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. It also integrates parts of another article I wrote for A List Apart, Reframing Accessibility for the Web.

• Talk write-up and information

Special Thanks To:

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

Resources

The bulk of the photos, when not provided directly by a volunteer, came from my collection on Unsplash.

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

• 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 - Houston Chronicle, Belle Elving. 27 July 2008.
• Introduction to Web Accessibility - Web Accessibility Initiative. Last updated 7 February 2018.
• Introduction to Web Accessibility - WebAIM.
• Invisible Disabilities and the Basic Income Basic Income Earth Network. Karen Christine Patrick, 6 September, 2015.
• Is being Deaf a disability? American Sign Language University.
• Lightships Did Cause Hearing Loss! - US Coast Guard Lightship Sailors Association International, Inc. Rick Bennett.
• Linda Muppet Wiki.
• Macular Degeneration - Wikipedia.
• Media Room - The Vision Council.
• Multiple Sclerosis - Cleveland Clinic. Carrie M. Hersh, DO and Robert J. Fox, MD. June 2014.
• My First Week with the iPhone - Austin Seraphin’s blog. 12 June 2010.
• Tipsy vs. Tired - Mythbusters (2010 season): Arrow Machine Gun, Wikipedia.
• Nearly 1 in 5 People Have a Disability in the US, Census Bureau Reports - United States Census Bureau. 25 July 2012.
• People accept that I’m gay, but not that I’m disabled - The Guardian. As told to Joan McFadden.
• “People with Disabilities are the Largest Minority Group in the US”, Invisible Disabilities Association. 27 August, 2011.

Philly.com

• Photosensitive Epilepsy - WebMD.
• Post-concussion syndrome - Wikipedia.
• Radioactive Iodine - Thyroid Cancer Survivor’s Association, Inc.
• Raynaud’s disease Mayo Clinic.
• Respect Your Audience with Readable Content - meet content. Gregory Cohen, 16 September 2013.
• Too Young to Have a Stroke? Think Again New York Times. Jane E Brody.
• Transitioning from College to Work - Learning Disabilities Association of America.
• Web Accessibility - Wikipedia.
• Why are disabled people valuable for society? on Quora. (Warning: *massive* levels of ableist bullshit included on page.)
• Why mobile design means accessible design - Creative Bloq. Robin Christopherson, 18 December 2014.

Examples (good and bad)

• Boomi
• CNN
• kirabug.com
• Livewell.com