Eleven Steps to Help You Effectively Address and Resolve Online Accessibility Issues
While productive communication is a two-way street, the path can sometimes get rough – especially when you're dealing with potentially contentious…
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…
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…
Accessibility is a Journey - Long-Term Strategies to Keep You on the Right Path
The Jan. 1, 2021 deadline for AODA website compliance is fast approaching. Some may see it as an end to a 16-year effort; others appear to be treating…
Accessibility Matters - iAid Update
Last week I wrote about the iAid, using it as an example of a device which was overly complicated and less useful than existing low-tech solutions…
Teaching Accessibility from the Ground Up
Awareness is the first step. Application and acceptance as the status quo is the ultimate goal. Some major companies in the technology industry are…
Stylebot Me! (and Web Accessibility)
I recently read an article on Mashable.com talking about “Stylebot”. Stylebot is an extension of Google’s browser, Chrome, and allows you to access…
An Introduction to Sarah, Echidna's Accessibility Consultant
My colleague Jay Menard has written several great posts on website accessibility and the AODA in particular. He has covered why compliance is…
How to Optimize Content for Accessibility and Search
The Drupal framework has accessibility at its core. However, there are a lot of things that content marketers can contribute to make their sites as…
Experiencing the Web as a Near Totally Blind User - First-Hand Accessibility Part I
I've talked in detail about specific accessibility improvements that affect me directly as a blind computer user. In a new series that I'm starting…