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Selfish Accessibility —DevOpsDays Buffalo
The document discusses the challenges and risks associated with aging and accidents, highlighting personal experiences with various injuries. It also touches upon workplace stresses, such as multitasking and environmental factors impacting productivity. There is a focus on accessibility issues, particularly concerning wheelchair ramps being obstructed or poorly maintained.
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- 1. Selfish Accessibility DevOps Days Buffalo September26th–27th, 2019
- 2. Getting Older • Affects(nearly) everyone, • Carries risks and side effects, • Is not for the young. I’m still experimenting with it.
- 3. Rising Damp onFlickr.
- 4. Darren Baldwin onFlickr.
- 5. Accidents • Broken limbs, •Eye injuries, • Hearing injuries, • Head trauma. All of these have happened to me, multiple times.
- 6. Rev Stan onFlickr.
- 7. Let Ideas Competeon Flickr.
- 8. Paul Townsend onFlickr.
- 9. But I’m Invincible! •Multi-tasking, • Sunlight, • Eating at your desk, • No headphones handy, • Content is not in your native language. The sun is trying to kill me.
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- 13. Steve Rhodes onFlickr.
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- 15. Lars Kristian Flemon Flickr.
- 16. Tech Support • Thinkof your family! • Think of your time spent helping them! • Think of the wasted holidays! This is why we hate the holidays.
- 17. Robert Simmons onFlickr.
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- 19. Stairamp Dean Bouchard onFlickrhttp://accessibility.net.nz/blog/the-problems-with-ramps-blended-into-stairs/
- 20. Maintenance Nicolas Steenhouthttps://twitter.com/vavroom/status/571092086365261824 “Wheelchair rampat pharmacy not only hasn’t been cleared of snow but has 2 potted trees to ensure nobody can pass.”
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- #3 As evidenced by how few young people are old
- #6 As evidenced by how few young people are old
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- #17 You probably have some comfort level with technology
- #19 Our inclusive design principles Recognize exclusion Exclusion happens when we solve problems using our own biases. As Microsoft designers, we seek out those exclusions, and use them as opportunities to create new ideas and inclusive designs. Learn from diversity Human beings are the real experts in adapting to diversity. Inclusive design puts people in the center from the very start of the process, and those fresh, diverse perspectives are the key to true insight. Solve for one, extend to many Everyone has abilities, and limits to those abilities. Designing for people with permanent disabilities actually results in designs that benefit people universally. Constraints are a beautiful thing.