Comments on: Fresh from WordCamp Las Vegas http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2009/fresh-from-wordcamp-las-vegas/ Your Accessibility Conscience Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Karen http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2009/fresh-from-wordcamp-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-437252 Karen Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:06:23 +0000 http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2009/fresh-from-wordcamp-las-vegas/#comment-437252 Oh, I meant to add this link as a resource for readers: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/ There are bloggers with disabilities on the Ouch! site, too. They used to be listed nicely in one place, but I can't find that anymore. Bloggers are scattered about now under topics, I guess. I discovered Wheelchair Dancer this way (http://cripwheels.blogspot.com/), but as I said, I don't see the listing anywhere. Have fun poking around. It's a great source of information related to disability and accessibility, with British humor everywhere. :) Oh, I meant to add this link as a resource for readers:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/
There are bloggers with disabilities on the Ouch! site, too. They used to be listed nicely in one place, but I can’t find that anymore. Bloggers are scattered about now under topics, I guess. I discovered Wheelchair Dancer this way (http://cripwheels.blogspot.com/), but as I said, I don’t see the listing anywhere. Have fun poking around. It’s a great source of information related to disability and accessibility, with British humor everywhere. :)

]]> By: Karen http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2009/fresh-from-wordcamp-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-437251 Karen Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:03:27 +0000 http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2009/fresh-from-wordcamp-las-vegas/#comment-437251 Glenda - this post is brilliant and needed. Thank you for doing what seems so obvious! I am proud to say I "know" all these people (I set @stcaccess to follow them all - as well as you! :)) I chose to follow them because of their insights. They have knowledge that I don't have, and I am grateful that they share. That is really what this is about - knowledge sharing. Technical communicators are supposed to know their audience. Well, people with disabilities are in that audience, so tech. communicators must be in touch if they are to know how their products or services affect people with issues of mobility, hearing, vision, and cognition. The bonus of this professional approach is that we get to meet some more very nice, funny, kind, sweet, and interesting people along the way. Glenda – this post is brilliant and needed. Thank you for doing what seems so obvious! I am proud to say I “know” all these people (I set @stcaccess to follow them all – as well as you! :) )
I chose to follow them because of their insights. They have knowledge that I don’t have, and I am grateful that they share. That is really what this is about – knowledge sharing. Technical communicators are supposed to know their audience. Well, people with disabilities are in that audience, so tech. communicators must be in touch if they are to know how their products or services affect people with issues of mobility, hearing, vision, and cognition.

The bonus of this professional approach is that we get to meet some more very nice, funny, kind, sweet, and interesting people along the way.

]]> By: Adelaide http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2009/fresh-from-wordcamp-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-437097 Adelaide Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:02:45 +0000 http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2009/fresh-from-wordcamp-las-vegas/#comment-437097 There must be WordCamps everywhere! And it's good to be able to discover new blogs full of interesting people. I already knew of DeafMomWorld and some of Ricky Buchanan's blogs, but Blind Access Journal was new to me (at least at this point), even though I have blind and visually impaired friends who love and live the Web. Thank you for the e-book. Especially reminding us that (in America) that people with disabilities of all ages have TWICE the spending power of teenagers and eighteen percent the spending power of tweens. Yet, what is done to market to them/us? Almost nothing. There must be WordCamps everywhere!

And it’s good to be able to discover new blogs full of interesting people. I already knew of DeafMomWorld and some of Ricky Buchanan’s blogs, but Blind Access Journal was new to me (at least at this point), even though I have blind and visually impaired friends who love and live the Web.

Thank you for the e-book. Especially reminding us that (in America) that people with disabilities of all ages have TWICE the spending power of teenagers and eighteen percent the spending power of tweens. Yet, what is done to market to them/us? Almost nothing.

]]> By: Ricky Buchanan http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2009/fresh-from-wordcamp-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-437006 Ricky Buchanan Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:15:41 +0000 http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2009/fresh-from-wordcamp-las-vegas/#comment-437006 Thanks for the shout-out, and I'm sorry I couldn't be at your presentation - will there be any video available or do I have to be content with the ebook? Congrats on your great work on accessibility and on the NEED for accessibility! Keep fighting the good fight :) Thanks for the shout-out, and I’m sorry I couldn’t be at your presentation – will there be any video available or do I have to be content with the ebook?

Congrats on your great work on accessibility and on the NEED for accessibility! Keep fighting the good fight :)

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