Everyone knows a resume is a critical part of finding a job. If you, like me, have a visual disability preventing you from reading print, you also know understanding how to format a resume can be difficult. Recently, I have been wanting to update my resume. As always the idea of doing so was becoming…… Continue reading An Accessible Resume
Category: Disability Thoughts
Significance is Information
Between my job and the websites I manage I write tons of content. One of the consistent challenges I face as a writer is how to convey the significance I attach to a word or words to all of my potential readers. People unaware of how screen readers actually read content by default usually have…… Continue reading Significance is Information
Complaint Based Civil Rights Laws are Designed to Provide Few Civil Rights
Civil rights laws including the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are developed by Congress to largely depend on the public filing complaints with the government and/or suing violators. Passage of these laws is accompanied with lots of fanfare and celebration. Politicians brag about their commitment to civil rights, equality,…… Continue reading Complaint Based Civil Rights Laws are Designed to Provide Few Civil Rights
Much About Us Without Us
Many in the disability community know the most important aspect of disability equity is nothing about us without us. Simply put, the idea is that decisions made impacting the disability community should not be made without major input from the disability community. I would extend the nothing about us without us idea to mean things…… Continue reading Much About Us Without Us