Blake's talk

Introduction After months of not blogging, I’m back again! With this post, I am starting a new series on my blog. I’m calling it “Accessibility Advocacy 101”. My focus will be sharing some of my experiences voluntarily advocating for accessibility on various websites over the years. I use the word “voluntarily” to make clear I… Continue reading Accessibility Advocacy 101: Wisdom in Communication

Introduction Hi everyone! After not writing any articles on my blog for months, I'm back. For over a year, I had previously summarized webinars I attended to educate my blog readers. My interest in doing so diminished over time, and eventually was extinguished. Since I own my web site and pay for it, I recently… Continue reading Blake is Back

audio version (opens in a new tab) Introduction I am very gratified knowing that I continue to remain employed by same organization after 14 years. I recognize, however, that some people have gaps in their employment history. On April 28, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) conducted a virtual round-table about this subject.… Continue reading Webinar: Employment History Gaps

  audio version (opens in a new tab)   Introduction I heard a webinar archive recently to learn more about plain language. I knew that plain language means writing as simply as possible. However, I chose to learn more in an effort to improve how my writing comes across to my blog readers. The webinar… Continue reading Webinar: Writing in Plain Language

  audio version (opens in a new tab)     Introduction This week, I focus on social media accessibility. On March 15, 2022, the Great Lakes ADA Center Conducted a webinar entitled "Accessible Social Media 2.0". The term 2.0 was used because the same ADA center conducted a webinar about social media accessibility basics in… Continue reading Webinar: Social Media Accessibility

audio version (opens in a new tab)   Introduction As a person with disability, I sometimes find it beneficial to look back in time to see what has occurred recently in the disability community regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act. For example, in February of this year I summarized a webinar about ADA legal cases… Continue reading Webinar: 2021, an ADA Review

  audio version (opens in a new tab)   Introduction This week, I provide additional information about a subject I discussed previously. In my first article about assistive mobile apps, the focus was on apps which can benefit people with visual limitations. In this follow-up, I summarize a webinar about apps which can assist people… Continue reading Webinar: Assistive Mobile Apps, Part 2

  audio version (opens in a new tab)     Introduction I attended a webinar recently on a disability subject which I chose to learn more about. The webinar occurred on February 3, 2022 and was presented by the U.S. Access Board. The topic was "Accessible Signage". Presentation materials and recording are available at the… Continue reading Webinar: Making Signs Accessible

  audio version (opens in a new tab)     Introduction Since this is the beginning of 2022, I chose to focus this week on ADA legal cases from 2021. I had a similar theme in my article "Webinar: 2020 ADA Legal Cases". On January 19, 2022, the Great Lakes ADA Center hosted a webinar… Continue reading Webinar: 2021 ADA Legal Cases

  audio version (opens in a new tab)     Introduction It amazes me how much content is available with visual information audibly described. In March 2021, I wrote an article about this same subject. I suggest reading my previous article about audio description. On January 25, 2022, I attended a webinar about the same… Continue reading Webinar: Audio Description, A Federal Perspective