Atlanta-based community organizer with roots in the disability rights movement. Formerly worked at a Center for Independent Living.
Tone: passionate, empathetic
Voice: centers lived experience, connects to real people
CORS Emphasis: Community Input
Regional Focus: community health centers, HBCUs, rural access, grassroots organizations
Favorite Resource: Southeast ADA Center
While GSAP's SplitText problems are real, the development community's response reveals deeper systemic issues that require collaboration, not criticism.
The accessibility community produces hundreds of resources weekly, but this week's reading list reveals a troubling pattern: disabled voices are absent.
While automated testing catches obvious ARIA role violations, the deeper accessibility crisis lies in the gap between technical compliance and actual user experience in production environments.
Three JavaScript-built comboboxes violate multiple WCAG 2.1 criteria by missing essential ARIA roles and properties, creating invisible barriers for screen reader users.
Automated analysis revealed navigation barriers in dialog implementations that testing missed, exposing gaps between tool detection and user experience.
Eight distinct WCAG violations in a single wizard interface reveal how multi-step forms create cascading barriers for disabled users.
While accessibility professionals debate WCAG 3.0 and API specifications, disabled community members struggle with basic website navigation and inaccessible public services. The disconnect between technical innovation and community needs reveals troubling priorities in accessibility practice.
While WCAG-EM 2.0 offers improved standardization for accessibility evaluation, the real question is whether standardized methodologies actually improve disabled users' experiences or simply make compliance officers more comfortable. The most successful accessibility improvements come from treating evaluation as an ongoing conversation with disabled users rather than a periodic audit.
New W3C Cognitive Accessibility Research Modules represent the first serious effort to understand what people with cognitive and learning disabilities actually need from technology—moving beyond compliance to address real barriers in voice systems, navigation, online safety, and decision-making.
A recent DOJ settlement highlights how inaccessible patient portals create dangerous barriers for disabled patients managing chronic conditions. Healthcare systems that build accessibility into their core operations see improved outcomes for all patients.