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Precious Little to Celebrate for NDEAM - But Your Small Efforts Can Help
“Celebrating Disability Inclusion for More than 70 Years” the US department of labour site proudly proclaims. But for many on both sides of the border…
Accessible Hiring: Right Idea; Historically Wrong Approach
Today marks the end of Disability Employment Awareness Month. And as much as Digital Echidna as a company and I, individually, are strongly involved…
Are You Creating Unintentional Barriers to Accessible Employment?
I’m currently on the train, en route to Toronto to participate in a meeting of the Employers’ Partnership Table -- a group of various businesses and…
Facebook's New Way to 'See' Photos for the Blind, Visually Impaired
Facebook offers its users a window into the worlds of their friends, families, and colleagues. However, for visually impaired and blind users, that…
What Can You Do, Not How Can You Fit -- the True Focus of Accessibility
Accessibility isn’t about making people fit into one world, but rather working together to ensure that all barriers are reduced enabling everyone to…
Happy Canada Day
On this Canada Day, now, more than ever, we find ourselves at a crossroads about what it means to be Canadian, as we celebrate the 153rd anniversary…
Beyond Disabilities: The Business Opportunities of Web Accessibility
If you could do something that would, almost immediately, expose your content, products, and/or services to more people, make it easier for people to…
The Business of Leadership - Managing Humility
Yesterday, I wrote about corporate humility as it relates to self-promotion and CSR efforts. It was a blog that's evolved – and continues to evolve –…
Welcome to the Hallway Track, A New Approach to Conferences
I have been in customer service and sales for 20 years, 10 of those at Digital Echidna. In this time I have been to my share of conferences and…