Johnny Taylor4d ago
Stef Walter

Educating accessibility overlay companies from the inside doesn’t work.
This is what Chris Yoong tried: he joined an overlay company, checked the product, put together a presentation to explain why it was harming people. They could have pivoted. Instead, they decided to double down, and changed their rationale to keep the same for profit. In case you wondered.

https://chrisyoong.com/blog/educating-accessibility-overlay-companies
https://chrisyoong.com/blog/educating-accessibility-overlay-companies

I tried to educate an Accessibility overlay company from the inside

This is what happened.

Mar 24 at 1:31pmWeb
Show threadDr Alice Violett4d ago

@stephaniewalter I've had a conversation in the same vein.

Colleague (a healthcare professional): can this page have an overlay, please?
Me: disabled people don't like overlays and generally have their own local adaptative technology in place. Here are some links about why overlays are bad, actually.
Colleague: I think we should have it anyway.
Me: 😮‍💨

Show threadStef Walter4d ago
@alicemcalicepants do you think it's lack of understanding? Or just perfomative let's quickly put a bandage and hope for the best?
Show threadDr Alice Violett4d ago
@stephaniewalter bit of both, maybe with a dash of 'I believe I know what's good for people'?