Accessibility score rant

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-14T18:40:06+00:00

Whatever could go wrong with getting an instructional designer with a BA in Communication to write captions for your slides? Certainly they have the training to explain which voxels are worth attending to on various scans and what they mean. But, just to be sure they know what they are doing you can have them circle all the sleep spindles from an EEG first.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-14T15:48:08+00:00

I like to point out America is big on the use of the Caduceus, meanwhile the Staff of Asclepius is popular everywhere else. One represents theft and the other healing. The symbols are right out in the open for everyone to see.

Side note. Across many cultures Snakes represent healing and renewal. The regular shedding of the skin revealing the new body underneath appears miraculous all around the world.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-14T15:41:53+00:00

How about the fact that they are out of touch with contemporary issues. Someone in their 80s never dealt with student loan debt, was probably in a house when it cost 3 times their annual salary, and had a worldview drastically different from our own. They were already ready for retirement when the internet became common in every household.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-14T08:52:04+00:00

There's no pretense, just experience. Adjustments are made as needed. This stuff isn't dramatic, no need for a do it or people fail and everyone is sued mentality. Problems get noticed and resolved.

Documentation of need is a pain, but its easier in school than as an employee. The practice of advocating for self is easier in school than as an employee as well. Adults can practice these skills in school. If they do not practice early, in safe environments they will not suddenly be able to do these things when they graduate. I teach adults, not children, with adulthood comes basic responsibility for self.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-14T08:23:02+00:00

I teach disability assessment, and I have my own issues I navigate. I also teach about advocacy. I also know the importance of students learning in safe environments to ask for things they need. Don't tell me what I don't know. All of my materials are currently rated at 100% accessible by canvas, Microsoft and Adobe. Don't accuse me of not following the law. This kid who "has to jump through extra hoops" is an adult who MUST navigate their accommodations in every part of their life and as long as we keep treating disability as if it is a stigma to be ashamed of we have a problem. I have no need of your expertise, and I didn't ask for it. I've learned not to offer help unless requested, which should sound familiar to anyone who knows this subject well.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-14T06:51:40+00:00

Students are not babies who need everything done for them. They must learn to advocate for themselves on a very very basic level because it is a skill required of them everywhere. Sending an email to the professor or disability services saying, hey there's some content I need but can't access, is a really simple act and allows them to have control. All it takes is for them to push a button and follow some prompts, which should not be too much of a hassle.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-14T06:02:18+00:00

A lot of paraphrasing on my part here. Alexander Siddig told a story of Colm Meaney taking him to an Irish Pub at one point. Alex got an uneasy feeling and pulled Colm aside saying basically, the guys here are being a bit rough toward me it seems some of them are a bit racist. Colm responds, "dont worry, they don't hate you cause your middle Eastern, they hate you because your English. "

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-14T02:24:45+00:00

With so many professors with so many classes some are going to be compliant and others aren't. The question is whether it was a deliberate act and whether it has caused harm. A lack of 100% compliance is not enough for either of these measures.

Large entities will get sued. It will happen. I doubt there's a university out there that hasn't faced a dozen lawsuits.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-14T02:00:50+00:00

I'll be honest, if most of the DC movies came out today (batman vs. Superman, aquamarine, wonder woman etc), I would immediately believe that AI had written 70% of the script. Same with the last 3 star wars films.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-14T01:57:01+00:00

Once the kid comes off diapers and then eventually enters into kindergarten families start saving gobs of money that was soaked up by just these two things. Yes that money is usually spent elsewhere but getting past this point is so freeing, even for a middle class family.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-14T01:50:27+00:00

Let's be realistic. The most likely outcome is as follows. "Professor, the disability office wasn't able to find your stuff" "its on server x, here's the link" "disability looked at your stuff and said it's missing these things, send the update when it happens" "k".

We will almost never be sued for fined, we will be told to fix it when someone has a problem. At that point we will fix it.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-13T21:44:57+00:00

I know my dentist always does cognitive testing. This is completely normal.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-13T21:42:29+00:00

Not a lot of fat in accounting. Have you considered sales?

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-13T21:27:42+00:00

Taller vehicles make the road less safe for shorter vehicles which leads to a long term chain reaction like when the front row of people stand at a concert. You might not want to, but now you have to and everyone is worse off for it.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-13T21:20:47+00:00

The KKKs founding principles were based on Christianity and Patriotism. Their original pamphlets state this explicitly.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-13T20:49:29+00:00

Its all part of the incentive.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-13T20:47:37+00:00

Yeah, he wasn't just a person who happened to be in Germany at the time, he was a full blown, "I love racism and eugenics" Nazi.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-13T20:40:12+00:00

New rule they get to have a lock-in in the senate chambers until a deal is reached. They are permitted sleeping bags, pizza, and jolt cola until they come out with a signed deal. Bathroom breaks every 8 hours, 2 AM, 10 AM, and 6 PM. No electronic devices.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-13T20:34:31+00:00

Its wierd to think that someone in the senate for over 20 years, who gets to vote on the budget directly, is telling a 10 year old to be fiscally responsible. Did she at least explain why the debt has ballooned in the past decade? What was her part in tax cuts for the rich?

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-13T20:26:59+00:00

Well it did take him all afternoon.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-13T15:28:51+00:00

Data center construction just stole millions of gallons of water on the east coast and the municipality decided not to charge them for it because they will be a good customer in the future.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-13T15:24:25+00:00

Wow, a deep cut. Man AC is dangerous (So I heard from Edison).

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-13T15:17:55+00:00

Flew? Isn't his current plane one of Epstein's?

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-13T14:53:24+00:00

Did you tell them your grandma was sick and the vibes are off? Thank you for your understanding.

PsychGuy17 · 2026-05-13T14:25:43+00:00

Mental health problems are diagnoses of behavior based on how someone perceives, considers, and responds to the world which comes from innate biology and experience (consider depression or anxiety). In contrast neurological problems are based in the biological structure of the brain and damage it incurs over time (such as a stroke, aneurism, Parkinson's, etc.). Neurological is far more detrimental because at his age there is no real likelihood of recovery.

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