Thursday, May 20, 2021

Global Accessibility Awareness Day notes from Quakerdom

 Happy #GAAD #GAAD2021


Accessibility is a big and complex topic. Plus for RantWoman in true early Quaker no respecter of days fashion, Global Accessibility Awareness Day is every day. RantWoman definitely recommends EVERYONE be open to continuing revelation. In the meantime, in celebration... some ups and downs


Giant kudos to the organizers of the most recent FWCC Section of the Americas virtual gathering. Accessibility is never perfect. For RantWoman though simply using Google products and using them well was a godsend. So RantWoman imagines are virtual meetings in general for many people.


RantWoman's mind can muddle in many directions about libraries, The Bible in large print and / or in apps, archives, what to archive... There are more accessibility stories here than RantWoman wants to write.


On the other hand, with some degree of apology for being utterly charm-challenged in the delivery:


Suppose a person is dyslexic and does not read print. Suppose the person who is dyslexic writes a book. What is getting in the way of immediately making available not only the printed version, but also an audio version.


Suppose Friends A and B retire from different branches of the government but somehow manage to retire withouth ever colliding with questions of accessible content and reasonable accommodations. Are they open to continuing revelation?

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