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Re: Accessibility: Should we complain about it, or fix it?

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From: Jordan Wilson
Date: Nov 10, 2014 10:44AM

Thanks for sharing Jennison, its always good to be self-reflective.

For some reason this topic gets me going.

I would suggest that this community is at a point in its evolution where
education is paramount. Often the Œcomplaints¹ we see are frustration
because of a lack of knowledge/understanding. But it goes both ways -
educating others about our interests, but also being educated ourselves in
how the interactive industry works and having reasonable expectations
about how we can effect change and support the community.

When I got into accessibility it took me 6 months to get to a point where
I felt like I had a basic handle on things - the legal jargon, the various
standards, the technical solutions etc. Still, I am by no means an expert.
Its not humanly possible for everyone to spend as much time as we do - or
for every project to devote unlimited time/effort. The onus is on us to
make hard decisions and find the best ways to simplify that information
and educate others.

Where are the resources to help producers/developers get up to speed
quickly? What¹s the entry level of information people need to be
effective? What tools can we provide to make it easier? Where is the
outreach and support for interactive agencies? Accessibility for dummies
if you will.

I would encourage everyone in this community to be cognizant of the
resource and requirement demands on mainstream
designers/developers/producers and use that knowledge to effect how we
support/communicate with those who are not a11y experts.

/rant off

jordan




On 11/10/14, 11:28 AM, "Jennison Mark Asuncion"
< <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Olivier Nourry published a blog post today based on a Twitter
>conversation sparked by a tweet from Victor Tsaran and responded to by
>Steve Faulkner. What followed was good conversation that I figure
>would be of interest to folks here.
>http://accessiblog.fr/2014/11/accessibility-complain-or-fix
>
>Jennison
>
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>>>