There are so many ways that *we* erect barriers and create disability.
Molly E. Holzschlag @mholzschlag
28 Feb 2022
Accessibility first. If we cannot access a reference freely available due to location, language, belief, government limitations, literacy, economy and digital divide? That which is between us and that reference is what disables inclusion and fosters exclusion. That is disability.
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Accessibility is far bigger than the science and practice of making a website compliant to a law or a condition we believe to be human when all humans are conditional. The web, its sites much less applications are useless to anyone who can't get to them even with the best #a11y
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I could not agree more.
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To that end: noti.st/aarongustafson/nqpS6…

Delivering Critical Information & Services by Aaron Gustafson

Early on, Internet access was considered a luxury. Those times have passed and the Internet, especially the Web, has become a necessity. Whether your users are trying to access their money, gather...

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Replying to @AaronGustafson
Interesting regarding the way disability is defined in the description. It's defined technically without including a social measure. The social measure is actually a much higher threshold of need. The two factors represent the higher-order accessibility and specific #a11y

Feb 28, 2022 · 9:21 PM UTC
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