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Restaurant App Accessibility: A Screen Reader Experience When Menus Won’t Scroll

I recently attended a birthday celebration at a restaurant for a family member and wanted to familiarize myself with the menu before arriving at the restaurant. I was able to find ...

Mobile Apps, User Experience, Restaurants

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Common Accessibility Challenges When Interacting With Navigation Menus

Navigation menus are key to the core functionality of almost all modern websites. Usually expandable from a button in the top left or right corner of the page, these menus can ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience

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Campus Visit Scheduling Accessibility: Why Higher-Ed Forms Fail Blind Students

If your scheduling form requires a mouse, sighted assistance, or workarounds, it is not accessible. For many prospective students, scheduling a campus visit is the first hands-on ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience, Title II, Higher Ed

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Fall 2025 Accessibility: A Screen Reader User’s Look Ahead

Fall is almost upon us. Stores are putting out the sweaters and Halloween decor, coffee shops are brewing up the pumpkin spice, and my local ice cream spots have brought back the ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience, mobile accessibility, NDEAM, Ecommerce

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Student Portal Accessibility and ADA Title II: Are You Locking Out Blind Students?

Many student portals remain inaccessible to blind users—and that’s a compliance risk.

Web Accessibility, User Experience, Title II, Higher Ed

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Navigating College Course Catalogs as a Blind Student: Barriers and Fixes

Every student relies on the course catalog to select classes, explore majors, and plan a path. For blind students using screen readers, the basic task often becomes difficult due ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience, Higher Ed

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What Makes an Accessible College Application Form Work for Screen Reader Users

Most online forms make the application process more complicated for students who are blind. This one made it easier, and that is worth celebrating. I am Michael Taylor, a blind ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience, Title II, Higher Ed

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Summer 2025 Digital Accessibility: A Screen Reader’s Review

Labor Day is often seen as the unofficial end of summer in the U.S. (meteorological summer runs June 1 through August 31). The days feel shorter, the mornings are crisper, and ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience, mobile accessibility, travel, hospitality

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Digital Accessibility in Hospitality: What I Learned as a Blind Guest

I recently shared five posts about different mobile experiences on one trip, from booking a hotel via a mobile site to ordering dinner through a resort app. Now I would like to ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience, mobile accessibility, travel, hospitality

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