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accessibility_fail2010-07-13 09:22 pm
codeman38) wrote in accessibility_fail2010-07-13 09:22 pm
Mumblemum mrbl (translation: Conference calls)
If you're doing a teleconference on disability-related issues and don't mention in your announcement whether you'll accommodate relay callers or whether there will be real-time captioning available, you haven't reached out to the entire disability community.
Really, it's not that hard to get. And yet I see people omitting this vital bit of information far too often. In one case, I e-mailed an organization about it, they mentioned privately to me that they would have captioning available, and then they still omitted any sort of accessibility notice from the announcement for their next conference call.
I can at least understand the ignorance for general-audience things, but when you're trying to reach out specifically to people with disabilities?
Really, it's not that hard to get. And yet I see people omitting this vital bit of information far too often. In one case, I e-mailed an organization about it, they mentioned privately to me that they would have captioning available, and then they still omitted any sort of accessibility notice from the announcement for their next conference call.
I can at least understand the ignorance for general-audience things, but when you're trying to reach out specifically to people with disabilities?