Sheri Byrne-Haber's Blog - Page 3 of 30 - CPACC Certified Accessibility professional with degrees in CS, law, business. Wheelchair user w/ a deaf daughter. AccessibilityMarketplace.com

The four pillars of accessibility overlay marketing

Fear, Guilt, Inspiration Porn, and Pay to Play Accessibility overlays are tools that detect and dynamically repair HTML accessibility issues in non-mobile environments. And what accessibility manager or product owner WOULDN’T want a solution that does that? Write an annual…

Seating chart for SF Broadway showing of rent. ADA Wheelchair prices are equal to the lowest price in the house.

You should NOT be able to resell accessible seating tickets

You must certify that you have a disability to buy an ADA ticket. Why should you be able to resell it at an inflated price to someone without a disability? In the US, public shows such as sporting events, live…

Person holding newspaper on fire sitting on chair in abandoned building

Uber, CVS, and Rite Aid in the news over disability discrimination

The week after the Rite Aid settlement with the Department of Justice, Uber and CVS are on the disability discrimination hotseat Note: Personal opinion only, not the opinion of my employer. Rite Aid settled a case last week with the…

Settlement Agreement template with signareu

What the Department of Justice / Rite AID settlement agreement means to developers

TL;DR — if you don’t pay close attention to accessibility, you are effectively committing professional malpractice. On November 1, 2021, the Department of Justice published a settlement agreement it entered into with the nationwide pharmacy chain Rite Aid specifically concerning the inability…

What the Department of Justice / Rite AID settlement agreement means to designers

Department of Justice to companies with inaccessible websites: We’re back!

Deconstructing the Rite Aid settlement agreement On November 1, 2021, the Department of Justice published a settlement agreement it entered into with the nationwide pharmacy chain Rite Aid specifically concerning the inability of people with disabilities to use both Rite Aid’s COVID…

Most of the 25 largest American universities spectacularly fail students with disabilities.

Ultimately this will prevent us from becoming a sustainable society. Under US Section 508, any project using federal money has to be accessible to people with disabilities. This rule is codified in 29 USC § 794 (d) and applies to developing, procuring, maintaining,…