I am now officially a Certified Accessibility Tester (CAT) and Trusted Tester (TT), just in case this is relevant to anyone in my “network” on here… 😉 👍🏼 #CertifiedAccessibilityTester #CAT #TrustedTester #TT #a11y #accessibility #A11yJobs #jobs

Weekly Notes: Getting Started: A look at this week in my life. Let's see if this format helps get me blogging regularly again. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/02/09/weekly-notes-getting-started

#DragRace #Evil #NineInchNails #Norwescon #NOVA #PhilipKDickAward #Scrubs #TheChipmunks #TrustedTester #Underworld #WeeklyNotes #Books #Conventions #Music #Personal #TVAndFilms

Just received my certification as a "Trusted Tester" from the US Department of Homeland Security.

I've been certifiable for a while, but now it's official...

#a11y #accessibility #TrustedTester #section508

Another thing I see far too often in #accessibility testing is the inappropriate use of screen readers (NVDA Speech Viewer) without actually experiencing the speech output as a real user would. This is another thing that just seems fundamentally wrong, as how are you doing valid testing without that experience? #TrustedTester #DHS #Section508

Look, everyone... The trouble with #accessibility testing tools like #ANDI is that a person can end up performing accessibility testing without experiencing content as an actual #disabled user. It insulates them from using keyboard-only navigation, screen readers, screen magnification, etc. This just seems fundamentally wrong to me. #TrustedTester #DHS #Section508

I am working through the #Section508 #DHS #TrustedTester course. Does anyone know if there's a nonvisual way of testing color contrast? #accessibility