Archives: Humans of Accessibility

Monday, May 27, 2024

Carleton University Web Architect Champions Accessibility, Shifting Perspectives and Practices

Meet Andrew It’s about doing the right thing To some people, accessibility means ‘protecting ourselves from legal ramifications.’ To others, it is about ‘helping people who have a disability to access a website, digital information, or physical campus.’ But I think when you get down to it, accessibility is about doing the right thing,... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

From Idea to Impact: The Champions of Carleton’s Dedicated Access Fund

Meet Martin, Deborah, and Sean We were young, we were noisy, and we didn’t take no for an answer. In the ‘90s, there was no fund for accessibility initiatives at Carleton University. Martin Anderson recalls, “When I arrived at Carleton, I went and bought my books in first year and I realized that the... More

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