Virtual panel discussions and speakers, workshops on backyard birding and nature journaling, and an offbeat photography contest are among the activities planned for the 2024 Birdability Week.
An annual celebration dedicated to birders with disabilities and other health concerns, Birdability Week offers resources, events, and ideas to encourage and promote an inclusive, accessible birding community for everyone.
Continue reading Birdability Week Returns October 21-October 27, 2024
When I took my user experience classes almost 20 years ago, one of the first and most challenging, things for me to learn: I wasn’t the user for the websites and services I designed and developed.
My college instructor stressed the importance of research and identifying who our prospective users were.
So we could design websites and services that fit their needs.
Continue reading Include Disabled People at the Beginning of Your Project: You Are Not Your User [Video]
As I chatted with web design and development friends this month, I’ve discovered many have committed in 2022 to learning more about web accessibility.
They’ve asked me for resources and suggestions, and I shared accessibility resources from my site as well as many online resources and books.
One resource I highly recommended was recently published: the Browsing with assistive technology video series from TetraLogical.
Continue reading How People with Disabilities Browse the Web Using Assistive Technologies [Video Series]