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Common Challenges When Grocery Shopping Online As A Blind User

It is that time of year again when everyone is shopping for that perfect Thanksgiving turkey, ingredients for that warm and delicious pumpkin pie, or all of the fixings for a ...

User Experience, Ecommerce

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Black Friday & Cyber Monday Accessibility: A Blind Person's Experience

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday right around the corner, many of us are preparing to take advantage of those fantastic deals and discounts. The National Retail Federation ...

Web Accessibility, Retail, User Experience, Ecommerce

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Accessibility on Seasonal Websites (Feedback from a blind shopper)

Halloween is over; gingerbread lattes are back at coffee shops; Thanksgiving is this month, and the holiday season is underway. Many people are shopping for festive items to get ...

Retail, User Experience, Ecommerce

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My Journey through an Online Shopping Experience

I will do something considerably different from my usual writing style in today's blog. I will attempt to narrate my way through interactions with a website, discussing both good ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience

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Frightfully Bad Accessibility Problems, Halloween Edition

Halloween is today, so it is the perfect time to talk about the top three accessibility horrors I regularly encounter when using the internet. These frightfully bad flaws often ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience

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Busting Myths About People With Disabilities on the Job

As we continue through National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), I would like to discuss something I can relate to personally that affects many other people with ...

User Experience

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Mobile App Accessibility Tips

Originally written on April 11, 2021. Content was updated in October 2023 Editor's Note: We are delighted to share this post as part of our series by UsableNet's Spring Marketing ...

Mobile Apps, WCAG 2.1, User Experience

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Job Searching while Blind: Common Accessibility Challenges

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. I think it is the perfect time to discuss the accessibility of the job application process. In most industries, online ...

User Experience

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Ecommerce Web Accessibility Experiences

Originally written on Dec 13, 2022. Content was updated in September 2023. When I wrote about Black Friday and Cyber Monday, I discussed my accessibility experiences with retail ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience

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