Desiring accessibility!

Karen Mardahl@kmdk9 October 2015#soapconf

Thanks, mom!

“…give them a taste for the sea…”

–Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) from World Health Organization (WHO) “acknowledges thatevery human being can experience a decrement in health and thereby experiencesome degree of disability.Disability is not something that only happens to a minority of humanity. The ICF thus ‘mainstreams’ the experience of disability and recognises it asa universal human experience.”

–http://www.who.int/classifications/icf/en/

Perspective

Perception

Apophenia

Accessibility in the wild

Comment on the photo:“But why is there braille in an art museum elevator...Would a blind person go to an art gallery??”

Afterthought

–Lisa Herrod

When universal design processes fail to include, consult with, and listen to the people we are actually designing for, we also fail to design effectively.

Do unto others as you would have them

do unto you.

Design unto others as you would have them

design unto you.

–Matt May

You are making the world a better place!

–Multiple sources

Be genuine.Be authentic.Be human.

–Abelone Glahn, Danish journalist/entrepreneur

What’s in it for mevs

What’s in it OF me

Change lives?Or change code?

Pride

Passion

Education - for peers, by peers

Duty calls

“This is the problem and this is how it affects people and you can solve it and if you don't, these are the consequences.”

–Matt May’s template for advocacy

Alphabet of Accessibility Issues

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Welcome

“Just Ask” by Shawn Lawton Henry“A Web for Everyone” by Sarah Horton and Whitney Quesenbery

Takeaways• You can make a difference

• You can be a hero to someone

• You can gain new perspectives

• You can gain new career skills

• You can “insure” your future

• You develop a taste of the sea…? :)

This gift will last foreverThis gift will never let you downSome things are made from better stuffThis gift is waiting to be found—Glen Hansard

Resources 1 of 2• See also other accessibility presentations at http://www.slideshare.net/kmardahl/ and the related links on

my website at http://mardahl.dk.• Private photo of my mother folk dancing in Paraguay.• Photo of Agger Harbour, Denmark: https://flic.kr/p/qkyjLX kmardahl CC BY-SA 2.0. Background for Saint-

Exupéry quote: https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Antoine_de_Saint_Exupéry&diff=1303828&oldid=1229423

• Plaque on NASA’s Pioneer 10. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PPlaqueLarge.png

• "Braille map public toilet Kyoto Japan" by Stéfan. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Braille_map_public_toilet_Kyoto_Japan.jpg

• Map for the blind of the city of Münster, Germany by Ziko van Dijk. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2007-10_reliefo_blinduloj_monastero.JPG

• Elevator image. https://flic.kr/p/cQKcAf kmardahl CC BY-SA 2.0• Path markers for the blind. https://flic.kr/p/pdjkaM kmardahl CC BY-SA 2.0• Asphalt ramp - accessibility after the fact. https://flic.kr/p/oVPaov kmardahl CC BY-SA 2.0• Lisa Herrod quote: http://scenariogirl.com/inclusive-design/the-social-model-of-disability/• Signing for Eurovision 2014 on Danish TV. https://flic.kr/p/nyNm3A kmardahl on Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0• “Empathy is trending.” https://instagram.com/p/8YbPMoExba/?taken-by=kariebookish• @Zeldman tweets from https://twitter.com/zeldman/status/651419876498640896• Clasped hands of elderly couple. https://flic.kr/p/inrHk alto power on Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Resources 2 of 2• "Cheerleader (5878960105)" by nathanmac87 - CheerleaderUploaded by Anastasiarasputin. Licensed under

CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheerleader_(5878960105).jpg

• "2012 torch relay day 29 Olympic Torch Relay - Durham 1” by ADTeasdale from Durham, UK - Olympic Torch Relay: Durham 1. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2012_torch_relay_day_29_Olympic_Torch_Relay-_Durham_1_(7382376562).jpg

• "We Rule the School" by Noel Feans. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:We_Rule_the_School.jpg

• http://xkcd.com/386/ “Duty calls” CC BY-NC 2.5• Alphabet - reference to https://the-pastry-box-project.net/anne-gibson/2014-july-31 • "Masai welcome" by Jantjeerkamp from nl. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masai_welcome.jpg• Images of 2 books: A Web for Everyone (http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/a-web-for-everyone/) and Just

Ask (http://www.uiaccess.com/justask/)• Attitude Adjusters available at https://www.digitalpulse.pwc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Attitude-

Adjusters.compressed.pdf• Screenshot from 18F’s accessibility guide at https://18f.github.io/accessibility/• "Cheering for Curiosity" by Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech. Licensed under Attribution via Wikimedia Commons

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheering_for_Curiosity.jpg• My own photo from Glen Hansard concert 5 October 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark with partial quote from

his song “This gift will last forever”.