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Reid Burnett

@reidelliott

Technology Director, Digital Accessibility Advocate with experience leading software teams, growing a business, and fostering empathy, goodwill, and enrichment.

 St Louis, MO
Joined June 2019
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Can we normalize “in this thread” instead of “per below” or “seen above”? In email, “above” and “below” mean the same thing. Depending on email client, provider, preferences, the person you’re communicating with might be experiencing the opposite. #clarity #a11y #communication
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When is the last time you removed your mouse from your desk and tried to use the thing you just coded? #accessibility #empathy
How to talk to stakeholders about web accessibility: a presentation template uxdesign.cc/how-to-talk-to-s…
How to talk to stakeholders about web accessibility: a presentation template

How to talk to stakeholders about web accessibility: a presentation template

Hint: It’s more emotion than logic.

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Be A King
@BerniceKing30 May 2020
“If you, as a White person, would be happy to receive the same treatment that our Black citizens do in this society, please stand.”
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Web browsing 2020: 1. Accept cookies you accepted on previous visit 2. Start reading 3. Dismiss newsletter pop-up 4. Start reading 5. Dismiss chat window 6. Start reading 7. Dismiss autoplaying video 8. Start reading 9. Scroll 10. Dismiss newsletter pop-up 11. Continue reading …
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Published another NPM package: WebAim WAVE CLI npmjs.com/package/webaim-wav… This is the beginning of a larger project. Get excited <3
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Apart from #a11y reasons when it comes to navigation hover vs. click, @marktimemedia just summed it up best. “Hovers shouldn’t give you information you couldn’t get without a hover.” #WCUS #WCUS2019
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My ingredients for better #a11y are pretty simple to me. It starts with empathy: • Empathy can be taught • With empathy, change perspective • With perspective, choose better • With choice, improve lives #accessibility
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Apple really does kill it on #a11y
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A timeline of iOS accessibility milestones from the past ten years. macstories.net/stories/a-tim…

A Timeline of iOS Accessibility: It Started with 36 Seconds

On June 8, 2009, at the end of a two-hour WWDC keynote, Phil Schiller was running through a long list of new features and apps that would be available on the iPhone 3GS, due to ship on June 19 of...

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adatitleiii.com/2019/07/fede… This is no stopping anytime soon. Drive-by lawsuits contributing to this trend could be curbed with ADA Education and Reform Act (HR 620) and a pre-suit notice to give us a chance to make things right. #a11y #ada #hr260

Federal ADA Title III Lawsuit Numbers Continue to Climb In 2019

By Minh Vu, Kristina Launey, and Susan Ryan Seyfarth Synopsis: Data from the first six months of 2019 shows a 12%  increase over 2018. The task of

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Knowbility@knowbility23 Jul 2019
Don't miss out on #a11y skills training, practical application and expert feedback and the chance to win high profile Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) competition. Only 25 teams will compete this year - sign up now! air-rallies.org/compete/
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"You know that design should be inclusive and accessible. Knowing exactly where to start, though, can be tricky, and making the right choices can require a significant amount of work. Thankfully, you’re not alone." @jakeu invisionapp.com/inside-desig…
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You’ve gotta hand it to Apple for having some of the best #a11y features in existence. They’ve really paid attention.
None of the 2020 presidential candidates' websites are fully #accessible to disabled voters | Via @TIME buff.ly/31XwQ9O #a11y
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Google Docs #a11y tip: Use Heading hierarchy appropriately, just like you would in HTML: H1 before H2 before H3, etc. Also, enable screen reader support via Tools > Accessibility Settings. From here you can also enable braille support and third-party screen magnifier support.
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It's common thinking that accessibility hinders innovation. I argue that #a11y is indeed innovative. See how the medieval city of Breda has flipped its cobblestones and sliced them to create a more accessible but still photogenic street. gu.com/p/bcxh2/stw
Accessibility settings in Twitter require an opt-in to add what it calls "image descriptions", which we would know as alternative text. Let's all turn this on and add descriptive text for all imgs. Begs the question: Why isn't this enabled by default? #a11y #accessibility
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Inclusivity extends to all parts of life – soul, ego, cosmic. This uses etymology as a mechanism to define different types of love and relationships. Gottman Love and Sexuality Glossary gottman.com/blog/gottman-lov… via @gottmaninst #inclusive #pride
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