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March 20, 2020 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

COVID-19 Reactions Puts People with Disabilities at Peril

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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, Inclusion Tagged With: COVID-19, COVID-19 Impacts on Disability, disabilities, disability, Diversity, Inclusion, people with disabilities

March 2, 2020 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

WCAG 2.2 Draft: Quick Look

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On Feb. 28, 2020 a new working draft of Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) version 2.2 has been released for public review and comment.  If you’re working on accessibility for your organization and/or project, it’s important for you to know that another level of WCAG is anticipated.  This blog article provides “at-a-glance” background information on this new version of the WCAG and a direct link to the working document. Continue Reading WCAG 2.2 Draft: Quick Look

Filed Under: Access Awareness, Featured Articles, General, Legal Awareness, Making a Case for Accessibility, Updates, WCAG, WCAG 2.2 Tagged With: ada, Americans with Disabilities Act, digital accessibility, Inclusion, people with disabilities, WCAG, wcag 2.2, website accessibility, website accessible

March 25, 2014 by Billy Gomes Leave a Comment

A Breeze Among Flowers

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By Annie Henwood (WeCo Public Relations Assistant) I sat at my desk with my eyes focused on my professor’s facial expressions. While other students around me were taking notes or even playing with their phones, I struggled to keep up with the lecture. This professor was a firm believer in lecture-based education. He talked the… Continue Reading A Breeze Among Flowers

Filed Under: General Tagged With: accommodation, Auditory Processing Disorder, college, disabilities, education, Helen Keller, learning, learning disability, lectures, meetings, people with disabilities

October 26, 2013 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President 3 Comments

Employment Challenges for People With Disabilities

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By Billy Gomes, Test Team Management Assistant and Accessibility Specialist-in-Training As part of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, WeCo is highlighting some of the challenges facing people living with disabilities regarding employment. With the current unemployment rate for people who live with disabilities at 14.1%, compared to the 7.1% unemployment rate for people who live… Continue Reading Employment Challenges for People With Disabilities

Filed Under: General, News Tagged With: Disability Employment, Disability Employment Awareness, Equal Opportunity Employment, Inclusion, people with disabilities, Reasonable Accommodation

September 11, 2013 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President Leave a Comment

Understanding the People Side of Website Accessibility

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Over the course of a business day at WeCo we encounter many employees who work as website developers and designers.  Most have the same question when they begin working with us: where’s the checklist? It’s extremely typical for web designers, developers and content managers to view website accessibility as purely a formula process because that’s… Continue Reading Understanding the People Side of Website Accessibility

Filed Under: ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), Inclusion, Lawsuits, Legal Awareness, Making a Case for Accessibility, Section 508 (of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973), WCAG, WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1 Tagged With: access website, people with disabilities, section 508, wcag2.0, website accessibility

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