A few years ago, we replaced the back deck in our backyard. Instead of stairs leading to a damaged brick patio, I requested an ADA-compliant ramp that runs alongside the house, terminating just at the garage door. The contractor was puzzled. “Why an ADA-compliant ramp?” The obvious reason is because if I ever land myself … Continue reading “Accessibility guidelines as heuristics, or the need for a ramp and emergency pants”

Back in February, I wrote about the events that brought about the Alphabet of Accessibility post on The Pastry Box, and I hinted I might have a deck of cards to accompany it soon. I opened the mail today and discovered that my prototype deck arrived. The Alphabet of Accessibility Deck is a real thing … Continue reading “A deck of accessibility issues”

If you’re a console gamer, you know the drill. You go out and buy a new AAA release for your console, come home, start the game… and download all the patches and bug fixes before you can play it. (If you’re a console gamer of a certain age you remember when there was no internet and … Continue reading “Planning for the edge cases”