In the second part of this interview, Jamie tells us that we disable our users. It’s our fault, not theirs! And many more super interesting things. 

Download file “E32 - Interview with Jamie Knight - Part 2” | Duration: 39:04 | Guest: Jamie Knight | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

I’m talking with Jamie Knight, an autistic developer at the BBC. One of the things that I loved was Jamie saying that “At the BBC, we don’t make it accessible because of the number of people that need it, we do it because it’s the right think to do”.

Download file “E31 - Interview with Jamie Knight - Part 1” | Duration: 41:49 | Guest: Jamie Knight | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

Glenda speaks of the importance of mentoring “fresh blood” in the accessibility field. She also explains how she gets frustrated by accessibility going forward two steps, and backwards one step.

Download file “E30 – Interview with Glenda Sims – Part 2” | Duration: 29:15 | Guest: Glenda Sims | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

Glenda Sims is Deque’s lead of Accessibility Methodology Practice and Quality. She has been doing digital accessibility since before 2000, and it’s her passion. She used to say she was the self-appointed accessibility Godess!

Download file “E29 - Interview with Glenda Sims - Part 1” | Duration: 31:18 | Guest: Glenda Sims | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

Kris Anne tells us that accessibility is possible, it’s not that difficult, and it’s not earth-shattering!

Download file “E28 - Interview with Kris Anne Kinney - Part 2” | Duration: 25:09 | Guest: Kris Anne Kinney | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

Kris Anne Kinney works as an accessibility specialist for Educational Testing Services, a company that is a leader in assessments. The importance of accessibility in online testing can’t be understated. Kris Anne tells us a little bit about the challenges of going from paper-based to online assessments.

Download file “E27 - Interview with Kris Anne Kinney - Part 1” | Duration: 28:54 | Guest: Kris Anne Kinney | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

This is the second part of my chat with Jon Gibbins. He suggests that the ever increasing speed of new technologies, hardware and software also increases the risk of accessibility being forgotten or left behind in the shuffle.

Download file “E26 - Interview with Jon Gibbins - Part 2” | Duration: 28:43 | Guest: Jon Gibbins | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

Continuing my talk with Andrea Skeries, who tells us that testing tools might be a way to get developers interested in learning more about accessibility.

Download file “E24 - Interview with Andrea Skeries - Part 2” | Duration: 23:49 | Guest: Andrea Skeries | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

I had a most interesting conversation with Andrea Skeries, a front end web developer and designer. Her goal is to spread accessibility like a virus! She also tells us, among other things, that we aren’t going to understand the user experience of our product until we get users with disabilities to do testing.

Download file “E23 - Interview with Andrea Skeries - Part 1” | Duration: 21:45 | Guest: Andrea Skeries | Series: A11y Rules Podcast

Continuing my conversation with Jeffrey Zeldman. Among other things, Jeffrey talks about how accessibility needs to be baked in from the very start, and how retrofitting accessibility into a project just doesn’t work.

Download file “E22 - Interview with Jeffrey Zeldman - Part 2” | Duration: 17:49 | Guest: Jeffrey Zeldman | Series: A11y Rules Podcast