[Athen] How we stopped making excuses and started improving Basecamp’s accessibility

[Jennifer Sutton]

     ATHENites and others:

I thought I'd share the following post in case you/students need to work 
with Basecamp or know others that do.


I try to refrain from commentary when I post to this list, but I can't 
help but say: "It's about danged time!!"

I've definitely been impacted in employment settings by all of these 
excuses, going back many years. Why my employers weren't more demanding 
since their focus was on accessibility . . . well, we'll skip that, but 
suffice to say, they're former employers. And "something, something" re. 
eating one's own dog food.


I do know that bugs have been filed by folks, over the years, though 
clearly that didn't work.


Hope they move quickly, and I sure as heck hope they get real people 
with disabilities to test, instead of relying on one person just playing 
around with VO. Yes, you gotta start somewhere, but I'm not sure this is 
how to start, much less to understand where fundamental blockages are.


I also find it interesting that I don't hear of many/anyone using these 
products much any more; it may be too little too late, but let's hope not.


Now, I'll go back to keeping my opinions to myself; we all have too much 
work to do.

Jennifer

[who is tired of feeling like she has to be grateful for crumbs because 
crumbs do not scale!!]


How we stopped making excuses and started improving Basecamp’s accessibility
https://m.signalvnoise.com/how-we-stopped-making-excuses-and-started-improving-basecamps-accessibility-5f45eb246aa3