{"id":7457,"date":"2009-05-12T17:44:29","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T12:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/?p=7457"},"modified":"2021-10-04T13:11:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T07:41:14","slug":"web-accessibility-tips-by-left-thumb-blogger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2009\/05\/web-accessibility-tips-by-left-thumb-blogger\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Accessibility Tips by Left Thumb Blogger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently learned about amazing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doitmyselfblog.com\/about\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Glenda Watson Hyatt<\/a>, popularly known as the <strong>left thumb blogger<\/strong>, who shares her inspiring experiences living with cerebral palsy and preaches <strong>web accessibility<\/strong>, all the while typing with only her left thumb!<\/p>\n<p>Glenda blogs on her blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doitmyselfblog.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Do It Myself<\/a> (has authored a book with the same name) and I have been hooked to her articles on Accessibility 100 &#8211; which talks of easy-to-implement, free and inexpensive ways for <strong>improving accessibility for people with disabilities<\/strong>, dispelling the myth that accessibility needs to be expensive and difficult to achieve. Search there for some good reads 5 Ways to Increase the Accessibility of Blogs and A Checklist for Planning an Accessible Event.<\/p>\n<p>While Lorelle talked about <a title=\"WordCamp Portland: How WordPress Changes Lives\" href=\"https:\/\/lorelle.wordpress.com\/2008\/10\/04\/wordcamp-portland-how-wordpress-changes-lives\/\" rel=\"noopener\">How WordPress Changes Lives<\/a>, it is inspiring to see how <strong>Glenda used WordPress<\/strong> to change her life by giving her a voice that connects with people around the world through her blog.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe title=\"How WordPress Has Changed My Life\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ajqq9bHomn8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Download free ebook of her latest presentation titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doitmyselfblog.com\/downloads\/how-pour-is-your-blog.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">How POUR is Your Blog? Tips for Increasing Your Blog&#8217;s Accessibility<\/a> (.pdf) and discover how POUR your blog truly is. An accessible blog is \u00a0Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust. <strong>POUR principles<\/strong> of web design enable bloggers like you and me to make better websites, which are more accessible to people. You can read more about Glenda at an earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/www.successful-blog.com\/1\/a-4-part-series-an-interview-with-the-amazing-glendawatsonhyatt\/\" rel=\"noopener\">interview by Liz Strauss<\/a> or join her earlier virtual book tour.<\/p>\n<p>So why should you modify your web design to make your blog more accessible? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogherald.com\/2009\/05\/06\/glenda-watson-hyatt-is-your-blog-disabled\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Blog Herald reports<\/a> points out that\u00a0at least one in four visitors to your blog are disabled!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently learned about amazing Glenda Watson Hyatt, popularly known as the left thumb blogger, who shares her inspiring experiences&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-7457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}