Accessible Cryptocurrency and Blockchain The problem people with disabilities have with currency is as old as currency itself. People with disabilities live in a world where: Coins are heavy, easy to drop, and hard to pick up. In the US…
How to Stop People from Filing Repeat ADA Lawsuits
I have a confession to make. I am a “serial filer” Last year, the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a change to its case-processing manual which encouraged investigators to dismiss complaints without investigation if multiple complaints had come from the…
Accessibility Interview Questions
So, you got permission to bring an accessibility subject matter expert on board. What accessibility-related questions do you ask candidates to figure out if they actually know what they are doing, especially if you are not an accessibility subject matter…
Designing Toast Messages for Accessibility
A toast is a non-modal dialog that appears and disappears in the span of a few seconds. It may also optionally have a small close “X”. Typically, toast messages display one or two-line non-critical messages that do not require user…
Digital Accessibility Concerns in Design Affordances
A design affordance is a clue about how an object should be used, typically provided by the object itself or its context. For example, anyone handling a kitchen utensil for the first time should be able to easily guess which…
Color Blindness Considerations for Designers and Content Managers
I recently read a Medium article on negative space published by a top design agency. The article had 5000 claps, so it was widely read. Unfortunately, the article’s primary example of good use of dark negative space was completely inaccessible…
Have an Accessible New Year with these 12 Resolutions
I am writing this article as I am returning to California from a family holiday get together, thinking about how to get rid of the 5 pounds I gained from my Cordon Bleu trained mother-in-law’s cooking. Which made me think…
Inaccessible Third-party Content and Code — Why it is Important, and How to Address it
In the United States, various parts of the federal government have made it painfully and consistently clear in its rulings that the federal government doesn’t care who created inaccessible content or code, if it’s on your site, then the site…
High Impact Accessibility on a Budget
It is easy to spend a lot of money on accessibility. Consulting companies that specialize in accessibility have a high hourly rate, and automated accessibility tools can run tens of thousands of dollars (or more) annually. Employees are typically expensive…
Accessibility — Separate but Equal is Never OK
This week, the US DOT ruled that Scandinavian Airlines’ separate site for people with disabilities was against the DOT’s web accessibility requirements. SAS was fined 200K, of which 100K is deferred if they behave. Their defense was that the consulting company whose…