World of Accessibility

Is the glass half full or half empty? Do you have a unique ability or a disability? Words are tricky. Describing the same thing in two different ways is like…

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…

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…

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…

57 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE A DISABILITY According to the new figures released by the Census Bureau on July 25, 2012, 56.7 million Americans (18.7% of the U.S. population) have some…

In a May 9, 2015 article PC Magazine summarized two new extensions for Chrome that allow users to customize their experience on web pages: Color Enhancer – helps users with color blindness better…

While other mobile platforms are making strides in accessibility, iOS has always been a clear leader. Given the buzz from this year’s annual developer conference, iOS 8 will deliver again….

I’ve spent more than twenty years developing applications and websites.  That’s a lot of time spent sitting in a cubicle, head down, coding, and racing toward deadlines to make the…

Even though WCAG 2.0 was written before smartphones put mobile accessibility in the public eye, WCAG 2.0 was written to be forward-thinking and has proved to be so. During this…

I am non-verbal, and one of the reasons that I haven’t been fond of voice synthesizers is that the synthesized voice never sounds like mine.  Yes, although I cannot verbalize,…

Ola Mundo is a project established in early 2012 in Israel by parents of children with special needs aimed to meet a need that had been very challenging to them until…