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NZ Labour Billboard Website Not Accessible

May 4th, 2011

The Labour Party in New Zealand has a "Make your own billboard" website. This is apparently en effort to get people involved and a start campaigning for the upcoming elections. Except that the website is not accessible to many people with disabilities. Or people using smartphones.

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Should Sighted Developers Use Screenreaders To Test Accessibility?

September 23rd, 2010

There is some controversy about the idea of sighted web designers and developers using screenreading software to test web sites for accessibility. Some people suggest one must use a screenreader to test their sites. Others believe it is counter productive. I think that very few sighted people can get the correct results by using screenreaders to test a website. I further think that too many people think that the accessibility testing is complete once they've used a screenreader on their website.

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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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Paralympics NZ - When Web Professionals Don't Do Their Job Right

July 20th, 2009

It seems wrong that a disability-related organisation would have a website that is not accessible. One really shouldn't cut out their primary market. It tends to happen when the organisation relies on "professionals" who don't really have any idea what they are doing. And the organisation just knows that they want a website. Often, they don't even know enough to realise they should ask about accessibility.

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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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