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Update to blog post, April 19, 2025: The following blog post was published by me on March 1, 2024. The rebrand from Five Minute Wisdom Newsletter to Book Notes Newsletter referenced in my article occurred approximately one month after that date. The Book Notes Newsletter website owner chose in early 2025 to not renew their… 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

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. You can find the event archive on… Continue reading Webinar: Employment History Gaps

  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 occurred on May 21, 2020. I heard the… Continue reading Webinar: Writing in Plain Language

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 December 2021. featuring same presenter. Before discussing the March 2022… Continue reading Webinar: Social Media Accessibility, Part 2

  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 in 2021 presented by the Great Lakes… Continue reading Webinar: 2021, an ADA Review

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 with a wide variety of other disabilities. The virtual… Continue reading Webinar: Assistive Mobile Apps, Part 2

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 webinar archive link above. My summary does not discuss everything… Continue reading Webinar: Making Signs Accessible

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 entitled "Top ADA Cases of 2021". I heard the archive… Continue reading Webinar: 2021 ADA Legal Cases

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 subject. It was presented by the U.S. Access Board  The… Continue reading Webinar: Audio Description, A Federal Perspective