[IL-Talk] More Advice

[Leslie Hamric]

Hi Dan. You could get a hold of Danielle and Valerie at the national  office. 410-659-9314. Or you could contact him through the NFV website. Good luck.
Leslie
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Leslie Hamric
Cello and Braille Music Teacher
Board member of National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts Division

> On Nov 5, 2020, at 1:35 PM, Dan TeVelde via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Patti,
> 
> I was just checking. I didn't want it to look like I was trying to do
> something behind your back. I hope you are having a good day.
> 
> Dan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chang, Patti <pattischang at gmail.com> 
> Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2020 1:10 PM
> To: 'NFB of Illinois Mailing List' <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: dan.tevelde at comcast.net
> Subject: RE: [IL-Talk] More Advice
> 
> Dear Dan, 
> 
> You should be communicating with Anil Lewis and Valerie Yingling on this.
> They willwith respect be much better resources than our Illinois list. 
> 
> 
> Patti S. Gregory-Chang Esq.
> National Federation of the Blind of Illinois, Treasurer
> 773-307-6440
> www.nfbofillinois.org 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IL-Talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dan TeVelde
> via IL-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2020 9:18 AM
> To: 'NFB of Illinois Mailing List' <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: dan.tevelde at comcast.net
> Subject: [IL-Talk] More Advice
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> 
> I hate to bug people with questions like this but I ran into a challenging
> situation. Yesterday I had an interview with a company Applause. They are
> one of several well-known accessibility testing firms though their website
> doesn't provide much information. They recruited me three years ago and I
> didn't get an interview. I don't think the timing was right and I got
> another job anyway. The interview went well and the manager was prepared to
> hire me for freelance work if I completed their training. This seems
> reasonable. The manager said he would check to see if the training modules
> were accessible. I got an e-mail this morning where he indicated that the
> training is not accessible and they couldn't offer me an alternative.
> 
> 
> 
> I don't see how an accessibility testing company can get away with something
> like that. It was interesting that when I asked the interviewer if the
> company had testers with disabilities I didn't get a straight answer. I'm
> not sure what to do. On the one hand, I could forget about it and look for
> another job. On the other hand, an accessibility testing firm should not be
> allowed to get away with this. It completely destroys their credibility and
> shows they don't really care about people with disabilities. It would be a
> really bad situation if they get government contracts. There are a lot of
> scams out there were companies say they do accessibility testing but don't
> provide any evidence. Applause is well-known and several people I know
> recommended I apply for a job there. This was my first interview experience
> with them and I liked the manager. He liked my skills and seemed prepared to
> hire me for freelance work. Do you have any suggestions? I haven't responded
> yet because I might want to take some kind of action but I want the action
> to be effective. Companies which do accessibility testing should be held to
> a high standard and involve people with disabilities in their workflow. This
> is generally the case. Some of the other accessibility testing firms I'm
> aware of like Deque, Level Access, and Siteimprove do have people with
> various disabilities doing accessibility testing. Let me know what you
> think.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dan
> 
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