Webinar, April 25: User Research with People with Disabilities
Date Wednesday, April 25, 2018 Time 12pm – 1pm ET Registration for this webinar has ended, but you can download the slides. How do you move from technical accessibility compliance…
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Webinar, April 24: Hiring Those with Disabilities
Date Tuesday, April 24, 2018 Time 12pm – 1pm ET Registration for this webinar has ended, but you can download the slides.
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Disability Awareness Month for Kids
“Dog! Doggie! Come ‘ere, boy!” ecstatically yells a man at the other end of the grocery store aisle, followed by several whistles. As I walked to the next aisle with…
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Webinar, February 21: 7 Principles of Inclusive Design
Date Wednesday Feb 21, 2018 Time 11.30am – 12.30pm ET Register for the 7 Principles of Inclusive Design webinar
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Webinar, February 14: Jaws Inspect
Date Wednesday Feb 14, 2018 Time 11.30am – 12.30pm ET
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The Right Information at the Right Time, But How?
The Internet is chock full of information. It’s more than just an information Superhighway, it is the lifeblood of the social and business universe. The true backbone of the Internet…
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Section 508 Refresh (Part 2)
Updated 6/29/2023 In Part 1 of our Section 508 Refresh, we focused on the background, history and highlighted some of the key changes influencing the revised Section 508 standards. In…
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Keep it Simple
Does it matter? In the world of accessibility, especially electronic documentation, this question holds a level of importance that may be overlooked in many cases. Despite the growing number of…
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Easy steps for including disabled people in your workforce
Are you tapping into the valued and valuable workforce of people with disabilities? Over my 20 years in accessibility I have seen over and over that organizations are not prepared…
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The Accessibility Maturity Model and Upcoming IAAP Webinar
Not long after I had gotten off a call with Kathy discussing her upcoming IAAP webinar, Where is Your Organization on the Accessibility Maturity Scale, I was sitting on my back deck…
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Whose Voice is it Anyway?
I’m such a geek that I just love watching The Big Bang Theory on TV. The guys are often arguing about some nerdy topic like Star Trek, the space-time continuum, or String…
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Welcome to Global Accessibility Awareness Day Trivia!
As you may have guessed from the title, today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! If you don’t know what GAAD is, it is “to get everyone thinking and learning about digital…
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Driving While Blind
People with guide dogs can still drive, right? In my last post, I noted that I taught my guide dog, Darren, to bark for green and red, so I would know…
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Walking and Driving with Guide Dogs
Did you know there are only about 10,000 guide dogs in the United States? With only 0.003% of the population using a guide dog, it is understandable that people do…
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Activities happening in WAI with WCAG 2.1 Slides
Organizations are looking for mobile accessibility standards but is mobile different than desktop? Learn about activities happening in WAI with WCAG 2.1, Europe and around the world. Shadi Abou-Zahra from…
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Why Make Your Website Accessible – A Personal Story
When you think about accessibility, does your mind often wander to disabled parking spots or curb cuts for wheelchair access; perhaps even the large, disabled stall with cold, silver metal…
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Masterplanning the Digital Campus to Support Learners with Disabilities
Organizations that deliver online learning must be strategic and holistic in their accessibility approach, ensuring all necessary structures are in place to support accessible and equitable experiences for learners with disabilities. Responsibility for accessibility must be distributed appropriately across all stakeholder groups. By adopting stewardship activities common in physical campuses, a more strategic approach can be applied to the digital campus. Masterplanning the digital campus means addressing near-term activities with a long view—one that takes into account the underlying infrastructure as well as the surface-level structures where people engage more directly in the learning process. This paper presents foundational activities around policy, process, programs, and practice that are necessary to support the creation of a sustainable, accessible online learning environment.
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Accessibility for Business and Pleasure
Can we rethink accessibility in more effective and sustainable terms—ones that generate a positive return on investment for providers and a pleasurable user experience for everyone?