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...

presentations.aaron-gustafson.com
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As a thought argument it would be fun to debate whether it's really true that the web is a necessity if it is for whom? Maslow's laws of basic need yeah necessary but the web? Not even. 3.5 billion of 7. 9 billion humans are not online. At all. It isn't a need. Is it a benefit?
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As always, context is key, right? Example: In Lowes yesterday, I saw they added a quarter-a-cart checkout system (I’m guessing to reduce theft). No quarter = no cart (a situational disability to those us us who no longer carry cash, but need to purchase bulky/heavy things).
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Replying to @AaronGustafson
It would be interesting to see what happens over the next few months in that store because chances are if nobody uses them or it causes too much of a logjam at a cashier I bet ATM debit and other forms of payment will be made available or another type of service will be in play.

Mar 1, 2022 · 12:56 AM UTC
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