A11y Rules Podcast

In this episode, Becky talks to us about how changes in technology has changed her perception of accessibility. She also tells us how she came to be so passionate about accessibility!

Download file “E55 - Interview with Becky Gibson - Part 1” | Duration: 24:02 | Guest: Becky Gibson | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

Devon Persing tells us that the compliance model doesn’t capture the whole picture of accessibility. And it feels like a separate thing from design/dev work.

Download file “E094 - Interview with Devon Persing - Part 1” | Duration: 28:04 | Guest: Devon Persing | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

Devon Persing and I talk a little bit about burnout in the web accessibility industry.

Download file “E095 - Interview with Devon Persing - Part 2” | Duration: 29:59 | Guest: Devon Persing | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

Beth is an accessibility specialist and a UX interaction designer. She was part of an award winning team at United. She compares acceptance of the need for accessibility as the 5 stages of grief.

Download file “E66 - Interview with Beth Raduenzel - Part 1” | Duration: 28:35 | Guest: Beth Raduenzel | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

Continuing my chat with Beth. We discuss, among other things, accessibility as a coding challenge vs having to meet tight deadlines – and how sometimes developers chose to do things the way they know to meet these deadlines.

Download file “E67 - Interview with Beth Raduenzel - Part 2” | Duration: 23:02 | Guest: Beth Raduenzel | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

Emily states: “Hardest part of the job is coming up with solutions. It’s one thing to identify what’s wrong, it’s entirely another thing to give clients an alternative solution that’s accessible to start with but also reasonable for them to implement.”

Download file “E089 - Interview with Amberley Romo - Part 2” | Duration: 24:00 | Guest: Amberley Romo | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

Liz Jackson says it’s not enough to fix accessibility, people with disabilities must be included. She says: “I think somebody thinks that if they just smooth something out and they make it usable that we won’t have feelings about it. But, we are a people that probably hungers for choice, right? Like, we want to have opinions about things. We want to be delighted. So to simply try and smooth something out and endeavor no further, I think is… we’re missing something.”

Download file “E078 - Interview with Liz Jackson - Part 1” | Duration: 25:24 | Guest: Liz Jackson | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

Joe Devon tells us that lot of accessibility is knowing the culture and different communities that view it differently.

Download file “E096 - Interview with Joe Devon - Part 1” | Duration: 26:59 | Guest: Joe Devon | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

Global Awareness Accessibility Day 2020! This is the third year I’m having a special episode for this event. I started with panel discussions for the day – and was planning on keeping that up. However, technical issues limited our ability to come together and have an actual discussion. So I got my guests to record their answers and this is the show. Thanks to Donna Vitan, Alicia Jarvis, Katriel Paige, and Matt May!

Download file “Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2020 Special” | Guests: Alicia Jarvis, Donna Vitan, Katriel Paige, Matt May | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

Amberley defines web accessibility as “building for the web in ways that ensure it’s usable by everyone. There aren’t barriers to use for anyone. So, I would say it’s about digital equal access, kind of along the same lines as physical equal access. So, just putting people at the center of building for the web.”

Download file “E088 - Interview with Amberley Romo - Part 1” | Duration: 32:39 | Guest: Amberley Romo | Series: A11y Rules Podcast