“Generate alt text for this image” gets you generic mush every time. Here’s the three-word prompt trick that gets AI to actually think like you do about content, purpose, and context.
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Accessibility Statements are not Legal Contracts. They’re Value Signals.
When a popular blog post called accessibility statements “corporate lies,” I had to speak up. These statements aren’t legal contracts—but they are powerful tools for accountability, trust, and user-centered improvement. Here’s why throwing them out does more harm than good.
Blind Sight: The Pride Behind the Pride, a Thank-You to Those Who Dance with Us
July is Disability Pride Month—a time to honor the experiences, rights, and dignity of people with disabilities. This month, many of us assert our identities, share our stories, and push for change in a world not yet built with us in mind. But today, I want to use this moment to shine a light in a different direction.
The power of “and”: one word that can transform accessibility conversations
What if changing just one word could defuse tension, build empathy, and move your accessibility conversations forward? Replacing “but” with “and” is a simple yet powerful shift that opens doors instead of closing them. Whether you’re advocating for inclusion or just trying to be heard, this is a technique worth mastering.
Disability and Divine Appointment: How an Unlikely Friendship Changed My Life
Some friendships begin in ways you’d never imagine. When I responded to a stranger’s cry for help, I didn’t realize it would lead to months of companionship, advocacy, and deep spiritual formation.
Get a taste of how blind people experience the web with Site Unseen
Here’s a primer on the Site Unseen Chrome extension, a tool that helps you appreciate how blind people use the web. Site Unseen enables you to foster empathy for those with vision disabilities, build the case for accessible web design, and test for web accessibility issues.
A non-techie’s guide to choosing accessible color combinations
Insufficient contrast between text and background colors is the most common accessibility issue on the web. However, choosing accessible color combinations doesn’t have to be difficult. Here’s a step-by-step process for doing so that requires zero technical knowledge.
Here’s a simple recipe for good image alt text
Answering three simple questions about an image can make it easy to create alternative text that’s meaningful and relevant.
Don’t click here!
“Click here” buttons and links are unhelpful, inaccessible, and banal. Here’s why and what to do instead.
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.