Archive for the ‘Accessibility’ Category

The shape of things to come?

“So, in closing, a lot of the above will mean next to nothing for most of you, but this stuff, when I figure it out of course, really turns my crank (so you know). And I’m delightfully encouraged over the shape of things to come, both concerning my writing and designing. Here’s to wishing you and “yours” an exciting and wondrous year ahead!”

Potty Parity

“I know, or could guess closer than any other member of my gender who isn’t in a similar situation as me, what is at stake for women. And most importantly what having access to washroom facilities truly means to a person who needs to go. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, things are much different — in ways you can imagine, sure, but it’s the stuff you didn’t consider that really makes you appreciate what certain things truly mean for an individual who isn’t you — on the other side…..”

Things Could Be Worse

“I know all too well that a Canadian hospital isn’t a place I want to spend one more second in. I have and will continue to fight the rest of my life to insure that becomes as real as is humanly possible. My point is as bad as my country’s health care system is, it would seem things could be worse…”

Shame On You!

“In the meantime, it is truly my honour — you have absolutely no idea — to point you towards an “article” I stumbled upon today that is, in no small part, related to the main subject I touched on today, being web accessibility. Vancouver Olympics Web sites are inaccessible to disabled people….”