{"id":1065,"date":"2024-03-24T15:49:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T15:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2025-02-27T15:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:01:42","slug":"stranger-in-acceibilityland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/2024\/03\/24\/stranger-in-acceibilityland\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger in Acce$$ibilityland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1067 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0051.jpg\" alt=\"My hand wearing an allyant branded beverage sleeve\" width=\"719\" height=\"958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0051.jpg 719w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0051-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><br \/>\nI learned that Accessibility Ant is not what I thought it was<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">CSUN conference is a pilgrimage, a place where the people of disability, and accessibility meet to talk lived reality, and the #a11yIndustry descends to hawk extruded products and services.<\/p>\n<p>I have been attending CSUN regularly since 2007. This year was the first time I traveled to CSUN representing <a href=\"https:\/\/tetralogical.com\/\">TetraLogical<\/a>, and not TPGi.<\/p>\n<p>Working remotely since 2006, conferences are a social lifeline. A time when i get to leave my home office to hide in a hotel room, for some of the time, and emerge to immerse myself in the incoming tide of the many characters that inhabit my accessibility life.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>I took a lot of photos at CSUN 2024, here is a selection <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1071\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0113.jpg\" alt=\"SteveSounds - parody of Beachboys Pet Sounds album cover, By @Lloydi\" width=\"710\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0113.jpg 710w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0113-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/summary>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1100 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-174027-1024x720.png\" alt=\"David, Jonny and Kathryn in a collegiate shared embrace.\" width=\"580\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-174027-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-174027-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-174027-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-174027.png 1083w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1093\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153222.png\" alt=\"Adrian and Lainey Feingold relaxing in the hotel lobby\" width=\"490\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153222.png 490w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153222-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153222-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1070\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145322.png\" alt=\"Myself and Nicole, onboard with the Tetralogical Aesthetic. Utilitarian jacket and TetraLogical sticker on breast pocket\" width=\"866\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145322.png 866w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145322-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145322-768x494.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1069\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-150329.png\" alt=\"Adrian bemasked\" width=\"478\" height=\"909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-150329.png 478w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-150329-158x300.png 158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1072\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145214.png\" alt=\"Selfie with Ted Drake\" width=\"961\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145214.png 961w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145214-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145214-768x579.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1082\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144300.png\" alt=\"Selfie with Dax Castro\" width=\"1129\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144300.png 1129w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144300-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144300-1024x737.png 1024w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144300-768x553.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1129px) 100vw, 1129px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1081\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144342.png\" alt=\"Selfie with Adam Saucier\" width=\"712\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144342.png 712w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144342-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1080\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144440.png\" alt=\"Anne and Doc Swallow at the hotel bar\" width=\"1109\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144440.png 1109w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144440-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144440-1024x790.png 1024w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144440-768x593.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1109px) 100vw, 1109px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1079\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144543.png\" alt=\"Selfie with Jeanne Erickson-Cooley\" width=\"1110\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144543.png 1110w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144543-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144543-1024x650.png 1024w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144543-768x488.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1078\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144647.png\" alt=\"Selfie with Laurie Pagano\" width=\"1089\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144647.png 1089w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144647-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144647-1024x750.png 1024w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144647-768x563.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1089px) 100vw, 1089px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1077\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144813.png\" alt=\"Ian Lloyd and Doc Swallow posing beside the Fantasy Inn and Suites sign\" width=\"440\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144813.png 440w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144813-268x300.png 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1076\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144913.png\" alt=\"Selfie with Aaron Farber\" width=\"707\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144913.png 707w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-144913-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1075\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145025.png\" alt=\"Selfie with Matt May\" width=\"1130\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145025.png 1130w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145025-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145025-1024x714.png 1024w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145025-768x536.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1130px) 100vw, 1130px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1074\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145102.png\" alt=\"Selfie with Gerard Cohen\" width=\"929\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145102.png 929w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145102-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145102-768x571.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1073\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145144.png\" alt=\"a relaxed Matt Ater and I posing in the Vispero room\" width=\"595\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145144.png 595w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-145144-192x300.png 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1090\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153456.png\" alt=\"Mike Paciello and Sarah Horton\" width=\"1188\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153456.png 1188w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153456-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153456-1024x799.png 1024w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153456-768x599.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1188px) 100vw, 1188px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1091\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153426.png\" alt=\"Mike and Charlie Pike\" width=\"650\" height=\"868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153426.png 650w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153426-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1092\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153402.png\" alt=\"Selfie with Doc Swallow and Doug Schepers\" width=\"1148\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153402.png 1148w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153402-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153402-1024x611.png 1024w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-24-153402-768x458.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1148px) 100vw, 1148px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<h2>Privilege<\/h2>\n<p class=\"note\">I always come away from CSUN feeling I know less than I thought I did.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h9M3b9lh-7s?si=RCWDerYznNKUYkGh\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Know Your Product<br \/>\nSong by The Saints<\/summary>\n<pre>Yeah\r\nAlright\r\nSing it up, west coast\r\nToo much\r\nI'm just sitting in my chair when a voice comes on the air\r\nSays, \"Why don't you try it, you'll feel allright?\r\nGot some great new brand of smokes\r\nCool your head and clear your throat\r\nKeeps you young and so in touch\"\r\nCheap advertising, you're lying\r\nNever gonna get me what I want\r\nI said, smooth talking, brain washing\r\nAin't never gonna get me what I need\r\n\"Our new soap that's peachy keen saves your soul and keeps you clean\r\nIt's recommended, used by the queen\r\nGonna improve your IQ, help in everything you do\r\nIt's economic, don't cost too much\"\r\nSaid advertising, you're lying\r\nNever gonna give me what I want\r\nI said, smooth talking, brain washing\r\nAin't never gonna get me what I need\r\nI said take it\r\nCome on\r\nSoul man\r\nLet's shoot the professor\r\nAlright\r\nI'm just sitting in my chair when a voice comes on the air\r\nSays, \"Why don't you try it, you'll feel allright\r\nIt's a great new brand of smokes\r\nCool your head and clears your throat\r\nKeeps you young and so in touch\"\r\nSaid advertising, you're lying\r\nYou're never gonna give me what I want\r\nI said smooth talking, brain washing\r\nYou're never gonna get me what I need\r\n(What do I care?\r\nYeah! Hey man\r\nWhere's the professor?\r\nWe need him now!\r\nGonna tell you 'bout them\r\nYeah, we take it all the way 'round the world\r\nFor that west coast feel\r\nYeah, man\r\nEverything, let it out\r\nIt's not what you love\r\nLook out on the radio\r\nYeah\r\nAlright\r\nYeah\r\nYeah\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I learned that Accessibility Ant is not what I thought it was CSUN conference is a pilgrimage, a place where the people of disability, and accessibility meet to talk lived reality, and the #a11yIndustry descends to hawk extruded products and services. I have been attending CSUN regularly since 2007. This year was the first time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-htmlaccessibility"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1065"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1535,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions\/1535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}