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January 21, 2021 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

Are Accessibility Overlays Overbaked?

Person slumped on desk and laptop computer keyboard with thought cloud:" Another website telling me to use their tool bar instead of my screen reader?"

It’s not always easy for us to explain to clients that what most people living with disabilities want, includes the ability to decide HOW we access websites…tools (overlays) appear to many of us more about making the companies and developers feel better, than creating an accessible option for us, because they can consider our accessibility needs “fixed.”   Continue Reading Are Accessibility Overlays Overbaked?

Filed Under: Accessibility Overlays, Featured Articles, General, Inclusion, Legal Awareness, Making a Case for Accessibility, Social Awareness, WCAG Tagged With: accessibility overlays, accessibility tool bars, Inclusion, website accessibility

June 23, 2020 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

Public Statements and Listening vs. Hearing

computer keyboard with keys marked, "unaware," and one red button marked, "woke,"

But making statements about someone else’s experience…may invalidate the person’s experience. You may feel much better after telling someone that you “identify” with their experience.  And while all of these things may serve a good intention, your voice may not be the one that needs to be heard right now. Continue Reading Public Statements and Listening vs. Hearing

Filed Under: Diversity, Featured Articles, General, Inclusion, Justice, Social Awareness Tagged With: Discrimination, Diversity, education, hearing, Inclusion, Justice, Listening

March 25, 2020 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

Bathrobe Accessibility Check: Basic Tips

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Without a daily commute, working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic is giving many of us more breathing room in our schedule.  For many businesses and services, it’s also a time when clear, accessible communication is crucial. WeCo’s Accessibility Team thought this is the perfect time to scope your business/agency website for accessibility basics.  Something… Continue Reading Bathrobe Accessibility Check: Basic Tips

Filed Under: ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), COVID-19 Pandemic, Featured Articles, General, Inclusion, Lawsuits, Legal Awareness, Section 508 (of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973), WCAG, WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1, WCAG 2.2 Tagged With: access website, accessibility, Americans with Disabilities Act, Inclusion, section 508, WCAG 2.0, website accessibility, website accessible

March 20, 2020 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

COVID-19 Reactions Puts People with Disabilities at Peril

A stick person in a wheel chair seated at a computer with words, "No delivery slots available."

So, as a virus with no vaccine sweeps the US,  a couple in their 60’s, who are both in wheelchairs, one of whom has diabetes and is blind, the other of whom cannot use his arms to push a grocery cart, are put at a greater level of risk to contract this virus. Simply because so many of us who don’t usually use home grocery delivery, are taking up all of the delivery slots. Continue Reading COVID-19 Reactions Puts People with Disabilities at Peril

Filed Under: COVID-19 Impacts on Disability, COVID-19 Pandemic, Featured Articles, Inclusion Tagged With: COVID-19, COVID-19 Impacts on Disability, disabilities, disability, Diversity, Inclusion, people with disabilities

October 15, 2019 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

Three Ways Your Company Can Become a Disability Employer

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Despite a new focus on disability employment, the disability employment rate remains largely unchanged.  Based upon our experiences at WeCo, here are three ways you can become a more successful disability employer. Continue Reading Three Ways Your Company Can Become a Disability Employer

Filed Under: Disability Employment, Diversity, Featured Articles, Inclusion, Reasonable accommodation Tagged With: Disability Employment, Reasonable Accomodation

May 14, 2019 by Dane Dunham Leave a Comment

Celebrating GAAD: Beginning Accessibility Tips

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The purpose of GAAD is to bring awareness to challenges faced by people with disabilities. The WeCo blog is featuring beginning web accessibility tips. Continue Reading Celebrating GAAD: Beginning Accessibility Tips

Filed Under: Access Awareness, General, Inclusion Tagged With: assistive technology, digital accessibility, GAAD, Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Inclusion

October 9, 2018 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

Hamilton and Challenging Disability Perceptions

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Hamilton has broken barriers and changed how we view the vehicle of musical theater.  The social statements it makes are too numerous to count the first time you encounter it.  But I have been struck by the remarkable parallel it has drawn to the struggle of capable professionals living with disabilities, in the American workplace.… Continue Reading Hamilton and Challenging Disability Perceptions

Filed Under: Access Awareness, Diversity, General, Inclusion Tagged With: NDEAM

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