Exploring the architecture of 'Deaf spaces'
fastcompany.com
MASS Design Group design director Jeffrey Mansfield recently won a $50,000 Disability Futures Fellowship to develop an archive of Deaf spaces. Here’s why that’s important for both the Deaf community and the built environment more broadly.
Why Your Phone’s Accessibility Options Are Useful for Everyone
nytimes.com
Many assume the “accessibility” features on our devices are helpful only to those with visual or hearing impairments, but they’re useful for everyone.
“Digital Accessibility” is another word for “empathy”
uxdesign.cc
2020 happened shook the world. We can’t solve all problems, but maybe now is the best time to be empathetic to people using our products?
One great reason to engage with people with disabilities in your product design
medium.com
It’s become something of a mantra to encourage inclusive design that successful products and services are based upon “Design for all” or “Universal design”. In many cases, the argument is compelling and straightforward. There are many millions of disabled people in the world, and they have immense spending power, if your design and products are not accessible, they will not buy them. Additionally, the argument will expand to include how accessible products are more manageable for everyone to use, and people like products that are easy to use and intuitive. In these scenarios, the case for inclusive design is based upon an increased market and ease of access.
Apple And Gallaudet University Team Up To Put Deaf-Friendly Businesses On The Map: Literally
diverseabilitymagazine.com
Apple and Gallaudet University are breaking ground by exploring how Apple Maps can better serve Deaf travelers.
Mindset Matters: Witnessing A New Relationship For Business And Disability
forbes.com
This column continues a sequence of ideas that focus on how the relationship between disability and business is multifaceted and nuanced. It is imperative to look beyond employment related issues and see the power of relationships help the growth of various business sectors.
10 ways to build a business case for digital accessibility
abilitynet.org.uk
Lawsuits Over Digital Accessibility for People With Disabilities Are Rising
wsj.com
The number of U.S. lawsuits alleging that websites, apps and digital videos were inaccessible to people with disabilities rose 64% in the first half of 2021 from a year earlier, a new report says.
Why UX (and Not Developers) Should Drive Accessibility
convergeaccessibility.com
The reason why most organizations fail at accessibility is because they don't focus on UX. That may not seem startling until you realize exactly what I'm saying. You'll find plenty of people who will tell you that UX should be a part of good accessible design-- and those same people will then give you a random laundry list of best practices for what UX designers should do to facilitate accessibility. I'm saying something quite a bit different; instead, I'm saying that UX needs to be the primary driver if you really want to achieve web accessibility.
5 Ways To Avoid An Accessibility Fail
forbes.com
Accessibility fails are avoidable, but it takes work. Crossing your fingers and hoping nobody notices won’t do it.
Usablenet - 15 Web Accessibility Facts Every Company Should Know
blog.usablenet.com
This blog reviews facts about web accessibility that every company should know.
HTML: A good basis for accessibility
developer.mozilla.org
You should now be well-versed in writing accessible HTML for most occasions. Our WAI-ARIA basics article will help to fill gaps in this knowledge, but this article has taken care of the basics. Next up we'll explore CSS and JavaScript, and how accessibility is affected by their good or bad use.
Is attention span the last of the accessibility boxes to be ticked?
blog.cdsds.uk
Micro and passive learning – the method of providing short, focused pieces of content which people can engage with in a flexible way.
Instagram Says Auto Captions for Feed Posts are Coming Soon
socialmediatoday.com
The option will give users more ways to maximize accessibility with their IG updates.
Facebook's Workplace brings new features on its platform for better accessibility
edexlive.com
Workplace has kept its commitment to updating and introducing varied employee engagement tool kits on a monthly basis, the platform said in a statement.
Introducing dyslexia mode - a new reading option for diginomica content
diginomica.com
Dyslexic diginomica - our latest accessibility innovation.
Quad Gods Of Gaming
newmobility.com
A group of disabled friends in New York is capitalizing on the competitive online video gaming boom and has its eyes on a possible Olympic future.
Empowering All Abilities of Gamers
sie.com
Recognizing our diverse community of players, developers, employees and experts focused on delivering exceptional gaming experiences to all.
Gamers Forge Their Own Paths When It Comes to Accessibility
wired.com
Players with disabilities and chronic illnesses haven't waited around for console manufacturers to look their way. Here's how far we've come—and how far we have to go.
