{"id":46164,"date":"2018-05-04T04:19:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T11:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/using-low-vision-as-my-tool-to-help-me-teach-wordpress\/"},"modified":"2018-05-04T04:19:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T11:19:52","slug":"using-low-vision-as-my-tool-to-help-me-teach-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/using-low-vision-as-my-tool-to-help-me-teach-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Low Vision As My Tool To Help Me Teach WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/2018\/05\/using-low-vision-teach-wordpress\/\"><title>Using Low Vision As My Tool To Help Me Teach WordPress<\/title><\/p>\n<article>\n<header>\n<h1>Using Low Vision As My Tool To Help Me Teach WordPress<\/h1>\n<address>Bud Kraus<\/address>\n<p>                  <time datetime=\"2018-05-03T14:00:32+02:00\">2018-05-03T14:00:32+02:00<\/time><time datetime=\"2018-05-04T09:06:01+00:00\">2018-05-04T09:06:01+00:00<\/time><\/header>\n<p>When I say that I see things in a different way, I\u2019m not kidding. It\u2019s literally true.<\/p>\n<p>For almost 30 years, I\u2019ve lived my life with macular degeneration, a destruction of my central vision. It is the leading cause of legal blindness in the United States and I\u2019m one of those statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Macular degeneration is a malady of old age. I see the world much as a very old person does. You could say that I am \u201chard of seeing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since my condition is present in both eyes, there is no escape. Facial recognition, driving (looking forward to driverless cars), reading, and watching movies  or TV are difficult or impossible tasks for me.<\/p>\n<p>Since my peripheral vision is intact, I have no problem moving about without bumping into things. In fact, if you met me you would not immediately know that I have a serious vision impairment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharing this is not easy<\/strong>. It\u2019s not just that I don\u2019t want to be branded as that blind WordPress guy or to have people feel sorry for me. I don\u2019t like to discuss it because I find it is as interesting as discussing my right-handedness. Besides, I\u2019m hardly the only person who has a disability or illness. Many people have conditions which are far worse than mine.<\/p>\n<p>I have discovered that for most people technology makes things <em>easier<\/em>. For others, like me, it makes things <em>possible<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I focus on what I <em>can<\/em> do, not what I <em>can\u2019t<\/em> do. Then I figure out a way to do it better than anyone else. I use what I have learned from my disability as a tool to help me communicate.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone works with WordPress differently.  Me, even more so. Here are some of the adjustments I\u2019ve made as a WordPress instructor and site developer.<\/p>\n<aside data-audience=\"non-subscriber\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Getting the process <em>just<\/em> right ain&#8217;t an easy task. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;ve set up <strong>&#8216;this-is-how-I-work&#8217;-sessions<\/strong> \u2014 with smart cookies sharing what works really well for them. A part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/membership\/\">Smashing Membership<\/a>, of course.<\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/membership\/\"><br \/>\n        Explore features\u00a0?<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<div>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/membership\/\"><\/p>\n<div>\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/images\/smashing-cat\/cat-scubadiving-panel.svg\" alt=\"Smashing TV, with live sessions for professional designers and developers.\" width=\"310\" height=\"400\"><\/div>\n<p>      <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div>\n<h3>1. How I Do It: Zoom\/Talk\/Touch<\/h3>\n<p>Let me show you how I really work with WordPress as I zoom in and out and let the machine talk to me.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>What you don\u2019t see here is how I use space and touch to know where objects are on a screen. It\u2019s easy to understand this for mobile devices, but the same is true \u2014 especially for me \u2014 when it comes to knowing how far I need to move the mouse to do something. When a major change takes place on a site or in the WP Admin, it takes me time to re-orient myself to a new UI.<\/p>\n<p>My visual impairment has improved my sense of touch for everything including finding and interacting with screen objects.<\/p>\n<h3>2. I\u2019m Prepared<\/h3>\n<p>I can\u2019t wing it. When I teach in class or do a presentation I need to know exactly what I\u2019m going to say because I can\u2019t read notes about what I will demonstrate.  I need to have order.<\/p>\n<p>The same holds true for working with clients or doing live webinars. Everything I do is structured.<\/p>\n<p>I think of stories that have a beginning, middle, and end. When I teach or speak in public, I take you on a journey. I know where I will start, where I will finish, and how I got there.<\/p>\n<p>Being a prep freak has made me better at everything I do.<\/p>\n<h3>3. I Recognize Patterns<\/h3>\n<p>Since I can recognize consistent shapes, I learned how to teach and use HTML and CSS. But a deep understanding of languages like Javascript and PHP are just out of my range because they are free-form and unpredictable.