Queddo Communications

I am almost always the only disabled person in the room. I have a spinal cord injury and am paralyzed from the chest down. I use a wheelchair for my mobility. Accessibility is always a hurdle, but I am used to dealing with it because it’s a part of my life. I have what I like to call ‘ninja patience.’ I came up with this phrase after noticing many of my friends become impatient about little things. It got me thinking about the special skills I have because of my disability; patience is one of them. [Link Preview Image: Ali Stroker in a wheelchair pumping her fist with other actors dancing around her.] Read the full story: https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org//after-oscarsso

With municipalities jumping onboard to make masks a mandatory requirement when inside public spaces, we seem to be forgetting the barriers they impose on people who are Deafblind, hard of hearing or deaf. From a recent article in the Washington Post, "For those of us who speak American Sign Language, masks can be a nuisance because they inhibit mouth movements and other facial expressions that are part of the language’s grammar. And in interactions in which deaf people rely o...n speech-reading and facial cues, masks make communication nearly impossible." We've ordered our see-through masks, and we hope you'll consider ordering them too! [Link Preview Image Description: Sign-language interpreter Sandra Hester wears a clear face mask during a COVID-19 news conference.] https://www.washingtonpost.com//masks-are-barrier-against/

Only a few more days until our new fully accessible website goes live! We can't wait to share it with you. [Image Description: The Queddo Communications logo with the word "queddo" in the middle in black and a solid thin, red square outline around it.]

We’ve just ordered our lip reading masks from @thecomofoundation! Have you ordered yours? #LipReadingMasks #Accessibility #a11y #Inclusion #InclusionMatters

It's been a while since we took to our social media channels, but stay tuned! We've been cooking up some pretty cool things that we can't wait to share with you in the next few weeks.

We can't wait for the next #a11yHAM meetup taking place on Thursday, June 20 at Mohawk College. This one features Sandi Gauder from CMS Web Solutions, a senior front-end developer and accessibility specialist, as she walks through a live remediation of an inaccessible website using various accessibility checking tools. Sandi will remediate each accessibility error in turn and explain the process to achieve WCAG 2.1 compliance. Don't miss out! Register today. There's still ti...me to register! [Image: The #a11yHAM logo]