Captioned recording (w ASL) of my #CSUNATC US digital #accessibility legal update talk. Trying to find the balance between risks and hope in this terrible time in the United States. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fQyWH3DiD9s #a11y #disability #law

@aardrian @lukethelibrarian @darrell73 I feel like the whole Talk almost was a passing reference. There was so much to cover. I did mention this article (added it in last night)

@darrell73 - I agree with Adrian‘s experience and your suspicions of how this might have happened. We had one structured negotiation case where the lawyer for the company kept talking about his blind grandfather. After a successful negotiation, I would always say we need the lawyers on the other side to have blind grandparents.

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@darrell73 Darrell- breathing a sigh of relief that your job may be protected, is of course something you SHOULD be doing. All the best to you and Alison in navigating these challenging (to say the least) times.

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@sbourne @aardrian I can add it to “Accessibility is Delicious” - just say the word. A reader just alerted me to a broken link and when I asked him why he happened to be reading the article now he said “because it’s about food.” Maybe there is a drop of joy reading #a11y food metaphors in this horrible time? https://www.lflegal.com/2020/05/accessibility-is-delicious/

Now I’m grieving. Soon(ish) it’s back to the work of #accessibility and inclusion.

Here’s what I wrote the day after the U.S. election: https://www.lflegal.com/2024/11/harris-defeat/.

Also recently updated my article about Project 2025 and its impact on disabled people. New content in the updates linked right after the plain language summary. https://www.lflegal.com/2024/07/project-2025/. #HarrisWalz #Project2025

I’ve recently updated my Global Digital #Accessibility Law and policy page. I welcome feedback, corrections, more updates included new countries. https://www.lflegal.com/global-law-and-policy/ #a11y #EuropeanAccessibilityAct #disability

@aardrian @dennisl thx Dennis!

@notabene Thanks Stéphane. It was wonderful to spend time with you at #ParisWeb - and be part of such a vibrant community of people who deeply care about digital accessibility- the engine of disability inclusion in tech. Congratulations on being a founder and current leader of this beautiful gathering💗

@Thain thanks so much for sharing this slide from my talk at #ParisWeb. I’m glad the “show don’t tell” (centering disabled people in digital accessibility work) message resonated with you. Kim Charlson has been involved in lots of US accessibility advocacy. We talked about this, and her involvement in Structured Negotiation, last year during #ID24. Here’s the video of that talk. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UyPsEclgOws

My favorite slide from #parisweb this year. Thanks @LFLegal

@sabderemane here’s what I wrote about the octopus as part of an article about patience- it has the link to the story about the octopus sitting on her eggs for 53 months. https://www.lflegal.com/2019/09/patience/#An-octopus-waits

@lena Merci Lena. Great to spend time with you at #ParisWeb

@julienw Nan sinon la blague ne marche pas.

@mariejulien I like the metaphor because aggressive fear-based lawyers have long been referred to as sharks. But I think I need a new slide warning of “metaphor ahead” and make a disclaimer about the role of sharks in nature😊

@mariejulien Maybe there’s a shark / dolphin debate in my future with Team Requin. 💗

@arkhi Thank you- so honored to share my experiences from 30+ years of digital accessibility advocacy with the wonderful #ParisWeb community. #a11y

@sabderemane thank you. I loved being with the #ParisWeb community. The messy ice cream analogy (with credit to its originator) is from my Accessibility is Delicious article- https://www.lflegal.com/2020/05/accessibility-is-delicious/. Lots more yumminess there

@pablolarah thanks for sharing (and the illustration).