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Giving a Damn About Accessibility

Giving a Damn About Accessibility

Inaccessible products are broken products. The first step to fix them is to give a damn.

2021

Sheri Byrne-Haber, CPACC

Sheri Byrne-Haber, CPACC

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Apr 28, 2022

Applying Ted Lasso management lessons to accessibility

Authors note: Because of Medium’s refusal to address its accessibility issues for both authors and readers, I’ve moved my last three years…

Ted Lasso (played by actor Jason Sudeikis) in a dark puffy coat wearing a backpack

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Jul 1

The Problem with Blanks for People Who Are Blind or Low Vision

A sighted person glances at an empty space and reads it as part of a whole. A screen reader user lands on that same empty space and reads…

The Problem with Blanks for People Who Are Blind or Low Vision

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Jun 24

So, Your WordPress Theme Isn’t Accessible: How to Fix It Using a Phased Plan That Survives Updates

You love your WordPress theme. It took hours to get everyone to agree on it. You’ve poured blood, sweat, and tears into getting your…

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Jun 17

Partial Accessibility Is Sometimes Worse Than No Accessibility at All

To people who do not use assistive technology, partial accessibility sounds like a reasonable compromise. Some access is better than none…

Doors closing that dissolve around the edges

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Jun 10

WIIFM: The Motivational Question Behind Every Accessibility Conversation

Every person sitting through your accessibility presentation is silently asking the same question: “What’s In It For Me?” They may not say…

Black and white text that says WIIFM: What’s In It For Me

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Jun 3

The Faces Age Verification Cannot Read

TL;DR: Half of U.S. states now require online age verification, and the systems doing the verifying were not built with disabled faces in…

Five people with colored pieces of paper covering their faces

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May 20

GAAD 2026: Not Much to Celebrate, Yet

Tomorrow is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. If you are expecting a post full of colored banners, virtual events, and “let’s raise…

Beat up sign that says “meh” against a dirty concrete wall

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May 6

Know Your Accessibility Testers Before You Need To

Most accessibility managers have a vague sense of who their strongest team members are and, similarly, who the weakest are. Vagueness stops…

Know Your Accessibility Testers Before You Need To

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Apr 29

Restricting Vendor Use of AI in Client Engagements

When a client engages a third-party vendor, they extend trust. Trust that their data will be protected, that qualified humans are doing the…

A number of domino-like pieces of wood. The left half has fallen over, and the right half is standing. A line drawing of a person is in between these two halves, preventing the falling piece of wood from hitting the next standing one.

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Apr 20

You can’t audit your way into accessibility culture change

Accessibility audits play a clear and useful role in modern software development, yet teams often assign them far more influence to them…

You can’t audit your way into accessibility culture change

Sheri Byrne-Haber, CPACC

Sheri Byrne-Haber, CPACC

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Accessibility Strategist @ AccessAbility Officer. LinkedIn Top Voice for Social Impact 2022. UX Collective Author of the Year 2020. Disability Inclusion SME.

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