Accessiversity

08/01/2022

Tales of the Reluctant Blind | July 2022 - https://mailchi.mp/5a001d0176d4/welcome-to-the-accessiversity-blog-15880584

07/09/2022

07/05/2022

Tales of the Reluctant Blind | June 2022 - https://mailchi.mp/5a79b94fae53/welcome-to-the-accessiversity-blog-15880412

06/29/2022

Interesting article about the need for accessible telemedicine apps.
https://apple.news/AX3A3UKcjSpyorPkJ29QMcQ

Of course, I found this issue to be especially pertinent because of all of my recent health struggles that landed me in the hospital earlier this month, and now has me setting-up multiple follow-up appointments/consultations with no less than four different physician offices. But more specifically, I was thinking back to my own personal experience with a telemedicine platform called Doxy.Me which I was never able to get to work with my assistive technology.

This was back in February 2021 when my primary care physician had attempted to facilitate a virtual wellness check with me to avoid having me come into their office during Covid. But after failing to get the app to work with my JAWS screen reader on my PC, or my subsequent attempt using the “Voiceover” accessibility feature on my iPhone, we ended up resorting to having a regular telephone conversation, which based on the article, unfortunately sounds like an all too common experience for persons with disabilities like me. When you add in some of the inaccessible kiosks like the ones being used by many of the local labs to check-in patients, or on the flip side, the old-school pen-and-paper “health history” in-take forms that just about every physician office requires you to fill out during your first visit, you start to understand how the specific needs of persons with disabilities goes well beyond addressing some inaccessible telemedicine apps, and that the current healthcare system has a long way to go before it is truly accessible for all consumers.

Telehealth platforms and digital healthcare products have exploded over the past two years, fuelled by the Covid-19 pandemic. Failing to ensure that these solutions are fully accessible to people with disabilities is not just a matter of social injustice – it will, in the long run, cost lives.

06/08/2022

Tales of the Reluctant Blind | May 2022 - https://mailchi.mp/746d67c0a021/welcome-to-the-accessiversity-blog-15875888

05/19/2022

It's Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2022, do you know where your accessibility consultant is?

He’s celebrating this year’s GAAD event with the extended Accessiversity family.

Check out today’s “Tales of the Reluctant Blind” blog to learn about all of the different ways that the members of our global Accessiversity community are helping to leave their prints on a more accessible world!
https://www.knappstrategic.com/accessiversity-blog/smudging-it-up-celebrating-global-accessibility-awareness-day-2022

And be sure to visit the GAAD web site to partake in this year’s celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2022 and be part of this movement to help GAAD realize its goal of digital accessibility for all.
https://accessibility.day/

As we celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2022 today, let me be the first to thank all those involved for continuing to do your part to leave your print on a more accessible world.

05/02/2022

Tales of the Reluctant Blind | April 2022 - https://mailchi.mp/a52366f26982/welcome-to-the-accessiversity-blog-15348088

04/19/2022

Yesterday marks exactly 5 years since we had to say goodbye to our beloved Murph dog.

I didn’t have my blog back then, so in a belated tribute to my old friend, I thought maybe I’d repurpose the write-up that I had prepared for Teresa to post on Facebook at the time - not the abbreviated version that she ended up sharing with everyone, but the full, unabridged stream of consciousness that had come pouring out of me that night, when all of my memories and emotions were as raw as the stinging loss that I had just suffered.

And while it’s impossible to sum up a special friendship, an entire life, in just a few sentences, or even a long, rambling journal entry out on a web site somewhere, Murphy had occupied such a big part of our lives, overflowing our hearts with love and joy the entire 13 ½ years he was with us, that I felt his story deserved a permanent spot on my blog.

So, to that end, here you go buddy. We love and miss you!

Today marks exactly 5 years since we had to say goodbye to our beloved Murph dog. I didn’t have my blog back then, so in a belated tribute to my old friend, I thought maybe I’d repurpose the write-up that I had prepared for Teresa to post on Facebook at the time - not the abbreviated version tha...

04/07/2022

Tales of the Reluctant Blind | March 2022 - https://mailchi.mp/d8464330ff0b/welcome-to-the-accessiversity-blog-15341468

04/05/2022

Check out the latest installment in our Accessiversity tutorial video series. We are proud to partner with Good Fruit Video and other members of the disability community to produce these 100% accessible videos made entirely by persons with disabilities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgsSX_Y6zCs

For more about this project, check out our “Do Good, Be Fruitful” article on the “Tales of the Reluctant Blind” blog at: https://www.knappstrategic.com/accessiversity-blog/do-good-be-fruitful

Created as a “how to” video for other blind/low-vision users, this episode covers how to use the JAWS screen reader to access the user profile menu and log-in and log-out options in Sakai, which is an important feature for being able to switch back and forth between different users and roles during testing.

Special thanks to Kellie Blackwell from Michigan Disability Rights Coalition for providing the guest voiceover for this video.

Be sure to subscribe to our Accessiversity YouTube channel for more accessible videos like this.

Thanks for continuing to do your part to leave your print on a more accessible world!

Accessiversity is proud to be partnering with Good Fruit Video to present our new video tutorial series! One of our goals is to make these videos as accessib...

03/04/2022

Tales of the Reluctant Blind | February 2022 - https://mailchi.mp/dc07cd3bf5ab/welcome-to-the-accessiversity-blog-15322980

02/12/2022

Its February 2022, do you know where your accessibility consultant is?

He’s seriously contemplating a career change (well, not really—but he’s having some serious fun imagining what it would be like to be the King of his very own remote island!)


Check out the latest installment of the “Tales of the Reluctant Blind” blog to learn more.

Well, I don’t want to jinx it, but there’s a better than average chance that I might be packing my family up soon and moving overseas to pursue a new career opportunity. Of course, this is all completely unexpected, nothing I had planned for, but you know what they say, “When opportunity comes...