Principles of Great (Accessibility) Work
Thoughts and reflections on some principles that help create conditions for great accessibility work
Hi, I'm Derek.
I've spent 25+ years helping teams build accessible products and services. I founded Simply Accessible, served as CXO at Level Access, and led product accessibility at Salesforce. Now I work directly with organizations that want to get accessibility right.
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Featured Writing
Five Stages of Accessibility
Organizations grow over time. Their understanding of accessibility and their attitude towards it change too. Have you seen these five stages of accessibility where you work?
The ongoing evolution of 'Shift left'
The meaning of shift left has changed over time. That change is good, and better for long-term sustainability when it comes to accessibility.
Inclusive teaching: audio describing your own presentations
In order to be more inclusive as teachers, presenters, speakers, facilitators (and a long list of other things we do in life where we communicate), we need to develop the skill of audio describing our own presentations.
Context and AI Collaboration
How I learned to better collaborate with AI.