[Faith-Talk] Accessibility At Churches And Advocacy

[VIAS, ARMANDO]

Update: I just emailed one of my pastors, and he said that he would call me this week. I told him that we could FaceTime as well.

> On Feb 10, 2022, at 2:42 PM, VIAS, ARMANDO <armando at armandovias.com> wrote:
> 
> Thank you. I'll look into that.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Faith-Talk <faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sarah Blake
> LaRose via Faith-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2022 2:38 PM
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> Cc: sarah at sarahblakelarose.com
> Subject: Re: [Faith-Talk] Accessibility At Churches And Advocacy
> 
> Something that I have found helpful in advocating for web site accessibility
> is to take a laptop and demonstrate it. Sighted people are really in a
> different world when it comes to how they interact with web sites. They
> don't know the terms we use most of the times, and things that we associate
> on the top of the page might be on the left or right for them. So sitting
> down together and comparing how a web site works can be very enlightening
> and help someone get on board with web site advocacy on our behalf.
> 
> 
> Rev. Dr. Sarah Blake LaRose
> sarah at sarahblakelarose.com
> http://www.sarahblakelarose.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2022 11:35 AM
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> Cc: VIAS, ARMANDO <armando at armandovias.com>
> Subject: [Faith-Talk] Accessibility At Churches And Advocacy
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> 
> Hello all. I am new to the group!
> 
> 
> 
> I don't know if this is relevant to the group, but this is related to
> accessibility.
> 
> 
> 
> For those of you that go to church, have you ever had to advocate for
> accessible accommodations? For example, my church is switching websites, and
> I'm trying my best to ensure accessibility to include everyone. Had you had
> luck advocating with your church?
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Armando Vias
> 
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