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VMware employee Chris Lane at Accessibility Hackathon showing UI developer X how to code in ARIA

VMware’s First Accessibility Hackathon

The first week in February marked VMware’s first accessibility week which consisted of an accessibility summit followed immediately by an accessibility hackathon. The fact that VMware held a successful accessibility hackathon only a year after starting its accessibility program is something to…

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7 things that turn good accessibility into great accessibility

“It’s easy to pick on people who do a crappy job at accessibility. Why don’t you write an article on how to get people good at accessibility to up their game?” I was asked in one PM. Challenge accepted. The…

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My Superbowl hangover

It is the Tuesday after the “big game” as I write this article. My annual headache is back. I don’t drink. Year after year I get aggravated beyond believe because the Superbowl producers give you a few seconds (if that)…

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10 things that indicate designers have no clue about accessibility

Once you see more than one of the items below, you can be fairly sure that accessibility was not considered in design and development People frequently reach out to me* asking if a particular site is accessible. This happened last…

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Disability Pronouns

Yeah, it’s a long introduction, but what a conversation starter ! Hi, my name is Sheri Byrne-Haber my gender pronouns are she/her, and my disability pronouns are disabled and determined person When referring to personal pronouns, we mean that they…

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Accessibility and Kobe

Two topics that you might not think go together. But they do. I know nothing about basketball, and very little about Kobe Bryant. Wheelchair basketball wasn’t a “thing” when I was a kid. When I could walk intermittently, I got…

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Documentation and Accessibility

What format needs to be accessible? PDF, HTML, or both?? Document generation engines are a big part of technical documentation these days, especially in enterprise software. Most enterprise organizations no longer use Adobe tools to create PDF files or edit…

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Addressing accessibility requirements in design briefs

Don’t produce a design document that includes a design implementation recipe without including accessibility details. Adesign brief is a description of a project and corresponding drawings (comps and wireframes, for example) created by a person or team in consultation with…

Starting an Accessibility Consultancy

You may want to do this because it makes business sense for you, Or you may NEED to do this because of AB5 Nothing I write should EVER be construed as legal advice. But here are the steps I am…

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Out-of-state ADA lawsuit revived by Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Yeah, it’s a bathroom case. But digital accessibility stakeholders should pay close attention to this one There were two notable defendant wins in digital accessibility lawsuits in 2019. Mendez v. Apple and Diaz v. Kroger were tossed in no small part because the plaintiffs…

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