@carmacleod

Mom, Wife, IBMer, Canadian. Accessibility, W3C ARIA Working Group, APG Task Force.

 Kanata, Ontario, Canada
Joined March 2013
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This is Carolyn's husband Dave Thomson. The Celebration of Life for Carolyn MacLeod will be Wed Feb23 11-2 ET at Pinecrest Remembrance. I hope you will be able to attend. Out of town attendees are welcomed to join virtually. Details here: colefuneralservices.com/trib…

Obituary of Carolyn Ruth MacLeod | Cole Funeral Services

Carolyn Ruth MacLeod, 60, passed away from Breast Cancer on Feb 18, 2022. Carolyn (“Car”) had an incredible zest for life. Her friends called her “Tigger” and like Tigger, Car was “fun, fun, fun”,...

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Hi everyone, I am Carolyn MacLeod’s husband. My wonderful wife Carolyn passed away last night in hospital of metastatic breast cancer. She had asked me in advance to post to her twitter to inform her friends and colleagues. She will be dearly missed.
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Scott O'Bother@scottohara5 Feb 2022
I've been asked a lot about how to inform people using screen readers when dynamic search results or filtering occurs on a web page. Considering dynamic search results and content: a walk through and proposal of behaviors scottohara.me/blog/2022/02/0…
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Really interesting, @wilcofiers. This directive will raise awareness in the EU and (hopefully!) elsewhere as well. Thanks for sharing!
Wil☕rs 🇺🇦@wilcofiers1 Feb 2022
My post on the EU's Web Accessibility Directive monitor has been released by @dequesystems: deque.com/blog/eu-runs-world…. That was an interesting holiday project!

EU Runs World’s Largest Accessibility Test - Deque

December 2021 marked the end of the first reporting period for the EU Web Accessibility Directive. What can the countries' reports tell us about the state of accessibility in the EU?

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'Chaals' Nevile@chaals9 Dec 2021
"ARIA in HTML" is a W3C recommendation (at last). Congrats to all @stevefaulkner, @patrick_h_lauke, Scott, and the Working Group who got it together. w3.org/TR/2021/REC-html-aria…
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Scott Vinkle@svinkle6 Dec 2021
I’m looking for an #accessibility specialist/coach to join me at Shopify. Work with product teams, reviewing #design and #code for accessibility and #inclusiveDesign best practices. #ReactJS experience is ideal. DM for details. RT for exposure. 🙏 #a11y
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In celebration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, check out this new Design Kit (for Sketch, coming soon to Figma) from IBM Accessibility: ibm.com/able/toolkit/design/ As well as some thoughts on accessible design by @agentcoco: ibm.com/blogs/age-and-abilit…
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Jenny has opened the door to ideas about how we can be more inclusive in a post-pandemic world.
Jenny Lay-Flurrie@jennylayfluffy3 Dec 2021
Its already @UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities in parts of the world.. so its time to get this party started! Love to hear your thoughts and ideas on how we can create a more inclusive and accessible world. Tag #MSFTA11y! Lets tackle the divide together. #IDPD
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Dear presidents of the world. Listen here, you cheap bastards. It’s financially irrational that you haven’t supported vaccination in every country of the world. Vaccines are so much cheaper than pandemics.
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Lainey Feingold@LFLegal16 Nov 2021
On December 9 I will present my last Digital Accessibility Legal Update for 2021. Thank you @3playmedia for inviting me back for this free event. Register here: go.3playmedia.com/wbnr-1209-… #a11y #LawTwitter

2022 Digital Accessibility Legal Update with Lainey Feingold

This webinar will be presented by Lainey Feingold, an internationally recognized disability rights lawyer and public speaker and pioneer of Structured Negotiation.

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Greg Whitworth@gregwhitworth14 Nov 2021
Two years ago today I walked hand-in-hand along the beach with my daughter for the last time. I will always cherish this memory. Hug your loved ones tonight folks; call and tell them you love them; ask for forgiveness; you never know what tomorrow will hold.
Greg walks along the beach with his daughter, Rachel

ALT Greg walks along the beach with his daughter, Rachel

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Back at work today after almost six months on medical leave. I’m so excited!!
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Replying to @Support
@TwitterSupport @TwitterA11y I understand @patrick_h_lauke’s account was suspended for a word considered offensive in the US, but which was used as self-description in original tweet and which does not promote hate nor violence. Please reinstate this accessibility advocate.
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Open UI@openuicg4 Nov 2021
Carousel research is underway and the key drivers are looking for additional insights and people's opinions on the current findings. Jump in, leave comments :) docs.google.com/document/d/1…

Carousel Research (OpenUI)

Carousel Research Brief: This document is a very early draft - nothing is final! Current focus of work includes: Survey of carousel implementations, following this proposed Survey/Questionaire You...

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FRIENDS!✨ I'm excited to announce I'm working on an #a11y video course!🥳 🔜 Practical Accessibility: a get-right-down-to-it course for designers & developers who want to start creating more accessible digital products today 💌 Sign Up for updates 👉practical-accessibility.toda…
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Damon Beres@dlberes27 Oct 2021
Proud to share my @WIRED debut! It’s a story about the many hurdles people with text disabilities must overcome to simply access ebooks and educational materials too many of us take for granted. wired.com/story/ebooks-drm-b…

Blind People Have Won the Right to Break Ebook DRM—for Now

Advocates will once again be granted a DMCA exception to make accessible versions of texts. They argue that it's far past time to make it permanent.

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Jon Avila@JonAvilaA11y2 Nov 2021
by Timothy Springer In the case of Paguada v. Yieldstreet (1:20-CV-09254), the court determined that deploying an overlay will not get an accessibility case dismissed. If you’re ... levelaccess.com/overlays-do-…
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