Some Cool People To Follow on Twitter: 30 Days of Accessibility Testing

The Ministry of Testing has declared that May should be "30 Days of Accessibility Testing". As in the days of yore when I used to take on these challenges and blog regularly, I'm in the mood to get back to doing that. Therefore, I am looking to write a post every day around this topic and as a way to address each line of their checklist.

19. Find 5 accessibility experts to follow on Twitter.

1. Albert Gareev (@AGareev): Albert and I have been friends/compatriots/writing partners/co-presenters for seven years when I made the commitment to get more involved in the testing community in the first place. It turned out that Albert was also actively involved in Accessibility, and thus, when I started working on it as part of my work, Albert became a lifeline of ideas and encouragement. We've worked on several things together, and the "HUMBLE" mnemonic is rightly his, though both of us present it.

2. Alicia Jarvis (@AJarvis728): Alicia has likewise been active in the Canadian Accessibility community along with Albert, and has been a source of advocacy, passion and focus that I've reached out to many times. My first association with Inclusive Design and thinking about it was because of her tweets and advocacy.

3. Ellen Parfitt (@deafieblogger): Ellen is a new one for me, in that I came across her work during this challenge. Her site HearingLikeMe.com has a lot of great insights dealing with hearing loss and working with technology to enhance the experience for those with hearing loss (both primary and incidental).

4. Neil Milliken (@NeilMilliken): Lots of stuff I could point to for Neil, but the AXS Chat Community is a good enough place to start :).

5. Alice Boxhall (@sundress): Another recent discovery during this 30 days challenge. I've enjoyed learning about her and the initiatives she takes part in.

There are of course much more, but if I were to name all of them, we'd be here all day. Start with these five, read what they have written and commented about, and who they interact with. My guess is you'll discover a lot of people worthy of your time and attention.