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I feel as if all I post here anymore are complaints, but it is just one of those years. Last week I had a really painful arthritis flare up in my right hip, which is a new thing, and my GP basically said, Let's wait and see if it goes away, despite my trying to explain about how much pain I was in. She recommended taking ibuprofen, because, hey, I never thought of trying that on my own, as it didn't help at all. I've ordered a mattress topper, in hopes that that might at least make it less painful to lie in bed. Also: lavender-infused mattress topper, ooooo.

Anyway, while at the health clinic, I asked for a code so I could log onto the online healthcare Website that allows for tracking appointments and communicating with doctors, only to find out once I tried logging in that it seems to be totally inaccessible. I mean, all I can find for my screen reader to read is the copyright info from the company who made the software--good to know they prioritized the important things.

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j00j

*nod* yeah, there's no reason for this stuff not to be accessible via any screenreader in any browser. I don't work in web development anymore but I try to keep up since inevitably I wind up on projects where no one is thinking about this stuff. At least I haven't uttered the phrase "we need to get sued" lately. One of my last jobs had to come damn near close for them to deal with their enormous pile of faculty-created inaccessible course content.

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kestrell

I forget whih technology I was looking into recently, but I came across a National Federation for the Blind survey which is currently open and tracking statistics and consumer satisfaction, and I said to myself, Yes, there is the next NFB lawsuit in the making.