing frivolous disability rights lawsuits
The importance of exit interviews during the “Great Resignation”
Parenting a child with a disability
Moving from accessibility testing into management
COVID-19 vaccine workplace accommodation requests
What it’s like to be a liberal, female, disabled archery competitor
Most of the 25 largest American universities spectacularly fail students with disabilities.
Department of Justice to companies with inaccessible websites: We’re back!
Uber, CVS, and Rite Aid in the news over disability discrimination
You should NOT be able to resell accessible seating tickets.
The four pillars of accessibility overlay marketing
Making a disability-related COVID vaccination accommodation request
Should website owners be held responsible for the accessibility of user-generated content?
Many accessibility problems would be solved if business did three things
International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) position statement on overlays
Eight steps to a more inclusive event
Phrases that you might not realize are ableist
Procuring accessible goods and services — two alternatives
Making PowerPoint decks more accessible
Using plain language is essential for content accessibility
Making word clouds and polling fully accessible to all meeting attendees
How to use the Substack editor
Regaining your accessibility spark
Do internet-only businesses come under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
When does a disability accommodation become a personal benefit?
People with disabilities and sports
Applying Ted Lasso management lessons to accessibility
This Week in Accessibility: White v. Square
Even free software needs VPATs …
Radical Candor about Accessibility Day-to-day Job Responsibilities
This Week In Accessibility: Kasper v. Ford
How the Gig Economy impacts People with Disabilities
Nothing Without Us and the Accessible Canada Act
Accessibility Debt — What is it? How to pay it off ???
This Week in Accessibility: Diaz v. Kroger
The Importance of Disability Employee Resource Groups
Starting a Disability Employee Resource Group (ERG)
How to identify a Toxic Accessibility Culture, and what you can do about it
Want an employee who is a natural problem solver? Hire someone with a Disability
Getting a product accessible is not enough.
Accessible Data Visualizations
Groups that don’t care about people with disabilities
Should you describe yourself and your location in remote meetings?
An accessibility review of the new Medium site
Why doing an instant ADA website compliance review is a terrible idea
Why doing an instant ADA website compliance review is a terrible idea
A tale of two retailers — a disability inclusion story
The ADA lawsuit settlement involving an accessibility overlay
Can I go to beta with an inaccessible product?
What does an “accessibility flywheel” look like?
If somebody can use it, somebody can misuse it
Technology doesn’t make accessibility hard. People who don’t care do
Seven Steps to Processing a “Teachable Moment”
Can’t Find Underrepresented Minorities for Tech Jobs?
The Accessibility Profession Can Be Stressful, Exhausting, and Frustrating
Context is the most critical aspect of alt-text everyone seems to miss
Convincing People to Be Accessible
Accessibility issues that can’t be solved by tech
Female leaders are better at ensuring people with disabilities aren’t excluded
Cookie banners and accessibility
Pivoting to fully remote accessibility testing
Accessibility and Design Thinking don’t work together automatically
Performative Disability Allyship
How to discuss accessibility during a design/UI/UX interview or portfolio review
Why US law effectively mandates all software design be responsive
Accessibility is not an “add-on” service
The majority of people with disabilities can’t file an unemployment claim without help.
“As Designed” is a useless bug closure status — especially for people with disabilities
Don’t just design accessible products, build accessible experiences
This week in accessibility: NFB v. EPIC
10 things that indicate designers have no clue about accessibility
To Disclose, or not to Disclose
Addressing accessibility requirements in design briefs
How to make organizations aware of an accessibility issue
Federal accessibility laws don’t matter — California’s accessibility laws do
Accessibility tools and plugins that designers should be using
Dark UI themes are new and cool — but are they accessible?
Having a VPAT is not the same thing as being accessible
Accessibility Fail Fast Testing Prep
Accessibility Fail Fast — Execution
Want to add value to your startup? Be accessible
Ethical design and accessibility
This Week in Accessibility: The latest in the multi-year Harvard/MIT closed captioning saga