Barbie with a white cane highlights important behind-the-scenes work
When you read the news that Mattel is launching a blind Barbie with a white cane, note that the doll was developed with organizations and
Accessibility
I've been speaking on, and advocating for, digital accessibility since the early 2000s. It is my conviction that nothing is done until it's accessible, and we can never wait to add accessibility after the fact. The work to include everyone needs to be up-front and ongoing.
14 posts
On Nielsen's ideas about generative UI for resolving accessibility
"Accessibility has failed as a way to make computers usable for disabled users." Thus begins a newsletter by Jakob Nielsen. And had it
ChatGPT 4 fails at solving a Captcha and progress is slow
An image of ChatGPT solving a captcha was spread far and wide recently. The most beautiful thing about the image is of course that it
Don't fake bold and italic text with Unicode
I see more and more people faking bold and italic text on LinkedIn, and other social media, using Unicode characters. This is detrimental to accessibility,
Jakob Nielsen about IQ and usability
Attempts to classify people into intelligence categories has been going on for many hundreds of years, but none have perhaps proven as prevalent as the
Why ”link in comments” is a bad idea for LinkedIn accessibility
When humans adapt to technology they add obstacles to access content.
Flashing content that can trigger seizures
World Ethical Data Forum autoplays a video at the top of their page that can trigger photosensitive epileptic seizures
How captchas break democracy
A terrible captcha solution making it difficult to vote for many EU citizens.
That unpleasant job posting from Nielsen Norman Group
How a job posting communicates culture and values. Are you ready to join the elite?
Types of Bad Accessibility Excuses
I love a good meme and have been looking through many of the different versions of the "Types of Scientific Paper [https://axbom.com/
How to help events become more inclusive
Organizers have a lot on their mind, and so do people who struggle to feel welcome and cope with obstacles at events. As attendees and speakers we have the power to support and unburden others.
Accessibility and the art of caring for humans
At the #t12t [https://axbom.com/tag/t12t/] accessibility meetup I gave a talk on the sordid history of how people with disabilities have been
Introducing the Inclusive Panda
As part of my work on practical methods for integrating ethics thinking into your design process I am producing a set of templates and worksheets.
Captcha: Killing accessibility
It has become increasingly popular to make use of a Captcha in online web forms where registration and payment processes are required. This is what