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Building an “accessibility brand”

Meaningful accessibility discussions happen when you are not in the room. Having a personal accessibility brand can help deliver your message in your absence. Branding isn’t just for companies anymore. Post-pandemic, in our almost-completely digital world, a personal brand is…

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Pivoting to fully remote accessibility testing

Five months into the pandemic w/ no finish line in sight, temporary changes must be reassessed and made permanent to improve productivity. We are now five months into the pandemic. That is enough lived experience to have determined that: This…

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Sci-fi and Accessibility

There is a non-obvious connection between the two We had our monthly team meeting earlier this month. There were introductions (we had new team members) and some ice breakers where people were called on to answer a question from our…

Six step methodology for design thinking from NNGroup.com. Empathize and Define (belonging to the “understanding” phase) Ideate and Prototype (belonging to the Explore Phase) and finally Test and Implement (belonging to the materialize phase) Each phase can revert to the previous phase if things don’t go well.

Accessibility and Design Thinking don’t work together automatically

Here are some strategies to make sure PwDs are not excluded. Note that this article does not address the question “should you be using Design Thinking at all?” — there are two very distinct camps on opposite ends of the…

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How to discuss accessibility during a design/UI/UX interview or portfolio review

There are a gazillion articles on how to do a good job reviewing your design portfolio. None of them talk about accessibility. Portfolio reviews are the penultimate step in the design/UI/UX interview process. It’s a chance to show your work,…

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Online Mentoring

Why giving back should be the obligation of everyone who has had the privilege to be successful. The better part of three decades ago, I was a UNIX geek in Calgary, Alberta, with a couple of part-time jobs — CS…

Tablet and mobile device with maps and COVID data

Why US law effectively mandates all software design be responsive

Your employer/client can spend a lot of time and money on lawsuits and rework if you don’t follow this one simple rule. Smashing Magazine defines “responsive design” as an approach where design responds to the user’s behavior and environment based on…

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Accessibility is not an “add-on” service

It is not possible to be a “contact center” which also provides high-quality accessibility services. It just doesn’t work that way. Every week I get a handful of unsolicited LinkedIn messages from people/companies I’ve never heard of, almost always from…

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Are you Disability Compliant? Or Disability Competitive?

There is a world of difference (and a lot of sales) between these two states. Disability Compliant is asking people to identify whether they are disabled on a questionnaire anonymously. Disability Competitive is conducting an annual disability self-identification campaign, training managers on…

ADA 30 Report Card

The ADA turns 30 on July 25th. In some areas, people with disabilities have made significant advances. In others, not so much. Unless you are someone with a disability or work in the disability/diversity/ inclusion/equality/belonging/accessibility space, you probably don’t think…

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