Understanding web accessibility standards can be a pretty tricky endeavor for many people. Even people directly in the standards community end up debating for days on end about how a particular specification should be implemented. The misinterpretation of a spec often occurs from an over analyzation of it. Other times it’s because standards have been purposely written as vague as… Continue reading
The importance of being learned
Last month, I was busy looking for some kind of healthy distraction while on a break during a Maturity Level 3 SCAMPI-B appraisal. Don’t get me wrong: I love CMMI and nitpicking about what makes companies tick, but there are moments of the appraisal process that are totally boring. Anyway, I managed to wander to… Continue reading
Assessing the problem is often it’s own problem
My friend Sam suggested an Atlantic article to me about a teacher who failed her autistic student after following all the recommended guidelines. The author, Laura Rullkoetter, is a high school journalism teacher in Spring, Texas (according to the bio provided on the Atlantic). Ms. Rullkoetter begins the article stating that she develops a curriculum specifically for… Continue reading
42nd Anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act
As we approach the 42nd anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, I wanted to share one of the greatest articles on the subject by Daily Kos member dsteffan, “How regulation came to be: The Rehabilitation Act of 1973.” Unlike most articles I’ve come across, he manages to weave a fantastic essay of the difficult history that people with… Continue reading
Don’t be so Choosy with Your Accessibility
Time and time again, I have heard from web gurus and information technology experts that in order to be fully accessible, something needs to be made a website. In fact, many Accessibility experts make incorrect statements about PDF in an effort to get people to stop using it altogether. Although not digital, responsive, searchable, or accessible, PDF persists because it… Continue reading
Introducing Accessibility Policy Social Hour!
Using Slack for Accessibility Earlier this year, I learned that Angular JS programmer guru Marcy Sutton had started using Slack to build a community for people making accessible apps, websites, etcetera called A11y Slackers. You can read more about Marcy’s discussion group over at her Accessibility Wins blog. Apparently it was getting way too big… Continue reading
A Section 508 Primer
Caption: Person who is Deaf and blind learning how to use a computer Photo credit: cobalt123 via Foter CC BY-NC-SA sually when people ask me what I do for a living, the subject of Section 508 comes up. This is typically followed by a long, blank stare, coupled with a dumbfounded pause while they try to figure out what… Continue reading