Comments on: What about accessibility? http://universallydesigned.net/general/what-about-accessibility/ Knowbility blogs about technology that everyone can use. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:49:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Kevin Connors http://universallydesigned.net/general/what-about-accessibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Kevin Connors Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:07 +0000 http://universallydesigned.net/?p=131#comment-1081 Disability.gov was completely redesigned at the end of July 2009 in order to make the site both more useful and more accessible to all of our users. We have conducted extensive accessibility and usability testing of the redesigned site on a variety of machines using various Web browsers, screen readers and other assistive technology. Our 508 specialists and other accessibility experts found Disability.gov to be fully compliant and accessible based on requirements of Section 508 and W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. We are truly committed to going above and beyond those standards. If you experience any accessibility issues while using Disability.gov, please contact us at disability@dol.gov. - Kevin Connors, Program Director, Disability.gov Disability.gov was completely redesigned at the end of July 2009 in order to make the site both more useful and more accessible to all of our users. We have conducted extensive accessibility and usability testing of the redesigned site on a variety of machines using various Web browsers, screen readers and other assistive technology. Our 508 specialists and other accessibility experts found Disability.gov to be fully compliant and accessible based on requirements of Section 508 and W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. We are truly committed to going above and beyond those standards.

If you experience any accessibility issues while using Disability.gov, please contact us at disability@dol.gov.

- Kevin Connors, Program Director, Disability.gov

]]> By: Desiree http://universallydesigned.net/general/what-about-accessibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 Desiree Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:39:34 +0000 http://universallydesigned.net/?p=131#comment-1065 I agree, focus on the positives! Many times when I was interviewing for jobs, if they called me first, I did not tell them that I was blind. Perhaps that is deception, but I wanted them to hear me out and look at my qualifications first. I tried being honest up front, and many times, the buck would stop at the phone interview. I actually got in the door a few times by not saying anything, although I would pay a million bucks to have seen the looks on the faces as their jaws dropped in shock upon seeing me and my pretty guide dog. But then, even in the interviews, you could feel their awkwardness, wondering what they can ask without stepping too far over the line. And then there were those that did not care about the line at all. So to me, it should not matter what you look like, or weather or not you have a disability, but if you are capable and qualified to do the job. I agree, focus on the positives! Many times when I was interviewing for jobs, if they called me first, I did not tell them that I was blind. Perhaps that is deception, but I wanted them to hear me out and look at my qualifications first. I tried being honest up front, and many times, the buck would stop at the phone interview. I actually got in the door a few times by not saying anything, although I would pay a million bucks to have seen the looks on the faces as their jaws dropped in shock upon seeing me and my pretty guide dog. But then, even in the interviews, you could feel their awkwardness, wondering what they can ask without stepping too far over the line. And then there were those that did not care about the line at all. So to me, it should not matter what you look like, or weather or not you have a disability, but if you are capable and qualified to do the job.

]]> By: Beth Watson http://universallydesigned.net/general/what-about-accessibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 Beth Watson Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:27:00 +0000 http://universallydesigned.net/?p=131#comment-1064 Great info! My son is an insulin-dependent diabetic, and its hard to believe people would discriminate against that condition! Its good to see that the laws protect a wider range of people, including people like him now. Makes you wish everyone would always "Focus on what you CAN do" just as the awareness ads say! Wish we didn't have to have an awareness month, should be that way all the time! Great info! My son is an insulin-dependent diabetic, and its hard to believe people would discriminate against that condition! Its good to see that the laws protect a wider range of people, including people like him now. Makes you wish everyone would always “Focus on what you CAN do” just as the awareness ads say! Wish we didn’t have to have an awareness month, should be that way all the time!

]]> By: Kathy Keller Matejek http://universallydesigned.net/general/what-about-accessibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1062 Kathy Keller Matejek Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:39:41 +0000 http://universallydesigned.net/?p=131#comment-1062 You are so right on, Desiree. You are so right on, Desiree.

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