<\/p>\n<div data-impression=\"true\" data-audience=\"non-subscriber\" data-remove=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p>Take HTML. Its hallmark is that it is a symmetrical, containerized markup system. Open tags usually need to be closed. The pattern is simple and easy for me to recognize:<\/p>\n<pre><code><tag>Some Text Here<\/tag><\/code><\/pre>\n<p>CSS is much the same. Its very predictable pattern make it possible for me to teach and use it. For example:<\/p>\n<pre><code>selector\n\n{style-property:value;}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Think of it this way. I can read most fonts on a screen given proper illumination and magnification. Handwriting \u2014 which is so unpredictable \u2014 is impossible to read.<\/p>\n<p>My abilities give me just enough skill to create WordPress child themes.<\/p>\n<p>Since vision and memory are so closely connected, you could say I have a memory disability more than any other. Pattern recognition \u2014 an aid to memory \u2014 makes it possible to work with things like code.<\/p>\n<h3>4. A Little Help From My Friends<\/h3>\n<p>If I need it, I get assistance. If a class size is large enough, I\u2019ll get someone to sit with a student who needs attention.  If I do a presentation with a laptop \u2014 something I have a hard time with \u2014 I\u2019ll have someone work the laptop. When I need someone to spell check and work over my words, I have a friend that does that too.<\/p>\n<h3>5. WordPress \u2014 More Than Alt Tags<\/h3>\n<p>You\u2019d think that, given my disability, I\u2019d be an expert on accessible web design. I\u2019m not. However, 16 years ago when user agents and assistive technologies were more hope than reality, I taught classes at Pratt Institute in New York City on design which worked for the greatest number of people on the greatest number of devices.<\/p>\n<p>Sound familiar?<\/p>\n<p>To be sure, WordPress has a lot of built-in accessibility awareness, either in its core or because of its enlightened plugin and theme developers. It has an active group, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/\">Make WordPress Accessible<\/a>, that ensures WordPress is compliant with the WCAG 2.0 standards.<\/p>\n<p>While I stress the use of the Alt attribute (it\u2019s misunderstood as an SEO signal), I rarely discuss features such as keyboard shortcuts and tabindex. Though I\u2019m a stakeholder in ensuring that the WordPress admin is accessible, no one would mistake me for an expert in recognizing and knocking down all barriers to access in web design.<\/p>\n<h3>And What About Gutenberg?<\/h3>\n<p>WordPress will be rolling out its new content editor, Gutenberg, in 2018 replacing its well known but aging WP editor. It features a block editing system akin to what SquareSpace, WIX, and MailChimp use.<\/p>\n<p>Gutenberg has a cleaner, sleeker user interface. Many of the user options are hidden and appear only after certain mouse over actions occur. This doesn\u2019t seem to be much of an issue for me. What is distracting is that in certain instances the Gutenberg interface will cover up parts of the page copy.<\/p>\n<p>A bigger issue is how keyboard shortcuts will work. Beyond the needs of disability communities, many power users prefer shortcuts. Currently, many but not all of Gutenberg\u2019s functions are available as a shortcut. Equally troublesome, there are no indications of shortcuts in the menus or as tooltips. Nor is there any way to easily see all shortcuts in a single list.<\/p>\n<h3>7. Look Ma\u2019, No Script! Creating Videos For My Online WordPress Course<\/h3>\n<p>I need to memorize just about everything. While creating my training course, \u201cThe WP A To Z Series,\u201d I could not use a script for my screen capture videos. When creating videos I have to know the material cold. I try to make you wonder if I\u2019m reading when I\u2019m not. The result are videos that have a personal feeling to them which is what I wanted (and the only thing I could do).<\/p>\n<h3>8. I Never Use More Than I Need<\/h3>\n<p>If I need help \u2014 be it with tech or with a human \u2014 I ask for it. If I don\u2019t need it, I don\u2019t ask. I get and use as much help (human and tech) as I need and never more.<\/p>\n<p>Since I don\u2019t need JAWS, a popular screen reading program, I don\u2019t know JAWS. I don\u2019t need speech to text software, so I don\u2019t use Dragon Dictate.<\/p>\n<p>And that is the point.<\/p>\n<p>People with \u2014 or without \u2014 disabilities work with tech in ways that will help them accomplish tasks in the most efficient matter. If something is overkill, why use it?<\/p>\n<h3>My Way Is Probably A Lot Like Your Way \u2014 Or Is It?<\/h3>\n<p>Turns out, I use WordPress a lot like everyone without a disability uses it. At least I think so. Sure, I have to zoom in to see things and I don\u2019t care for radical changes in design. But, once I understand a UI, finding or manipulating things after a redesign is similar to the challenge a blind person faces in a room where the furniture has been moved or replaced.<\/p>\n<p>As you saw in my video, I need text to speech software to make it easier to understand what is on the screen. And zooming in and out is as common to me as a click is to everyone. All this takes a little more time but it\u2019s how I get things done.<\/p>\n<p>As you may have surmised \u2014 and what I can\u2019t stress enough \u2014 is that a disability is a very personal thing in more ways than one. The things I do in order to teach and work with WordPress are probably very different from what another person does who also has macular degeneration. 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