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June 21, 2022 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

Mobile Accessibility and Inclusion

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Our lives are powered by mobile convenience.  It’s how we apply for jobs, pay bills, order food, make and keep friends. Consider what would happen if you had to function in the mobile world without sight.  This is why mobile accessibility apps are not just a good thing to do, they’re a necessary part of… Continue Reading Mobile Accessibility and Inclusion

Filed Under: Featured Articles, General, Inclusion, Mobile Accessibility Tagged With: assistive technology, Inclusion, Mobile Accessibility

May 20, 2022 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

Mental Health Accessibility

A woman seated on a sofa with a laptop on her lap. She looks confused, representing mental health and accessibility.

Digital accessibility for websites, software, mobile applications and documents, can be tricky for those of us living with mental health disorders.  Mental illnesses can make it difficult to focus on, process, and understand information.    This can create challenges for people navigating websites that are not tailored to our content management and design needs. As the… Continue Reading Mental Health Accessibility

Filed Under: Featured Articles, General, Inclusion, Justice, Mental Illness, WCAG Tagged With: Inclusion, WCAG, website accessibility

March 15, 2022 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

IAAP’s Stance on Accessibility Overlays

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Written by WeCo’s Team of Accessibility Specialists who live with disabilities In early 2022, the International Association Of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) released a position statement on accessibility overlays.   The statement included recommendations, and caution, for organizations exploring the use of software often referred to as accessibility overlays. There’s been a sharp rise in companies and… Continue Reading IAAP’s Stance on Accessibility Overlays

Filed Under: Accessibility Overlays, Featured Articles, General

September 9, 2021 by Val Lockhart

The ADA: Where do we go from here?

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The Americans with Disabilities Act is a civil rights law. Most often associated with street and building access, it also governs goods, services, and information made available to the public, including websites. The ADA applies to everyone who places information out for public consumption, including private industry, or nonprofits – any organization that is putting… Continue Reading The ADA: Where do we go from here?

Filed Under: ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), Featured Articles, General, Inclusion, Making a Case for Accessibility, Section 508 (of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973), WCAG Tagged With: Americans with Disabilities Act

September 3, 2021 by Val Lockhart

How We Wrote and Launched Our Vaccine Policy

A group of office workers seated in a warehouse style office meeting space, hearing about a company vaccine mandate.

WeCo prides itself on inclusion and diversity.  Because nearly everyone in our company comes to us from places of exclusion—not being able to be hired despite our accomplishments and education—we are far less hasty to judge each other.  So when it came to developing and launching our vaccine policy, we had a solid foundation of… Continue Reading How We Wrote and Launched Our Vaccine Policy

Filed Under: COVID-19 Impacts on Disability, COVID-19 Pandemic, Disability Employment, General, Reasonable accommodation Tagged With: COVID-19, COVID-19 Impacts on Disability, Vaccine Mandates, Vaccines

August 12, 2021 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

Why We Chose A Company Vaccine Mandate

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This article outlines the journey we took that led us down the path of mandating COVID-19 vaccination for all our Staff, contractors, and vendors who use our onsite offices. Our company was founded virtually. Nearly all of us live with disabilities, so it was the most practical way to work together.  A remote office was… Continue Reading Why We Chose A Company Vaccine Mandate

Filed Under: COVID-19 Impacts on Disability, COVID-19 Pandemic, Disability Employment, General, Reasonable accommodation Tagged With: COVID, COVID-19, COVID-19 Impacts on Disability, Vaccine Mandates, Vaccines

May 27, 2021 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

WCAG 2.2 Quick Facts

Image with multi-colored dots on a grid and the words, "WCAG 2.2: the next step for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines."

Want to get up to running speed on the new WCAG 2.2 release?  We’ll be providing more detail in future posts, but here are the quick facts from our Accessibility Team to get you started. General Facts WCAG 2.2 is scheduled to be published in September 2021. (Delayed from the previously anticipated July 2021 date.)… Continue Reading WCAG 2.2 Quick Facts

Filed Under: ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), Featured Articles, General, Inclusion, Lawsuits, Legal Awareness, Mobile Accessibility, Section 508 (of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973), WCAG, WCAG 2.2 Tagged With: Mobile Accessibility, wcag 2.2, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

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