[Faith-Talk] Accessibility At Churches And Advocacy

[Ericka]

Exciting!

Ericka Nelson

> On Feb 13, 2022, at 6:40 PM, VIAS, ARMANDO via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> To: 'Faith-talk, for the discussion of Blindness in faith and religion'
>> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> 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-----
>> From: Faith-Talk <faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of VIAS, ARMANDO
>> via Faith-Talk
>> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2022 11:35 AM
>> To: faith-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: VIAS, ARMANDO <armando at armandovias.com>
>> Subject: [Faith-Talk] Accessibility At Churches And Advocacy
>> Importance: High
>> 
>> 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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