Flying out to Denver tomorrow for #AccessingHigherGround. It feels really weird to be heading to a work conference for higher education assistive technology professionals supporting disabled students when the country just voted in a platform that includes dismantling the Dept. of Education.

Somehow, I doubt that ensuring technology is accessible to everyone is terribly high on the priority list of Musk or any of the techbros who financed the campaigns (election and disinfo) and see everything through a lens of “but how will this make me, personally, another few [m/b]illion dollars?”

Not to mention the poor likelihood of prioritizing any sort of disability support in the incoming administration, headed by someone who, in his first campaign, mocked a disabled reporter and his supporters just laughed with him.

All that said, I’m looking forward to #AHG24. There look to be a lot of good things on the schedule, I’m signed up for all-day sessions on #accessibility testing and PDF remediation, and it should be a good week connecting with others who find this line of work worthwhile and important.

I am glad it’s in Denver, though. At least I’m flying from blue state to blue state. There’s a sizable portion of this country that I simply won’t be traveling to any time soon.

#a11y