An Alphabet of Accessibility

“What letter are you? An Alphabet of Accessibility” is based on an article that I wrote for The Pastry Box called “An Alphabet of Accessibility”.

• Talk write-up and information

Special Thanks To:

• Robin Christopherson, AbilityNet.
• Austin Seraphin
• Derek Featherstone, Simply Accessible
• Dylan Wilbanks

Works Cited / Works Consulted

• Nearly 1 in 5 People Have a Disability in the U.S., Census Bureau Reports - Report Released to Coincide with 22nd Anniversary of the ADA
• Is being Deaf a disability? - a letter and response

• 10 Signs You May Be Sleep Deprived - How Stuff Works. Tom Scheve.
• A Primer to Vestibular Disorders - The A11Y Project. 15 May 2013.
• Ableism - Wikipedia.
• Accessibility - World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
• Amblyopia - Wikipedia.
• Astigmatism - Wikipedia.
• Broken Finger - NHS Choices. Last reviewed 3 July 2016.
• Cancer Stat Facts: Cancer of Any Site - National Cancer Institute.
• Cancer Treatment & Survivorship Facts & Figures 2016-2017 (PDF) - American Cancer Society.
• Chemo Brain - American Cancer Society.
• Color Blindness - Wikipedia.
• Cystic Fibrosis - Wikipedia.
• De Quervain syndrome - Wikipedia. (Synonym: Gamer’s Thumb.)
• Directional Dyslexia - The Reading Well.
• Disabled Enough Uncanny Magazine kickstarter. Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, 22 August 2017.
• Disability in the media - Wikipedia.
• Dyslexia - Wikipedia.
• Effects of MS - Healthline.
• Eye Problems in Premature Babies - WebMD.
• How does Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Affect Vision? VisionAware. Lylas G. Mogk, MD.
• I Belong Where the People Are: Disability and The Shape of Water Tor. Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, 16 January 2018.
• “If you can’t tell your left from your right, you’re not stupid. Chron. Belle Elving. 27 July 2008.

“Introduction to Web Accessibility”, Web Accessibility Initiative. Last updated 7 February 2018. https://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.php “Introduction to Web Accessibility”, WebAIM. https://webaim.org/intro/ “Invisible Disabilities and the Basic Income”, Basic Income Earth Network. Karen Christine Patrick, 6 September, 2015. http://basicincome.org/news/2015/09/invisible-disabilities-and-the-b-i-g/ “Is being Deaf a disability?”, American Sign Language University. http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/disability-deafness.htm Kirabug.com

Works consulted

• Linda - the [Deaf] librarian on Sesame Street who introduced me to [American Sign Language] at an early age.

Examples (good and bad)

• Boomi
• CNN