UMTF Personas’ Needs

IT Employee Concerned with Inaccessible User Faces:

Jill Hunt, is having difficulty doing payroll and education because these software applications aren't accessible. She asks, “How do I talk to my boss to get my needs met. I need something an easily understood source for the benefits of making the corporation internal web sites accessible.”

Disability Commissioner is Concerned with Pod Casting Barriers

In a city government Mike Friend, is leading the Deaf members of the Mayor's disability task force is trying to get more media access for the deaf community. How do I get the convince the city to disseminate accessible pod casts of city events? How can I participate on this commission given that many city resources, including training materials, are inaccessible to me?

Director of Advocacy Organization for Concerns of Individuals with Blindness

Bendt Bjorner, I accommodated to my disability before there was a web. I know accessibility is important, but the technology is hard for me to work. I want to advocate for this, and represent my organization well in meetings with government and other disability advocacy groups, but I think I look foolish by not knowing something important. That would present my organization in a favorable light.

Expert on Architectural Barriers

Janet Mortimer directs a national effort to make all new construction "visitable" by people in wheel chairs and almost incidentally must use the Web as her main medium of disseminating information.

I am comfortable with architectural diagrams and engineering specifications, so web accessibility shouldn’t be that difficult. Where can I find a guide to get moving on the web accessibility front? Also, I want to use the web to connect with my constituents how do I make my own site accessible.