On the Blink

This is a compendium of articles, interviews, and videos that offer insight on accessibility.

Design of Physical & Virtual Spaces

• Autistic Access Needs: Notes on Accessibility
• “Design with the blind in mind,” a TED Talk by Chris Downey
• Development of the AASPIRE Web Accessibility Guidlines for Autistic Users
• How to caption a YouTube video
• “Paralympics as possibility,” a TEDx Talk by Mark Bookman
• Run color-blindness tests on your websites by Martin Brinkman
• “Student Activism for Disability Justice and Holistic Access” a TEDx Talk by Marion Quirici
• Web Accessibility Challenges for the Deaf-Blind
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines: WCAG 2.0
• What is Universal Design
• “When we design for disability, we all benefit,” a TED Talk by Elise Roy

Embodiment & Inclusion

• “Birding Blind: Open Your Ears to the Amazing World of Bird Sounds” by Trevor Attenberg
• “The confluence of disability and imagination,” a TEDx Talk by Emily K. Michael
• “Day in the Life of a BLIND Person in NYC“
• “Enough with the fear of fat,” a TED Talk by Kelli Jean Drinkwater
• “Examined Life Judith Butler & Sunaura Taylor“
• “The forgotten history of autism,” a TED Talk by Steve Silberman
• “I am almost entirely locked out of contemporary American poetry,” an interview with John Lee Clark
• “I had spent more than enough time hiding and pretending” by Ona Gritz
• “It’s Time to End Germany’s Culture of Benevolent Exclusion” by Rebecca Maskos
• “This poet’s guide dog helped him discover a new world,” a PBS interview with Stephen Kuusisto
• “The Power of FInding a Disabled Community Online” by Rae Rose
• The Real Helen Keller
• “The world needs all kinds of minds,” a TED Talk by Temple Grandin

Languages & Cultures

• “The Boys Are Not All Right” by Michael Ian Black
• “The danger of a single story,” a TED Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• “The gentle power of highly sensitive people,” a TEDx Talk by Elena Herdieckerhoff
• “How students of color confront imposter syndrome,” a TED Talk by Dena Simmons
• How to write in plain English
• “Let’s build a world where sign language is as common as speaking,” a TEDx Talk by Kyle DeCarlo
• “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan
• “On Public Speaking While Fat” by Kameron Hurley
• “The power of introverts,” a TED Talk by Susan Cain
• “Twista ASL interpreter’s viral moment misses the point” by Lilit Marcus
• “You Speak You,” a TEDx Talk by Kory Stamper

Resource list compiled by Emily K. Michael, 2019.