Re: Quick question: We have UX, can we call Accessibility AX?

Sharron,

Good point, I think it might be confusing.

Additionally, though, here is a concern that I have. I continue to 
sometimes hear accessibility portrayed as a negative thing, and I've 
noticed that sometimes people feed off of even minor hints of 
negativity. So I don't know if "AX" might also be turned into a negative 
message by some people.

And while "A11y" can invite typos or initially be harder to understand, 
there is substantial use of it across the field already.

Best,

- Judy

On 2/7/2020 11:35 AM, Sharron Rush wrote:
> And there is this use of AXE but not sure if it would be confusing: 
> https://www.deque.com/axe/
>
> On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 1:31 AM Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org 
> <mailto:shadi@w3.org>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Brad,
>
>     Thanks for the feedback. Actually the term "AX" does occassionally
>     get
>     used in the field but I'm not sure who coined it and how
>     widespread it
>     is. Another term that is sometimes used is "a11y". Anyway, definitely
>     something to keep tracking!
>
>     Best,
>        Shadi
>
>
>     On 07/02/2020 01:55, Brad Jeffery wrote:
>     > Hi Shardi,
>     >
>     > At my work I recently coined AX to be used instead of having to
>     write
>     > accessibility (It's a, challenging, word to type ;)).
>     >
>     > I think User Experience became cool partly because of the
>     moniker UX.
>     >
>     > I wonder if your work could be made much cooler (not that it
>     isn't) by
>     > the adoption of 'AX'.
>     >
>     > Just a thought.
>     >
>     > Keep up the good work.
>     >
>     > Cheers,
>     >
>     > Brad Jeffery
>     >
>
>     -- 
>     Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
>     Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist
>     Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
>     World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
>
>
>
> -- 
> Sharron Rush | Executive Director | Knowbility.org | @knowbility
> /Equal access to technology for people with disabilities/

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