Well, quickly would be a good start, as it’s a lot better than WCAG 1.0 — it doesn’t rely testing based on specific technologies, but instead looks at the impact on the user. But that’s not what I’m looking at here. I’m looking at what parts of WCAG 2.0 that I think are appropriate to [...]

I wasn’t at the digital engagement conference thingummy yesterday but I was keeping an eye on the tweets of people who were talking about it, wondering if anything would strike my eye as being particularly newsworthy, or of significant import. Having quite a bit of knowledge of accessible web design and in testing against it [...]

I noticed over on Out-Law that there was a suggestion that legislation for accessible websites could be introduced across the EU: Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding has for the first time talked of a ‘European Disability Act’ that could compel EU nations to adopt web accessibility rules together so that all of Europe’s [...]

This is the second part of my look at Microsoft’s free e-book Engineering for Accessibility, which looks at accessibility for non-web applications (or you can view the the first half of my look). Designing Your Implementation There is then some more technical detail on how specifically to design your implementation, based upon whether the controls [...]

Microsoft have made their e-book Engineering for Accessibility available as a free download, which is obviously a good thing. I would obviously urge anyone who cares about accessibility to read it, because while the book relates to software rather than web design, the basic principles behind accessibility are the same, and if it helps you [...]

Debbie Purdy has won her battle to have the law on assisted suicide clarified. This is being reported in many places as if she ‘has won her right to die battle’. This is misleading, for so so many reasons. Firstly, I don’t believe it’s actually illegal to die: I’m not aware of any governments actually [...]

There have been discussions on Accessify Forum as to what sort of icon should be used to represent accessibility, or accessibility-related topics. There is an international symbol of accessibility, which is basically a stylised white wheelchair on a blue background. This has various advantages and disadvantages. Firstly, it’s very clear. Everyone who sees it will [...]

Blogging against Disablism Day for me isn’t just about writing your own post, it’s also about reading what other people have to say, accepting I won’t necessarily agree with all of it, I won’t necessarily like the writing in some of it, but still an interest in what other people think and experience. From previous [...]

BADD 2009 = Blogging Against Disablism Day 2009. I’m not disabled. I do however have a dodgy knee, which seems quite likely to cause me more difficulties as it gets older, so it is entirely possible that I will become disabled at some point. In fact, were I to live long enough, I suspect it [...]

Yes, it’s that time of year again, when the Goldfish turns BADD. If that makes absolutely no sense at all, then I’ll explain. The Goldfish is a fellow blogger who organises Blogging Against Disablism Day. The premise is quite simple: basically, you blog about disability, disability issues, disability politics, or something or other related to [...]