Once upon a time I was writing a story in my free time with a Deaf 1 character in it (long since condemned to my draft graveyard). My background research suggested knowing a little about ASL (American Sign Language) to get the character right, so I took a 6-week course to get some of the […]
It’s the time of year when many of us are spending our days pigging out on bite-sized candies and settling in for a marathon of our favorite horror films. In the spirit of a fun scare, I would like to share with you some spooky stories from my day-to-day work that happened to people just […]
Earlier this summer, I was invited to give a talk at an event organized by the Ed-ICT research consortium, in Milton Keynes, UK. Ed-ICT is an international collective of researchers working together to explore the diverse ways in which the experience of learners with disabilities can be improved through technology, with a focus on post-secondary […]
Most of us involved in building an accessible internet would agree that as the internet integrates into more of our lives and continues to expand in capability, WCAG should expand with it to include more and different kinds of disabilities. David Swallow has recently written a brilliant series on using WCAG to accommodate anxiety disorders, […]
When individuals consider making video accessible, the accepted (sometimes only) considered solution is captioning. And with audio, the solution is transcripts. Yet, this approach may only partially address the needs of all individuals in certain situations. This article hopes to create awareness around the different methods for providing alternatives to audio and video media and […]
