Posts Tagged ‘disability’

The cost of not being online

Friday, November 18th, 2011

I’m going to start this post with a rather insignificant personal anecdote, but rest assured I’m building up to bigger things…

Early this morning, pursuing a personal vice nurtured since childhood, I bounded along to the local branch of a well known national video game retailer, planning to grab myself a copy of a newly released and hotly anticipated game. On arrival, I was shocked to discover that the price tag on the game was a whopping £5 more than advertised on their own online store – a 14% mark-up. On principle, I left empty handed.

Luckily, I have the luxury of going home tonight and browsing for a better deal online. But what about those who can’t shop online? They would be stuck with paying the premium rate.

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a11yLDN – accessibility unconference, 21st Sept 2010

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Last week I headed down to London to attend the Web Accessibility Unconference – a11yLDN 2010. You can head over to the official site to find out more about the day, along with links to slides, comments etc.

Here, though, is a quick summary of my day.

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Blogging against Disablism Day 2010

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Blogging Against Disablism Day, May 1st 2010Saturday 1st May is Blogging Against Disablism Day:

This is the day where all around the world, disabled and non-disabled people will blog about their experiences, observations and thoughts about disability discrimination. In this way, we hope to raise awareness of inequality, promote equality and celebrate the progress we’ve made.

Diary of a Goldfish

For this event last year I wrote a piece entitled Defining Disablism which proved popular and sparked some good discussions.

I’m still undecided on what I will cover this year, and indeed may wait until the day before finally committing. It will certainly have a web focus. Watch this space! (update – didn’t get a chance to do this on the day but pulling something together now and will post soon!)

Visit the Diary of a Goldfish site to see a list of other bloggers taking part in the day, as well as links to posts from previous years.

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Deaf Awareness Week and BSL video online

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

This week (4th – 10th May 2009) is Deaf Awareness Week. This year’s theme, “Look At Me”, aims to:

improve understanding of the different types of deafness by highlighting the many different methods of communication used by deaf, deafened, deafblind and hard of hearing people, such as sign language and lipreading.

Deaf Awareness Week website – www.look-at-me.org.uk

For a while now I’ve been working on a business case to pilot a project, offering key content from our website in the form of video of a British Sign Language interpreter. The following is an extract from that business case, explaining why such content could be valuable:
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Defining “disablism”

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Blogging Against Disablism
Today is Blogging Against Disablism Day (BADD) 2009, with bloggers from around the world posting their thoughts on the subject. You can read more about the day on the Diary of a Goldfish website.

I thought I’d have a look at the term “disablism” – to get to grips with its meaning and work out how broadly it can be applied.
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Friday is Blogging Against Disablism Day 2009

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Friday 1st May is Blogging Against Disablism Day:

This is the day where all around the world, disabled and non-disabled people will blog about their experiences, observations and thoughts about disability discrimination. In this way, we hope to raise awareness of inequality, promote equality and celebrate the progress we’ve made.

Diary of a Goldfish

Accordingly, I’m writing a blog post (EDIT – the post is now live) about what the term ‘disablism’ means to me, and looking at how broadly the term can be applied.

I’m also working on a post about my efforts to improve the accessibility of my organisation’s online content by providing video content in British Sign Language, with audio description and captioning (available soon).

Visit the Diary of a Goldfish site to see a list of other bloggers taking part in the day.

Blogging Against Disablism Day

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