Software engineer with a focus on web accessibility. Based in Helsinki, Finland. Occasionally available for freelance work.
Previous work has included full-stack engineering, AI and education.
Outside of work time I'm usually outdoors.
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Hypothetical case:
- Public API, free to use.
- One client, a free mobile app, is badly written, makes a ton of requests, causes heavy load, client is eventually blocked.
- This free mobile app is popular for #accessibility reasons, the only one with good screen reader support.
The API provider did nothing wrong, but the service is no longer accessible to SR users. App dev may not know the right way to use API, was focused on #a11y.
Discrimination? It’s not always clear-cut.
I spotted this in a public place. I think it is a Wi-Fi access point. If so, it looks as though some Mr. Robot-style antics may have gone on.
4. Laughing at things together helps normalize the things - there are popular disabled comedians.
5. Forbidding laughing at things is infantilizing.
6. If this was the IPCs whole social presence, that would be terrible.
“Ableism for views”? Absolutely not.
Positive #disabled representation? Also probably not.
I haven’t loved a lot of what the IPC has done in recent years, but their TikTok account certainly isn't the worst.
I've been thinking about this today: https://www.npr.org/2023/04/24/1171333573/paralympics-tiktok-controversy
It's not clear-cut, IMO.
1. Exposing audiences to disabled sport (and, by extension #disability) is good. Just look at the societal impact of London 2012.
2. Jumping on the latest TikTok trend is a good way to be seen.
3. Social media is already full of non-disabled sports clips. More often, they are popular when they contain something funny or unexpected.
New blog post: Disability representation on Desert Island Discs.
The British radio show has featured over 3000 biographical interviews over 80+ years. It's a source of extraordinary stories. I wanted to see how many of the 'castaways' were disabled, and what we can learn from them.
Today, after a little hacking around, I published a list of 39 episodes (~1.2% of all episodes) I found from 1957-2023.
