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From: Nathan Clark
Date: Dec 26, 2022 8:42AM

Dear list,

Sorry if the topic has been discussed at severe length in the past.

I just got let go by my company last monday as their top accessibility
tester due to lack of work for me to do at the company (now I am back
in the job market.) I am completely blind and have been a native
screen reader user for 22 years or so now. A lot of these job
descriptions by these companies are asking for experience with being
able to be able to remediate PDF documents for accessibility purposes.
How as a blind person can I do such a thing when companies want me to
take a document that I can't read or test and make it accessible?
Sorry if it sounds like I am complaining but how do these companies
expect blind testers to work at their companies but also ask them to
fix inaccessible documents? Am I missing something or something wrong
with these companies. Thanks

If anyone is looking for accessibility testers at their company please
let me know and would love to send my resume to them.
Sincerely,
Nathan Clark