Comments on: Understanding the Impact of Accessibility

By: theGoodWitch

theGoodWitch — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:20:43 +0000

Ricky, I can't thank you enough for the work you are doing at Accessibility Changes Lives. You inspire me!

By: Ricky Buchanan

Ricky Buchanan — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:09:00 +0000

I’ve coincidentally just started a series on ATMac today entitled Accessibility Changes Lives which I hope will be able to tell people’s stories in a personal enough fashion to be comprehensible to your average person-in-the-street who has no idea why accessibility matters.

I’ve added the videos you mentioned to the list of resources I’ll probably use in the series – thanks.

Cheers,
Ricky

By: theGoodWitch

theGoodWitch — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:59:18 +0000

Gene, I’m looking forward to the interview!

By: Gene Rodgers

Gene Rodgers — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:47:38 +0000

hi Glenda,
I met you at the AccessU conference and asked if you were available for an interview. Please email, or even better, call me at 929-7776.

thx
Gene

By: Jonathan Schofield

Jonathan Schofield — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:52:21 +0000

Thanks for this post. The BBC Click and ‘Pivotal Role in the Household’ videos are great for evangelising accessibility.

By: Desiree Sturdevant

Desiree Sturdevant — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:13:18 +0000

Hi Glenda: Loved this post! You are right, it is much more helpful when you can put a real face on the disability. Any more it seems everyone has someone in his or her family with some sort of disability and will benefit from accessibility work. Thanks for all of your work to make things better for those of us in the disabled but enabled community.

By: Judith

Judith — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:07:50 +0000

Just came across your blog. Very good post!

I like the idea that you take someone with you when you talk about access. to others. Unless they deal with in on a day-to-day basis, they would not understand the need.

Going to pass your blog along and subscribe. Thanks!

By: Steve Grobschmidt

Steve Grobschmidt — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:42:50 +0000

Hello Glenda,
Great website — glad I stumbled across it. I’m a somewhat recent devotee to the subject of web accessibility, so I’m still trying to convert non-believers. I think the increasing stories of legality — Target, Expedia.com, now the Law School Admissions Council, tend to resonate more than anything.

Another method of refuting the “Is it really necessary to go to these lengths for such a small percentage of people?” is just the raw numbers. Percentages may not hit people, but numbers like 5 million Americans 21-65 having some sort of sensory disability….that suddenly doesn’t sound so insignificant.

Glad to have stumbled across your site.

Thanks much!