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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Apr 10, 2018 5:33AM

Sometimes I have a feeling the best way to persuade other people to make things more accessible might be to temporarily set aside discussions of accessibility and spend time trying to genuinely understand their perspective of things. When I think of my own experience and the experience of my many wonderful accessibility colleagues and friends, it seems we often are successful when we find some way to connect with their world. Sometimes that is really easy because my way of thinking ends up not being much different from those I want to persuade. Other times it seems to take a long time because the way they perceive the world is a lot different from mine.

I hope no one takes this as a criticism of their approach because I do not intend it to be. It is just my thoughts on my own experiences and why sometimes I think we succeed and other times the path seems difficult.

It is odd how two people can speak the same language and still manage not to understand what the other means or intends. Evidently, I must be feeling a bit philosophical today.