Text of my remarks to the Governance and Administration Select Committee on...
I have blogged previously about the difficulties I had obtaining an access code for completing New Zealand’s 2018 census online. The issue is important in itself given that completing the census is...
View ArticlePodcast Transcript: Mosen At Large 105, the AccessiBe controversy. Can AI...
You can read the transcript below, Download this episode in Microsoft Word, or Download this episode in accessible PDF [music] Jonathan Mosen: In episode 105, can artificial intelligence make...
View ArticleReflections for Global #Accessibility Awareness Day #GAAD: Our past success...
Introduction The third Thursday in May of each year is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. For my contribution this year, I am drawing from my experience as a lifelong advocate for disability rights...
View ArticleTransformational change. Let’s pull the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill...
Introduction For more than five years, a coalition called the Access Alliance has been advocating for the introduction of new accessibility legislation. The Bill, now before the House and open for...
View ArticleMultiple breaches of international law. New Zealand’s local government voting...
Introduction I’ve been actively campaigning for a more inclusive, accessible society since I was a child, and in a more formal sense since I was 16. Advocacy and activism results in no progress most of...
View ArticleMy submission on the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill
Submissions on the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill close on Monday 7 November 2022. You can make a submission here and the process is fully accessible. I am including my submission here in the...
View ArticleMy oral submission to the Social Services and Community Select Committee on...
Today I gave by far the most difficult submission I’ve ever given to a Parliamentary Select Committee. I want to share it with you. You can read the text, or listen to the audio....
View ArticleThe #a11y hashtag is harmful to the #accessibility cause. As we start afresh...
With so many of us with accessibility needs having made the move to mastodon recently, the divisive question of the #a11y hashtag has been raised once again. I’d like to offer an updated version of a...
View ArticleMy Address to the 2023 Convention of the National Federation of the Blind
Here is the transcript and the audio of my presentation to the 2023 National Convention of the National Federation of the Blind. https://mosen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/NFB23.mp3 Together...
View ArticleACB’s absence from mastodon, my message to ACB
Preface On Tuesday, the American Council of the Blind’s Board of Publications convened for a regular meeting. At that meeting, members raised ACB’s absence from mastodon. Some members were concerned...
View ArticleIt appears Sonos is about to become less useable by screen reader users. The...
Revision History 7 May, added a new section to the top of the post describing dialogue I have had with Sonos and a statement they have issued. 7 May, added a section featuring responses from Sonos. 6...
View ArticleMy address to the National Federation of the Blind’s DeafBlind Division at...
Here is the text of my address to the NFB’s DeafBlind division which I delivered earlier in the week. Living the life we want as a blind person wearing hearing aids Delivered to the National...
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