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  1. More on employment access for people with disabilities

    by Desiree

    I recently read an article entitled, “Can hiring one employee with a disability make a difference?” How fantastic it is that there is more and more talk on this topic! The article sites the employment statistics I posted here in February of this year, as well as …

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  2. Adobe and Accessibility

    by Desiree

    Adobe Systems INC. provides a variety of tools that are used around the world. Websites are utilizing flash content to make the internet experience more fun and interactive for users. Many are putting their content into protected PDF files, even taking it a step further and …

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  3. Facebook accepts the challenge!

    by Desiree

    Today brings an exciting development in our Facebook adventures, as they announced that they would be working closely with the American Foundation for the Blind to improve their accessibility for the visually impaired!   This is very encouraging news and to me shows that …

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  4. Usability versus Accessibility

    by Desiree

    I recently learned about Herdict , an on line forum where you can report inaccessible websites. You can decide if a site and its content are accessible to you, based on your user experience. They show these reported sites on their page and the data is updated as users add their …

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  5. Changing my mind about AOL?

    by Desiree

    Six years ago, I worked for Time Warner Cable, one of our local cable providers. Time Warner is also partnered with AOL, therefore working there meant I had to use that service for my office e-mail. Unfortunately, AOL was very inaccessible, they used a stand alone software that …

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