Musings about accessibility and today’s solar eclipse.
Author: Simon Miner
Don’t click here!
“Click here” buttons and links are unhelpful, inaccessible, and banal. Here’s why and what to do instead.
Blind Sight: How to practice piano when you can’t see sheet music
How do blind people learn to play piano? Here are some reflections on a few of the methods I have used to thrive as a pianist with low vision.
Blind inventions shape your world. You’re using them right now.
Blind people and their advocates are incredibly resourceful, and their creations have profound impact on the entire world. In fact, you are likely using several technologies developed with and for blind people right now.
Disability is part of everyone’s story, and that’s a good thing
Unless we or those closest to us live with a significant physical or mental impairment, it is tempting to see disability as peripheral to our lives. But is that really the case?
The best of axe-con 2024
Deque’s axe-con is one of the best web accessibility conferences around, and the 2024 event was no exception. There were so many great sessions. Here’s a rundown of some of my favorites.
Blind Sight: How a legally blind guy goes hiking
People who are blind and visually impaired can find freedom and fulfillment in the great outdoors. Here are some strategies I use to make sure my hikes are as enjoyable as possible.
Skiing with my eyes closed: Is blindness intrinsic or irrelevant to who I am?
I wrestle with the paradoxes inherent in blindness and their impact on my identity. How can I hold the ambiguity and opposing forces related to my vision in tension with each other?
How to find time to write accessible web content
The truth is that web accessibility takes extra time, energy, and resources, but adding few steps into your workflow can mitigate much of the cost of creating accessible web content.
Do I see too well to be blind?
I often feel too sighted to be blind, but too blind to function fully and freely in a sighted world. Andrew Leland helps me articulate and make sense of this in his book “The Country of the Blind.”