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Darrell Hilliker retweeted
The monarchy's racism, colonialism and genocide are the backdrop for etiquette rules that labeled Meghan "difficult, rude and abrasive."
It's "a world where she could only be herself by leaving."
My thoughts on race and the royals 👇🏾
voice-online.co.uk/opinion/c…
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
Accessibility isn't a project; it's a process.
Buy-in from decision makers is a huge component. However, with a strong strategy, you can begin making your digital assets usable to people with disabilities.
Learn more: tpgi.com/accessibility-solut…
#accessibility
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
.@AiraIO just announced their new plans, and wow, did the prices go up! The cheapest one is 15 minutes per month for $65. And no, minutes still don't roll over. aira.io/plans-and-prices/
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
Two US Government Agencies Warn about Hiring Technology that Discriminates against Disabled Applicants lflegal.com/2022/05/disabili… #tech #a11y #disability #hiring #HumanResources #EEOC #DOJ #AI
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
This is great advice, and I appreciate the reminder.
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Darrell Hilliker retweeted
The Monarch, our upcoming Dynamic Tactile Device, wouldn't be where it is today without our partners at @NFB_voice and @HumanWare. Learn more about how we've come together to turn this dream device into a reality: nfb.org/blog/dynamic-tactile… #BrailleLiteracyMonth
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
Good morning, and welcome to the debut publication of World Blind Herald! Join us, as we bring you a world of perspective from the global blind community. 🌐📰 worldblindherald.com
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
People with disabilities are more likely to succeed when they work alongside people without disabilities and are paid fairly for their work.
It's long past time we end the discriminatory practice of subminimum wages for people with disabilities. nytimes.com/2023/01/04/opini…
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
DOJ says AI hiring tools could violate accessibility laws – Thealike #TheTopDailyNews ...
thetopdailynews.com/doj-says…
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
Non-breaking spaces (` `) in runs of text are one of the most common reasons I see for a page failing 1.4.12 Text Spacing. It means text will not wrap as the spacing expands.
WYSIWYG authors often miss these and CMSes do a poor job flagging/replacing them.
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
Hey Smart Speaker? Yes you, I'm talking to you. If I ask you a question, please don't send a link to my phone. If you can't answer, just say so. If I had wanted to use my phone, I wouldn't have asked you in the first place. k? k. thxbby.
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
Since she was a little girl, men have been making “jokes” about wanting to rape Greta Thunberg. These “jokes” are rape culture. Men use sexual violence as a threat and a punchline when women and girls do things they don’t like.
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
You cannot talk about diversity and ignore disabled people.
You cannot talk about equity and ignore disabled people.
You cannot talk about inclusion and ignore disabled people.
Excluding disabled people doesn’t promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
It promotes ableism.
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
sadly many accessibility tag attributes didn't get added until PDF became an open document format, so knowledge is often kept in the hands of only "experts" still
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
your regular reminder that "get someone to do it for you" is not an ideal response to accessibility issues. I do not have nondisabled people on retainer to help me navigate your inaccessible location/website/app/process. #A11y
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
As a powerful storm battered western New York with blinding blizzard conditions in the early hours of Christmas Eve, a Buffalo woman jumped into action when she saw a man who was caught in the storm cnn.it/3juWtfv
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
"When one door closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." - Helen Keller
Let's make a promise to each other to focus more on the open doors in the new year.
ALT "When one door closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." - Helen Keller
ALT Illustration of two hands making a pinky promise. Let's make a promise to each other to focus more on the open doors in the new year.
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
Classified: Do you find yourself without a Braille Display? Try the #ReadAloud JAWS Scripts! blindbargains.com/c/5711
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
Social Security uses obsolete job titles to deny benefits to disabled applicants washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Darrell Hilliker retweeted
”Twitter is already accessible!” they said.
”Accessibility doesn’t need a dedicated team!” they said.
Which I guess is why the new stock charts are just images without any alt text or other accessible information. Ho hum.
ALT A screen shot of Twitter’s search page, for the term “$KO”. Beneath tabs for Top (selected), Latest, People, Photos, and Videos is a banner image showing stock information for Coca-Cola.