Full Accessibility in Ontario? It's Going to Take a Lot of (Already Delayed) Work
The impending arrival of a key deadline for Ontario's Accessible Employment Standard offers us a perfect opportunity to remember that if we want to…
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Removing Accessibility Barriers to Promote Independence and Inclusion
"The barriers I face as a blind person can be eliminated by changes to the environment." Those were the words of Jim Sanders, former CNIB president…
Accessibility Matters - Perspective is Everything
Sometimes, despite having full (though corrected) vision and being able-bodied, you just can't see some of the amazing things that this world has to…
Accessibility and the Charter - 35 Years Later are We Walking the Talk?
A guarantee means nothing if you don't have the will to sustain it. And while today marks a significant anniversary in our country's history, it…
Open Source, Open Science, Open Data, and the Future: Part Three of an Interview with Mark Leggott
Digital Echidna will be attending Islandoracon 2017 in Hamilton, ON from May 15-19th. As we prepare, we’re pleased to present part two of a three-part…
Teaching People that it Should be Hard to Make Life Inaccessible
"It should be hard to make something inaccessible." That's really it, isn't it? You wouldn't build structures or create content that excludes people…
When it Comes to Web Standards and Accessibility, Being Blue is a Great Thing
If you’ve noticed your social feeds are turning blue, it’s got nothing to do with the November blahs and everything about supporting blue beanie day…
Don't Template the Life Out of Your Content - How Structure and Creativity Intersect
Creativity and structure may appear to be polar opposites. The truth is that structure can help creativity flourish -- but a template is the wrong way…
Email Workflows Every eCommerce Retailer Should Be Sending
You may have heard that email marketing is dying (or that it is already dead). That’s far from the truth—email marketing is still a powerful sales…
Getting Started with Node.js
This two-part blog series is about Node.js. In part one of two, Digital Echidna's Drupal Solutions Lead Anna Mykhailova covers the principles of how…