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This Week in Accessibility: People with Disabilities as Whistleblowers

Can people with disabilities sue as whistleblowers when government contractors fail to deliver accessible goods and services? The short answer appears to be yes. The phases of accessibility lawsuits as I see them: Phase 1: PwDs suing website owners (2006-current)…

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Stop saying there are no federal accessibility standards

Not only is that wrong, that type of ignorance makes the person stating it look amazingly uninformed and biased against people with disabilities. I just read yet another article, this time quoting a New York state government official claiming “there…

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This Week in Accessibility: Hertz v. Accenture

How a non-accessibility case could influence future accessibility litigation At its core (if you believe plaintiff Hertz) this lawsuit filed in New York federal court (SDNY) is about regular run-of-the-mill crappy software development, bad project management, broken promises, and a complete failure…

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Stop doing “Walk Throughs” and Start doing “Roll Throughs”

Using a “growth mindset” to understand the point of view of someone with a disability may help you identify issues before there are complaints. There are two types of mindsets according to Dr. Carol Dweck. The first is a fixed…

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Interview Questions Accessibility Professionals should ask

How can you tell if your potential future employer is committed to improving things for people with disabilities or if they are just #Diversish. A couple of months back, I wrote an article listing questions and behaviors that I thought were important…

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Do your stock photo libraries have realistic scenes including people with disabilities?

Or are they #Diversish? Hint: It’s not just about the subject in the photo, it’s also about how the photos are staged If at least 10 % of your photos with people in them don’t have disabilities represented, you are clearly…

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Make People with Disabilities Part of your Accessibility Testing Program

Do you have an optimal accessibility testing program abilities mix? Let’s say you need surgery. You go to a surgeon in your insurance network. “Sure I can do this surgery,” the surgeon says. “How many times have you done this…

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This Week in Accessibility: Mendez v. Apple

A rare defendant victory. Will this change the strategy for either plaintiffs or defendants in accessibility lawsuits and can other’s duplicate this outcome? The Complaint Mendez complained generally that when she visited Apple’s website, she encountered multiple, but unspecific access…

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Is there a bias against disability in your Unconscious Bias training?

Disabilities are largely ignored in most unconscious bias training. Here’s why that is important and how to fix it. What is Unconscious Bias? Unless you have been hiding under a rock, if you live in the US you have probably…

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You think there are no people with disabilities in IT? Think again.

Stack Overflow Survey of 90,000 participants shows a significant number of global developers self-identifying with disabilities When you think you are the the only person in a particular situation, it is always hard. The lack of representation is difficult in…

Sheri Byrne-Haber’s Blog

This Week in Accessibility: People with Disabilities as Whistleblowers

Stop saying there are no federal accessibility standards

This Week in Accessibility: Hertz v. Accenture

Stop doing “Walk Throughs” and Start doing “Roll Throughs”

Interview Questions Accessibility Professionals should ask

Do your stock photo libraries have realistic scenes including people with disabilities?

Make People with Disabilities Part of your Accessibility Testing Program

This Week in Accessibility: Mendez v. Apple

Is there a bias against disability in your Unconscious Bias training?

You think there are no people with disabilities in IT? Think again.

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