Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2020 Special
Global Awareness Accessibility Day 2020! This is the third year I’m having a special episode for this event. I started with panel discussions for the day – and was planning on keeping that up. However,...
View ArticleE097 – Interview with Joe Devon – Part 2
Joe Devon says the one thing people should remember about accessibility is that building great products is about listening to your user. And if you are not making your products accessible, you are not...
View ArticleE096 – Interview with Joe Devon – Part 1
Joe Devon tells us that lot of accessibility is knowing the culture and different communities that view it differently. Download file “E096 - Interview with Joe Devon - Part 1” | Duration: 26:59 |...
View ArticleE095 – Interview with Devon Persing – Part 2
Devon Persing and I talk a little bit about burnout in the web accessibility industry. Download file “E095 - Interview with Devon Persing - Part 2” | Duration: 29:59 | Guest: Devon Persing | Series:...
View ArticleE094 – Interview with Devon Persing – Part 1
Devon Persing tells us that the compliance model doesn’t capture the whole picture of accessibility. And it feels like a separate thing from design/dev work. Download file “E094 - Interview with Devon...
View ArticleE093 – Interview with Tony Coelho – Part 2
Congressman Tony Coelho tells us that people with disabilities must have the right to fail. Without failure you can’t learn from the mistake. Without failure there’s no growth. Without a right to fail,...
View ArticleE092 – Interview with Tony Coelho – Part 1
Congressman Tony Coelho talks about his life with a disability, his journey of working for the People, and how he introduced the ADA. Download file “E092 - Interview with Tony Coelho - Part 1” |...
View ArticleE090 – Interview with Emily Lewis – Part 1
Emily states: “Hardest part of the job is coming up with solutions. It’s one thing to identify what’s wrong, it’s entirely another thing to give clients an alternative solution that’s accessible to...
View ArticleE091- Interview with Emily Lewis – Part 2
Emily Lewis said: Accessibility is not about screen readers or keyboard navigation or code. It’s about people. And them being able to access information and resources, community… all of it Download...
View ArticleE089 – Interview with Amberley Romo – Part 2
About one thing everyone knows about accessibility… Amberley says: “I think everyone knows when something is not acceptable to them” Download file “E089 - Interview with Amberley Romo - Part 2” |...
View ArticleE088 – Interview with Amberley Romo – Part 1
Amberley defines web accessibility as “building for the web in ways that ensure it’s usable by everyone. There aren’t barriers to use for anyone. So, I would say it’s about digital equal access, kind...
View ArticleE087 – Interview with Christopher Schmitt – Part 2
Christopher says it’s unfortunate that people become mindful about accessibility only/mostly through lawsuits. Thanks to Twilio for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Make sure you have a look...
View ArticleE086 – Interview with Christopher Schmitt – Part 1
Christopher says that for someone who likes Design so much, he didn’t realize how important good color contrast was, and how bad color contrast issues are. Download file “E086 - Interview with...
View ArticleE085 – Interview with Jessica Ivins – Part 2
Jessica suggests that accessibility is a competitive advantage. The more people can use your product, the more likely they are to spend money on it. Download file “E085 - Interview with Jessica Ivins -...
View ArticleE084 – Interview with Jessica Ivins – Part 1
Jessica and I ponder whether low-literacy could be considered a disability, and regardless of the answer, that factor needs to be taken into account when designing sites and content. Download file...
View ArticleE083 – Interview with Stephanie Walter – Part 2
Stephanie Walter says there’s a lot of things she thought everybody knew about accessibility that actually not a lot of people knew. So, she thinks in general people know that somewhere on the internet...
View ArticleE082 – Interview with Stephanie Walter – Part 1
Stephanie Walter tells us that designers should provide a roadmap to their design for the developer, but in many projects, there just isn’t time to do that. Download file “E082 - Interview with...
View ArticleGlobal Accessibility Awareness Day 2019 Special Episode
To highlight Global Awareness Accessibility Day, I had a wonderful panel discussion with four people involved in accessibility: Courey Elliott, Dennis Lembrée, Shannon Finnegan, and Dan O’Mahony...
View ArticleE081 – Interview with Damien Senger – Part 2
Damien tells us “Later does not exist in our industry. Don’t push something without accessibility now. Because you will NOT go back and fix it later” Download file “E081 - Interview with Damien Senger...
View ArticleE080 – Interview with Damien Senger – Part 1
In which Damien Senger tells us “Universal design is the answer, more than accessibility. Because people are on a spectrum.” Download file “E080 - Interview with Damien Senger - Part 1” | Duration:...
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