by Carol Gann | Oct 31, 2020 | Accessibility
“508 compliance” is a phrase often heard in government agencies. “504 compliance” is often heard in educational settings. What do these mean? How does your agency or organization achieve compliance? What is the Rehabilitation Act? Signed into law in 1973, the...
by Carol Gann | Oct 30, 2020 | Accessibility
Each year as November and election day comes near we hear the familiar sayings “Voting is your civic duty” and “Every vote counts”. But do you really know what those sayings mean? One meaning could be that there is power in numbers. The more people that vote in an...
by Carol Gann | Oct 29, 2020 | Accessibility
Meet Michael. Michael is a 35-year-old man who is blind in 1989, the year before the ADA passes. Michael lives with his parents. He’s been unemployed for a while and real estate companies and apartment complexes are not obligated to rent or sell to him. They often...
by Carol Gann | Oct 27, 2020 | Accessibility
This post was originally published on 31 January 2018 and was revised and updated on 4 June 2020. Everyone loves images on social media. And visual content is popular in terms of shares and engagement. Visual content is more than 40 times more likely to get shared on...
by Carol Gann | Oct 25, 2020 | Accessibility
What is the ADA? In 1990, President George Bush signed into law a revolutionary anti-discrimination law called the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This act is “a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas...
