Step Back and Get a Perspective You may have heard the saying, “Can’t see the forest for the trees”. That saying is applied to situations where a person is focused on the small details to such a degree that they…
Viewpoint: Compliance and Awareness in Accessibility
Why is This Issue Coming Up? Two weeks ago, this issue surfaced on my LinkedIn profile. And then, earlier this week, a colleague dragged me into a thread on LinkedIn to discuss the same topic. Like most of us, I’ve…
Practical Steps Toward Web Accessibility and Reducing Liability Risk
Where to Begin? Have you been tasked with bringing your organization’s web presence into compliance with the web content accessibility guidelines? Not sure where or how to start? You should have attended our webinar with 3PlayMedia on January 14, 2021!…
Accessibility Overlays – Ignorance is Not Bliss
Accessibility Overlay, Widget, Toolbar, Menu, etc. Recently, I have had several discussions about accessibility overlays with various clients. These are often called by different names, such as: Accessibility Widget Accessibility Toolbar Accessibility Overlay Accessibility Menu Accessibility Plug-in etc. For our…
Legal Update: December 2021
Happy New Year! Because of my crazy schedule, I’m pulling together this post on the last day of 2021 but it won’t go live until after the New Year. It’s been a real pleasure pulling together my monthly legal update…
Viewpoint: Are You a Victim of Accessibility Foolishness?How to enable the ability to test the keyboard in Safari on Mac
The Situation Some weeks ago, I received a notice that we had a new sign up for our mailing list. I typically do not look at these notices because recently there have been a lot of people signing up, but…
Join Our Upcoming Webinar
Reserve Your Spot Now! Join Us and 3PlayMedia For Our Joint Webinar(January 14 at 2PM Eastern) We are again hosting a joint webinar with our friends at 3PlayMedia, an industry leader in captioning services. A Chinese proverb states, “A journey…
Viewpoint: Disabled User Testing
Using Disabled Users for Accessibility Testing As mentioned in Ken’s initial post for this series, there are strong opinions about how accessibility testing should be performed and by whom. We are often asked if our accessibility reviews are done by…
Testing the Limits of Standing
It may seem odd to publish a blog post late Friday afternoon. However, just yesterday, I presented at the Accessing Higher Ground Conference and provided a legal update on web accessibility litigation. This is a presentation I give on a…
Are Your Vendors Living Up to Their Accessibility Promises?
A Dirty Not-So-Little Secret Consulting is a rough business. It’s hard to get rich. The work is constant and involves a lot of late nights. And the only guarantee that you’ll have a roof over your head tomorrow is winning…