Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

I'm an accessibility strategist/consultant with a passion for the user experience of people with disabilities. I find accessibility fascinating because it happe Bloomington, Illinois, USA. Joined March 2012

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

3 years ago

It seems that it should be that time for Hearthstone who has a good mod for making it accessible to the blind. Please, complete one or both petition as a way to urge this to happen. change.org/p/native-acces… change.org/p/nathan-lyons…

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

3 years ago

There is a lot being done in #a11ygaming by modders for various AAA games. They often can show how to make a game accessible. Though it does seem like there should be a time when the gaming company starts adopting that code or approach.

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

3 years ago

Screen reader testing is like browser testing. All you learn is if the app works as expected. To understand the user experience, you need to perform user testing. You should still do screen reader testing--just understand what it's true value is. #a11y

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

3 years ago

One thing I love about a11y is how it leads you to think more deeply about UI's. It also causes you to challenge your assumptions. #a11y

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

3 years ago

I am doing research on the topic of prioritizing accessibility issues. I would be interested in hearing about any articles on this topic you all might suggest. #a11y

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

5 years ago

When you are designing for people with disabilities. Keep this in mind. We live with our disabilities so we already have tools and techniques we use for accessing the world. Allowing us to use those tools and techniques should be something that is part of your design #a11y

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

5 years ago

What I love about teaching #A11y is finding the thing that will light the passion for a11y in the students. It is a joy to watch the growing light of that flame and think about all the wonderful things they will accomplish.

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

5 years ago

The real #ARIA motto should be, "With great power comes great responsibility." If you choose to use ARIA, you take on all the responsibility for making the widget fully accessible--and not just the little part you might have wanted to use aria for.

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

5 years ago

A picture may be worth 1000 words, but no one can ever agree which 1000 words they should be when writing the alt text. #a11y #a11yhumor

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Deque Systems @dequesystems

6 years ago

Tapping into an easy $6.9B in annual revenue; 3 things to learn from Amazon. hubs.ly/H0jSRRR0 by @TimA11y #PrimeDay

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

7 years ago

Looking for people with and w/o disabilities to complete A survey about "Physician Attitudes toward People with Disabilities". More info can be found on the initial survey page. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

8 years ago

Don't just make it look like a table, please use proper HTML table markup. When you don't use a table, it means that I as a screen reader user have to remember a lot more.

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

8 years ago

If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and then make a change.

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

8 years ago

This weekend I had the opportunity to try a few #a11y tools. One feature I liked is when the tool provided information on the algorithm used to identify a potential error.

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

8 years ago

I am looking for a good accessible current book or course on #enberjs. I just tried the #codeschool course and it is not going to work for me. I'm blind so a video only course without accessible slides or code won't work well for me. #a11y

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

8 years ago

Looking for resources on Ember and accessibility #a11y #emberjs

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

8 years ago

Tuning into the live stream of #OpenAIR2018. Looking forward to finding out which teams I get the joy of mentoring.

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Timothy Harshbarger @TimA11y

8 years ago

#aria question. Do elements with the role of radio need to be direct children of the element with role radiogroup or can they be nested inside children of the parent element with radiogroup?