This week’s “things that just look like things that are handy but are actually accessibility devices too” is “gift bags”. I love wrapping presents. Dad taught me how, and Mom and Nana gave me tips as well, and I’ve been wrapping presents since I was, like, seven. I love giving gifts. I love finding things. … Continue reading “Gift bags and web accessibility”

I wrote a nice little rant in my head before getting out of the hotel shower this evening about how designers who force you to get in the shower to use the controls should be left in the Siberian tundra in winter with wet hair. Then as I was getting out I discovered the glass … Continue reading “Hotel bathrooms part 367”

My husband Nathaniel has cystic fibrosis (CF). It’s genetic. It’s an autosomal recessive disorder–you have to have two copies of the gene to actually experience the symptoms of cystic fibrosis. Carriers, like his parents, have no symptoms. When Nathaniel was 10, scientists found the gene that causes cystic fibrosis. The CF community was ecstatic–it was a … Continue reading “Dehumanization at Scale”