Inspiration porn is everywhere. It is a form of unconscious bias that hurts people with disabilities Inspiration porn is portraying people with disabilities as: inspirational solely or in part on the basis of their disability, or One-dimensional saints who only…
Canadian Summers
Much about my personality is explained by my summers in the “Down East” corner of Canada My family moved to California when I was 8. My father is an electrical engineer which is what passed for “tech” at that time.…
Want an employee who is a natural problem solver? Hire someone with a Disability
Employers should be seeking out employees with disabilities, not avoiding them. Why are problem solving skills desirable in business? The ability to troubleshoot or solve problems is really a collection of a number of other skills including: Decision Making: To solve…
How to identify a Toxic Accessibility Culture, and what you can do about it
A broken organizational culture makes everything disability-related harder, from implementing accessibility projects to getting critical support to move the disability / accessibility needle forward Urban dictionary defines “Dumpster Fire” as: 1. A complete disaster. 2. Something very difficult that nobody wants…