The other day, I was in an older office building, definitely pre-ADA (1990). I went into the bathroom and saw an interesting and flawed attempt to retrofit it for accessibility. The bathroom has two regular-sized stalls with openings I estimated to be about 30″ wide. In order to accommodate a wheelchair, someone just added a … Continue reading “Why are some toilets still inaccessible?”
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Audio Descriptions on Netflix
For the first time last night, I stumbled across a Netflix movie offering audio description in addition to subtitles. According to The Audio Description Project Audio Description involves the accessibility of the visual images of theater, television, movies, and other art forms for people who are blind, have low vision, or who are otherwise visually impaired. It … Continue reading “Audio Descriptions on Netflix”
5 Reasons to Stop Using Carousels, Now
Motion on websites makes me sick. To me, automatic carousels are the equivalent of the GeoCities sites from 20 years ago that would start blasting you with some awful music on page load. The only people who liked the auto-music were the people who made the webpages, and the only people who like carousels are … Continue reading “5 Reasons to Stop Using Carousels, Now”
Sharing Images and Videos Isn’t Inclusive
A huge part of social media platforms is the ability to share images and videos. But I’ve yet to see one that takes people with visual impairments into account by enabling users to add alt tags and descriptions to multimedia assets. Let’s look at Twitter for a moment. People more and more are using using images and … Continue reading “Sharing Images and Videos Isn’t Inclusive”