Blogging About Accessibility & Disability - Online or Not

Accessibility is important. I have experience with web accessibility, with physical structures accessibility, and have a disability myself. This gives me a unique perspective to discuss these issues.

Recent Blog Posts

NZ Will Increase Online Service Delivery - Don't Forget People With Disabilities

February 14th, 2012

The article "Hi-tech threat to public servants" on stuff.co.nz discusses how the New Zealand Government is planning on moving more of its services online and do away with employees more and more. The article mentions how such a move would impact elderly Kiwis and families on low-income, but does not mention at all how it would impact people with disabilities.

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Technology Used to Counter Abuse of Disability Parking

January 31st, 2012

TVNZ One News reported new technology that allows monitoring of mobility parking spaces. The new technology is touted as a breakthrough and the developers say it might even eliminate disability parking poaching altogether.

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New Zealand Media Continues To Use Inappropriate Disability Language

December 13th, 2011

Journalists need to respect disability language. There have been many instances of the use of the expression "Wheelchair bound" in the New Zealand press. When someone points out this is an expression to be avoided, the journalists or newspapers have been saying they thought the expression appropriate. They continue to use it.

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