
A white male hand holding an open rusty padlock. Photo by Patricia Gestoso©.
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I’m not Black on Monday, a woman on Tuesday, and left-handed on Wednesday.
My journey into ethical and inclusive design was prompted by embarrassment, fear, and impatience.
Embarrassment: When in December 2018, six months after launching my website on diversity and inclusion in tech, an expert in disability asked me if it was accessible and pointed me to the post 10 ways to make your blog accessible for people with a visual impairment on the site Life of A Blind Girl . Reading the article was transformative. It made clear to me that, irrespective of my intention — promoting diversity and inclusion — my impact was the opposite: Continue reading