Commentary on Recent Events – Part 3
This third segment covers my absolute insistence that the blind are real people.
This third segment covers my absolute insistence that the blind are real people.
In this segment, I discuss my feelings about some of my associates, colleagues and friends in the blind community.
In this segment, I specifically discuss the reasons for my retraction of the May 6 article comparing Adam Curry to Bob Parsons.
Recently, Darrell had written an article on his site and a follow up comment to an article that Bob Parsons of Go Daddy had written on May 3. Several internet users have visited both sites and have been very upset with the articles Darrell posted on blind access journal This past Wednesday, May 4 and… Finish Reading Karen Encourages Us Not to Give Up on the Struggle for Accessibility!
Jonathan Mosen, a respected Internet broadcaster and advocate in the blind community, indirectly addresses my recent communications with Bob Parsons and makes some valid points in his latest article entitled How do we get what we want? I haven’t yet decided if or how I will change my tactics or strategy. All constructive feedback is… Finish Reading Jonathan Mosen Covers Approaches to Accessibility Advocacy and How I May Be Going Wrong
I wrote the following letter to Bob Parsons of GoDaddy Software after learning of his decision to discuss visual verification on his radio show while completely missing the opportunity to properly cover the need for its accessibility! May 4, 2005 Dear Mr. Parsons, I am a blind information technology professional, accessibility advocate andpublisher of the… Finish Reading Bob Parsons discusses visual verification while completely blowing off accessibility!
Let me tell you a quick story about a multi-million-dollar stock broker who tried to steal money from an honest hard working blind guy and get away with it! The blind guy causedhim to lose his stock broker’s license, get into trouble with the state’s attorney general and go out of business forever. Nobody else… Finish Reading Once upon a time, there was a stock broker…