Denis Lirette, CPACC

What We Believe - Autistic Self Advocacy Network Our Motto: What is “Nothing About Us Without Us”?“Nothing About Us Without Us” means that autistic people need to be involved whenever autism is discussed. When non-autistic people make decisions…

ASAN works to make sure people understand that autism isn’t a bad thing. It's a developmental disability—and disability is a natural part of human diversity. autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/w...

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A hand holding a book titled Just Enough Research by Erika Hall, featuring a retro sci-fi cover design

I wrote a short reflection on how being multiply neurodivergent shapes my approach to UX research, and how two of my favourite books on the craft helped me connect my personal experiences with my professional work.

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#UXR #UXResearch #Books

28.01.2025 16:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The FTC has ordered accessiBe, an Accessibility Overlay, to pay $1 million for its deceptive claims. If you want to learn more about these products, check out my talk "The Fatal Flaw of Overlays". In it I go over why these quick fix products can never and will never make the web accessible. #A11y

06.01.2025 22:05 — 👍 31    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0

FTC Order Requires Online Marketer to Pay $1 Million for Deceptive Claims that its AI Product Could Make Websites Compliant with Accessibility Guidelines The Federal Trade Commission will require software provider accessiBe to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it misrepresented the ability of its AI-powered web accessibility tool to make any

Told you overlays are bad!

"...despite the company’s claims, accessWidget did not make all user websites WCAG-compliant and these claims were therefore false, misleading, or unsubstantiated, in violation of the FTC Act."

#a11y #accessibility

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03.01.2025 21:29 — 👍 35    🔁 13    💬 3    📌 1

a11y-ai Accessibility explained by those impacted. Check any website for barriers and generate the perspective of those who face them.

A11y-AI is an experiment using the storytelling capabilities of generative AI to bring the impact of accessibility violations to life. It aims to inspire web professionals to take action.

As a disabled web accessibility practitioner. This pisses me off. Extremely.

GENERATIVE AI DOES NOT AND CANNOT EVER REPRESENT DISABLED PEOPLE.

Just fucking hire disabled people like me who know what they're doing.

Believing AI over disabled people is ABLEISM and DEHUMANIZING. For fucks sake.

29.11.2024 17:32 — 👍 1899    🔁 763    💬 43    📌 76

Improving A11y is not always a heavy lift. For example, reducing the noise is one thing I focus on because bad code is loud. This stems from the incorrect use of or overuse of ARIA attributes and HTML that isn't semantic.

#a11y #webDev #rightBadCode

27.11.2024 15:39 — 👍 28    🔁 5    💬 4    📌 0

Screenshot of a part of the article showing an example of current color adapting a focus ring to light and dark theme

Beautiful focus outlines (10min) Thomas Günther explains how to use currentColor, :focus-visible, :focus outline-offset to create accessible custom focus indicators

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26.11.2024 08:30 — 👍 37    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 0