Does humour belong in Accessibility?

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In 2019 in a presentation at a11yTO asked the question Does humour belong in Accessibility?

I guess you can work out what I think.

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One of my enduring good time work memories is the Viking and Lumberjack series. Yes we are talking living in the past but sometimes history is where the life is.

Back in the mid 2010’s Billy Gregory and Karl Groves were the Viking and the Lumberjack:

Karl “The Viking” Groves and Billy “The Lumberjack” Gregory use humour to take accessibility to the next level with this new web series.

About 2015 Billy gave me a shirt, it has been a stalwart of my wardrobe ever since, and it shows:

I didn’t want the enjoyment of wearing the shirt to end, so i made a new V&L shirt

I used the design from a bunch of stickers I was given ages ago, but still had pristine copies of, although I have stuck them in places over the years:

Even though the Viking and Lumberjack are history (Billy and Karl are very much alive and actively doing Accessibility work) it is a history worth revisiting me thinks…

Watch/Listen to the Viking and Lumberjack

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