Hi, I’m Gemma and I’m a psychology major, an editor of this blog (sometimes), and a disabled person as well as a disability advocate.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities – Special Post

Hi, I’m Gemma and I’m a psychology major, an editor of this blog (sometimes), and a disabled person as well as a disability advocate.
When I’m testing, I am usually testing on two main things: keyboard-based navigation and screen readers. Some screen readers change the functions on a keyboard or the tap interface of mobile devices and there’s a lot of variation in how all of these work.
I think one of the hardest mental leaps to make in accessibility is wrapping your head around how different people interact with digital products we all use every day.
The CPACC gives you all of the information and perspective you need to be able to have really solid conversations with different folks about disability concepts.
At the tail end of 2023, I achieved a task I’ve spent the last 6ish months slowly working towards – I passed my Trusted Tester final exam!
An Ode to Percy Jackson “Mommy! Guess what? Percy Jackson has ADHD, too!” …and so began an epic family fandom of all things Rick Riordan I read the first set of books with my then eight-year-old (she was a voracious reader and still is) and read them again in audiobook format when my younger daughter…
A tracking pixel is an important part of our email marketing campaigns. When a tracking pixel is loaded, it signifies that the email has been opened. So, I think we’re trying to determine if screen reader users can be included in tracking pixel data.
How you perceive or think about disability is important because how you think about disability changes what you *do* about disability, directly impacting the lives of people with disabilities.
One of the things that I found critical in my early years as an advocate for my kids was learning about the Disability Rights Movement. It seems abstract I guess, but the way it came about for my family was pretty specific. This starts with a story…
Wow, I’m on the plane home after an eventful week at Litmus Live and I’m so excited about some of the great sessions I attended. I feel the best use of my restless mind while crammed in a tin can going 500 mph is to reflect on my time there.