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Blind And In A Wheelchair

February 9th, 2011

I was both shocked and amused by the comments of a couple women a few years ago. I was zooming down the sidewalk on a sunny summer afternoon. I was wearing my wrap-around sunglasses. I was with my mobility assistance dog.

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Thoughts on Physical vs. Web Accessibility

August 27th, 2010

I received an email from a friend who is attending a11yMTL, a conference about web accessibility. Mimi is a graphic designer, who happens to be a wheelchair user. As she knows I grew up in Montréal and have accessibility of both physical structures and the web at heart, she shared with me some of her thoughts. I asked her if I could publish her email here because these are powerful consideration.

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Baen Books Offers Free eBooks For People With Disabilities

January 8th, 2010

Sometimes the best ideas are somewhat let down by their implementation. This is what I think happened to me with a fantastic programme Baen Books is running: Baen Books offers free eBooks to disabled veterans and people with disabilities.

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I Offer To Build An Accessible Website For The Nevada Blind Children Foundation

June 18th, 2009

It appears my previous post about the Nevada Blind Children's Foundation being "Flash only" made a lot of noise, and upset people. I had been planning to write a follow-up post. A recent post on Darrel Shandrow's blog prompts me to write this follow-up faster than planned!

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Lack of Accessibility Symptomatic of Something Else?

June 14th, 2009

Someone pointed me to the Nevada Blind Children's Foundation's Website this morning, with a single question: "What do you make of this?". So I went to the site. And the words failed me. I couldn't quite believe what I saw. The entire site is one big Flash object. You don't get much LESS accessible than that.

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