Darrell Hilliker 👨‍🦯♾️📡 / is on Nostr

Disability, diversity, equality and equity inclusion champion. Accessibility support engineer. Salesforce Advanced Administrator certified. IAAP Certified Professional in Web Accessibility (CPWA). FCC Amateur Radio Extra Class licensed callsign NU7I. Blind husband and homeschooling father of two daughters.

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2024-11-08 17:35:58

One thing Donald wants to do is get rid of, or at least drastically scale back, Social Security. As many conservative voters are also seniors, he's not likely to take it away for them. But, SSI? That'll be an easy target since we disabled people don't represent much of a voting block. So he'll try to kill us through a combination of taking away from us both accessibility and SSI so that we'll be locked out of the job market. This will mean starvation.

2024-11-07 21:07:03

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Hmm. I could only but I think that, now more than ever, we're going to have to rely on any business case we could come up with or we're in huge trouble. We probably are anyway with a president who thinks disabled people should “just die.”

2024-11-07 20:33:02

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So... The complaint has been raised and heard. What's the better idea?

2024-10-12 18:44:42

Lest you think ride share discrimination is limited to those with service dogs, an #Uber driver told me she wouldn't transport me from a hotel to the Las Vegas airport because I am a blind person without sighted assistance. She tried to get a hotel employee to accompany me. I use a white cane. This stuff is real even as we conclude the first quarter of the 21st century. #accessibility #ableism #blind #discrimination #RightToRide

2024-09-27 06:36:46

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I'm right there with you 100 percent! I equate constant accessibility traumas to what might be like for others to deal with a hostile work environment. We disabled people deserve better!

2024-08-09 00:05:49

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Well... I don't think anyone's necessarily expecting perfection. They just expect a reasonable and deliberate effort. There are some guidelines out there from WGBH and other sources that can help decide what is and isn't necessary to have a well-described image.

2024-08-08 23:37:31

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We also need to keep in mind that all possible “targeted audiences” may intersect with others including #disabled people, and that right there is why #accessibility is so important everywhere.

2024-03-27 11:14:33

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No. The Python class really is not self paced. I would definitely like to see more such opportunities, but this one just isn't it.