Accessibility
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WP Community Collective Names Alex Stine as First Accessibility Fellow
The newly formed nonprofit organization WP Community Collective (WPCC), is dedicated to funding individual WordPress contributors and various community-led initiatives and now has announced its first Accessibility Fellow. The first Accessibility Fellow is Alex Stine, he is a fully blind individual contributor who has been working with the WordPress Accessibility team since 2016, and is…
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6 Types of #WheelchairProblems That Are All Too Common
I was checking out things on social media and came across an article written by Helen Schwab on the odyssey online website at https://www.theodysseyonline.com Odyssey Odyssey’s mission is to affect positive social change by inviting people to share their perspectives, sharpen their opinions, and participate in meaningful conversations with others surrounding the topics they care…
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State of the Word 2022: A Celebration of the Four Freedoms of Open Source
WordPress belongs to all of us, but really we’re taking care of it for the next generation.” Matt Mullenweg A small audience of WordPress contributors, developers, and extenders gathered on December 15 for the annual State of the Word keynote from WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg. Those who could not join in person joined via livestream, of…
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Active Living & Fun
The variety of adaptive activities available for people with disabilities is impressive, these examples are from the United States but I’ve been able to find information from Ontario, Canada, where I’m from, and have applied that here in this article, but I’m sure they apply all over the world. While you may have to do…
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Hacks to Make Your Home More Accessible
In a world that was built without wheelchair users in mind, some across the United States share how they make their living spaces a little easier to manage. Hopefully one of these inexpensive hacks will work for you, or even better, spark an idea for your own ingenious access solution which I would love to…
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Twenty Twenty-Two theme is the first of the block theme era to be tagged accessibility-ready
After an amazing seven-month long effort across multiple contributor teams at WordPress, the Twenty Twenty-Two (also known as TT2) default theme will be tagged as “Accessibility-Ready” when WordPress 6.1 ships this coming November. It is the first block theme to meet the requirements for gaining this wonderful distinction for accessibility. During its development the theme was also…
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International wheelchair day
What Is International Wheelchair Day International Wheelchair Day is today (March 1st) and is an annual day of events and activities which take place around the World when wheelchair users celebrate the positive impact a wheelchair has on their lives. Since it was first launched in 2008, celebrations have taken place around the world in…
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ADA 31st Anniversary
Today marks a big day in history for the United States of America (USA). It was on this day back in 1990 that then president George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) (42 U.S.C.§ 12101) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections…
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International day of acceptance
What is IDOA? The International Day of Acceptance, which is celebrated every January 20th, is a day dedicated to social acceptance of disability and to honour the late Annie Hopkins, who founded 3E Love and was the creator of the International Symbol of Acceptance. Annie passed away on January 20, 2009, from unexpected complications to…
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Accessible trick or treating
After discovering Treat Accessibly on facebook, I’m going to start promoting accessibility for trick or treating going forward. Treat Accessibly In 2017 the Padulo Family realized they had to change how they set up their trick-or-treating station. Their home has stairs. This meant that someone in their neighbourhood could not enjoy their treats as they…