National AccessAbility Week - Recognition, Celebration, leading to Action
Today marks the start of National AccessAbility Week. It’s billed as “a time for Canadians to promote inclusion and accessibility in our communities…
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AODA 2021 -- What You Need to Know Now, Four Months Away from the Deadline
OK. I’ll admit it. In my last post, I was less than complimentary of the whole AODA 2021 deadline and how seriously people were taking it. And while I…
Obama Answers Handful of 104,000 Web Questions
In an appeal to the tech-savvy public, the White House’s Web site opened itself to Internet-submitted questions for President Obama’s online town hall…
How to Receive an Accessibility Complaint
In my prior post I discussed the forbearance required of accessibility complainants. I will now cover the other side of the coin: the response I'd…
A PSA on Creating Accessible PDFs
In a recent blog post, I discussed how CAPTCHA accessibility is the number-one accessibility issue faced by blind computer users. However, a close…
Accessibility Matters - Audio Description: How Much is Enough?
Finding the balance between what's ideal, what's needed, and what's acceptable is a key feature -- and challenge -- of accessible practises. And while…
Accessibility for All - Meeting the Needs of our Aging Community
Earlier today I attended a Remembrance Day ceremony, along with a few other Echidnas, at the Cenotaph in London Looking around at the seniors, it…
Putting Accessible Images in Focus
It’s tempting. I get it. Posting a photo to your social media, it would just be so easy to upload and click -- with the obligatory sarcastic comment…
AODA and You: What to Do Now
We’ve discussed the who and why, we’ve discussed the what and when, and we’ve discussed the almighty dollar aspect of what’s in it for you. Today, we…
Multiple Sites, One Search: How the City of Surrey Made Its Web Searches User-Friendly with OnPoint
Northern integrated a federated search across the City of Surrey’s many web properties, making it easier for residents to find essential information about city services.