Joe Clark: Accessibility ¶ Design ¶ Writing

Want to learn more about how accessible Vancouver Olympic Web sites are to disabled people?
(Hint: Not very, sometimes not at all)

I am a journalist and author in Toronto. My writing includes hundreds of articles; a first book on Web accessibility and a second book on Canadian English spelling; a new book on copyright reform for creators; and a personal blog. I used to do consulting in Web accessibility, but I don’t do that anymore. I still do research on accessibility – topics like captioning and audio description. I am setting up an accessibility research project. I have a longstanding interest in typography, and I did a lot of work on the typography of the Toronto subway (TTC). You can subscribe to a newsfeed of new additions

Seen from behind, I photograph a colourful minivan as I wear my purple hat and striped shirt

  1. What’s new Tracking nominations for Canadian Word of the Year 2010 ¶ New article at A List Apart: “Web Standards for E-books” ¶ Organizing Our Marvellous Neighbours to be reissued in ePub format ¶ Dry your tears, Quatchi, Sumi, Miga and Muk! Vancouver Olympics Web sites are inaccessible to disabled people ¶ Are you doing research and need to look at an old Tea Makers posting ¶ Response to Australian government accessibility consultation&emdash;Where’s the AODA Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities information and communications standard? (Hint: It’s on ice) ¶ Yet further comments on a Library of Congress notice on alternate-format books ¶ Update on The Cranky Copyright Book (meeting with publisher, among other things) ¶ The CAPTIONING SUCKS! “Real Science” Campaign now has called the CRTC’s bluff ¶ Submission to Canada’s copyright consultation ¶ My latest article for A List Apart: “Unwebbable” examines how not every document can be folded and mutilated into a “Web page” ¶ My new book project on copyright reform for creators, The Cranky Copyright Book ¶ Comments on FCC technical working group on digital captioning and description ¶ Yet more comments on the Ontario accessibility standard ¶  Comments on a Library of Congress notice on alternate-format books (NEWSFEED)
  2. Writing     Buy my second book, Organizing Our Marvellous Neighbours: How to Feel Good About Canadian English. Read my first book, Building Accessible Websites. Many of my articles are online, mostly about graphic design. See my personal Weblog
  3. Accessibility     Web accessibility, captioning, audio description, the Ontario AODA: Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities information and communications specification, and other topics
  4. Fonts & design     Typography in the Toronto subway; Screenfont.CA: All about fonts for captions & subtitles
  5. About me     Some background, an FAQ, and some articles about me and interviews with me. Policy on deleted items
  6. My other sites
  7. Contact     Get in touch with me (there are rules)