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@FrankElavsky
Apr 28 • 4 tweets • 1 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
I saw some amazing talks and met some amazing people at #CHI2023.

I want to thank everyone who was masked: it made it easy to find folks who really care about disability.

And I can confidently say I made some really wonderful friends, finally connecting with so many of you!
It was very funny to hear the exact phrase "Frank from Twitter" so many times!

And while I have loved remote work (seriously, my physical health completely changed for the better when the pandemic started), meeting folks in person has actually been wonderful.
I set out with a goal to meet with as many folks as possible and learn what y'all were up to. I had 16 meetings with 21 people! Our impromptu visualization + accessibility lunch had just over 30 folks show up!

I actually went to a *party* lmao!! (I never do this.)
I hope that the next time my hermit self makes a public appearance like this, I can both reconnect and meet more of y'all for the first time.

But for now? I'm going to return to my cave-dwelling ways and just absolutely crash. Time to recover and spend time with my partner.

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Apr 28
Oh wow, I missed this but remember that thread of mine about the award-winning finger rover paper?

They've done a solid job discussing what lessons they learned and even provide resources for new researchers. This is a great outcome!

adildsw.github.io/#/projects/fin…
I think that folks like @AnhongGuo and others stepping in to provide more feedback, support, and help is key.

And while I hope that @adildsw not only continues to do work, I also hope that the community can do a better job supporting students new to accessibility work too.
No single person gets research right. It might take one person to write a paper, but it takes a whole community to publish one.

I hope that we all can make sure to support each other pursuing future human studies.
Read 4 tweets
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Apr 27
👋🏻 Hello #a11y folks, but especially those who build software and games: I have a new piece out where I talk about "Option-Driven Design" and how it is not only a huge trend in accessibility, but surprisingly underdiscussed.

PDF here (HTML incoming):

arxiv.org/abs/2304.08748
If websites aren't accessible by default, should they use an overlay to give users options?

How do you design for conflicting access needs and access friction?

Does the amount of time someone spends with the software matter?

Do extensions and mods count?

I cover all this!
I hope that this micro-paper serves just to get the conversation started! There's so much to discuss.
Read 6 tweets
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Apr 5
Okay, I want to be as gentle as possible with a review of this now-award-winning work but there are some serious problems we need to make sure we don't repeat.

Our technical HCI class yesterday *just* talked about @elizejackson's "disability dongle" and problematic access work.
Again, I don't want to destroy or attack these researchers! But I definitely want our field to know that there are some things in this paper and project that should have been caught by an accessibility committee and considered in the review process. We can do better.
First and foremost is the language in the paper (and use of "insane" in the tweet about the paper). It is important to use inclusive language.

Do not refer to users with disabilities as "suffering" from a disability ("suffered from low vision"). This is not okay! 7.1 Participants We recruit...
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Apr 4
Hey folks, I'm joining some amazing people to talk about accessible research and publication hosted by @arxiv this April 17th!

We just passed over 1500 registered attendees! If you have any interest in this at all, please consider attending.

accessibility2023.arxiv.org/index.html
Absolutely amazing folks will be there, including my past collaborators and friends @lnadolskis and @clb5590 as well as legends in this space like Godfrey, Kasdorf, and more.
I'll be on the panel for Session A: "Digging deeper into image and graph descriptions for scientific content" but the whole schedule looks outstanding:

accessibility2023.arxiv.org/schedule.html
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Feb 13
A lot of misinformation is out there, stirring up anxiety. And then most major news is just the same corporate bullshit on repeat.

As someone in Pittsburgh, I've heard virtually nothing useful, actionable, or reasonable about the chemical disaster 50 mi away. What a mess.
How are everyday people expected to wade through all the bad info out there and then figure out how to take action in a meaningful way?
I'm terminally online and actively try to fight against fully believing either corporate or reactionary coverage on this. But man, hundreds of thousands of folks see that map of the Ohio River and tributaries and believe that's the same as county water sourcing (it's not).
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Jan 3
Every time I get a couple weeks off I very seriously consider just quitting full time work and writing for half the year every year for the rest of my life.
I've known what I have wanted to do with my life since I was 12. The only problem is that it just doesn't make money (and I don't want it to).

I've spent only a small portion of the last 2 decades actually doing the thing I truly, selfishly love doing. Sometimes that gets to me.
But there is important work to do. And no offense to my writing, but it isn't good and it isn't important. The cost of writing what I want to write will be significant and just not a price I've ever been willing to pay.
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