Terry Schiavo is minimally conscious, but, apparently, that just isn’t good enough. After years of legal wrangling, the feeding tube keeping her alive is due to be removed tomorrow, February 25. After this happens, she will suffer and slowly die of dehydration! While Terri dies, her husband will be free to carry out the rest… Finish Reading Sanctity of Life

Once upon a time there was an employee who agreed to work on a holiday. This employee relied on the city bus system in order to travel to work, but was not disabled in any way. On the day he was scheduled to work, he decided he didn’t want to do that after all. He… Finish Reading Ethics on the Job: Don’t Lie!

This is a follow up to Red Alert: Act Now to Stop Regulatory Threat to Air Travel for Blind Guide Dog Owners! as posted on Wednesday, February 16. I hope it provides additional clarification of the issue at hand and the kind of comments we feel must be filed with the Department of Transportation in… Finish Reading Update: Act Now to Stop Regulatory Threat to Air Travel for Blind Guide Dog Owners!

Proposed regulations by the United States Department of Transportation would require the blind and others who rely on large “service animals” to deplane or ship their companions in the cargo hold! All who care about the blind and others with disabilities MUST act immediately to stop this threat by having the proposed regulatory language changed… Finish Reading Red Alert: Act Now to Stop Regulatory Threat to Air Travel for Blind Guide Dog Owners!

Graphical security verification systems (also known as CAPTCHA or Turing tests) are being added to web sites on an increasingly frequent basis. In these schemes, the user is presented with a distorted picture of a word or sequence of numbers and is asked to enter the characters into an edit box. The purpose of these… Finish Reading Accessible Solutions to Graphical Security Verification Systems

It is not only important that we advocate for accessibility, but that we are also able and willing to provide detailed, intelligent solutions that enable accessibility where it doesn’t already exist. It is simply not acceptable for us to ask for and insist upon greater accessibility without being ready with specific solutions. We the blind… Finish Reading Invitation to New Advocacy Core Group Initiative on Accessibility

I am taking some serious flack from some in the blind community, mostly staunch members of the National Federation of the Blind, for my frank, hard-hitting, insistent, passionate approach to advocating for greater accessibility. I am being characterized as an emotional, “loose canon” who goes “over the top” on issues that aren’t as important as… Finish Reading The Emotional Side of Advocating for Accessibility

Now that my employer provides W2 documents online, I decided to try preparing my taxes independently this year. Though I managed to cut my teeth a couple of times on some minor accessibility glitches and an unexpected IRS E-Filing issue, I ultimately succeeded. That’s right! My taxes are done and no intervention on the part… Finish Reading Accessible Online Tax Preparation Success Story

The deployment of Sun’s Java technology is becoming more and more widespread, but virtually all Java software developers aren’t taking advantage of Sun’s accessibility tools. At the point accessibility issues are raised with the developer of a particular Java application, the cost in money and time needed to make positive changes can’t be justified. This… Finish Reading Java Juggernaut Slams Doors Shut On The Blind

I admit that I am very confused about all the proposals for Social Security reform. I blame this partly on both the conservatives and the liberals, both sides putting the best spin on their proposals. I think choice is always better than lack of choice. I thus think partial private investment of Social Security tax… Finish Reading Securing Our Future In An Uncertain Brave New World