Xbox Accessibility: The Importance of “Day One” Inclusive Design
3playmedia.com
With their commitment to “day one” accessibility, Xbox is setting the stage for a more inclusive gaming industry.
Intel studies disabled gamers to help make future products more accessible
calcalistech.com
As Intel pivots from chip-making to more consumer-facing technology, two researchers zoom in on a niche, but revealing community.
'Hugely important’: Disability charities back electric charging accessibility standards
express.co.uk
A leading charity for disabled drivers has praised the government on their decision to develop accessibility standards for electric vehicle charging points.
Advocate says ArriveCAN app technology is not accessible for blind Canadians
toronto.citynews.ca
The CNIB says the federal government's new ArriveCAN travel app is inaccessible to some Canadians with disabilities.
Global cities still falling short on governance of smart city tech: report
smartcitiesdive.com
As many localities adopt new technologies, they often lack basic governance policies around data privacy, accessibility and cybersecurity, according to a World Economic Forum report.
United Airlines Redesigns Mobile App To Be More Accessible for People With Visual Disabilities
csrwire.com
United Airlines today launches a redesigned version of its mobile app, with new enhancements intended to make travel easier for people with visual disabilities.
Vizling: app to make comics accessible to blind readers
kansas.com
“This is something that blind, visually impaired, and fully sighted users could really get a lot out of,” DeFrain said.
Unlocking AI’s Potential for Social Good
hbr.org
Three actions policymakers and business leaders can take today.
How to Start an Accessibility Movement at Your Museum
aam-us.org
Think back to a childhood trip to a museum, aquarium, or historic home. Chances are the first thing you heard was a directive: “Hands in pockets and do not touch anything.” Today, we still see similar interactions in museums between adults and little ones. Watching this, I sometimes wonder, why do we restrict enjoyment from learning, and how does this impact those who learn differently? How can we assure all patrons can participate and enjoy programs and exhibitions? By relaxing the strict environment within viable reason, making learning accessible on numerous levels, and striving for joy, museums can promote themselves as spaces of accessibility, understanding, and safety.
Disability Pride Month
brainlessblogger.net
In 2015, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio declared July as Disability Pride Month to celebrate the ADA’s 25th anniversary. Disability Pride Month commemorates the passage of the ADA (Americans with Disability Act) and promotes visibility and positive awareness, acceptance, and recognition, and educates others on being an ally. It’s also about reminding everyone that people with disabilities matter and they have the same values and rights as non-disabled people.
5 Books to Read During Disability Pride Month
themighty.com
These five young adult novels feature characters with disabilities and are perfect to read during Disability Pride Month.
Becoming at home in my body: Disability Pride Month reflections
medium.com
July is Disability Pride Month, and I want to share a bit about my disability as it is a part of my identity that I’ve struggled with the most. This past year, I’ve been doing the work to undo years of internalized ableism and learn to love my left arm. I’ve proudly experienced a tremendous amount of healing in my relationship with my body. I want to share some of my reflections while recognizing that I can’t capture all the nuances of my experience as a woman of color with a disability in one essay.
The thoughts and realisations that helped me have pride in my disability
lifeofablindgirl.com
July is Disability Pride Month –a chance to share the love, joy and pride many of us feel towards our disability, and what it means to be a disabled person. It gives us the opportunity to celebrate our disabilities in all their glory. Not forgetting the fact that it also goes some way in helping to educate society and tackle stigmas surrounding disability.
Tech Companies: Focus on fixing the Infrastructure, not Disability
theunwritten.co.uk
It’s like an ableist version of Groundhog Day. Except instead of Bill Murray as a disgruntled weatherman, it’s a young spectacled 20-something in a chequered shirt telling you how the seventh pair of sign language gloves “really is the one this time, folks!”
Startups aren’t doing enough to support employees with disabilities
sifted.eu
But there are small things every company can do to make their workplaces more accessible.
What Richard Branson and his critics both get wrong about equal access to space
washingtonpost.com
But everyone needs to have their basic needs met if they're to share in the wider universe.
Disabling Utopia to Save It
thenation.com
Society can benefit from conjuring worlds that model diversity and inclusion.
Deaf-Blind Athlete Quits Team USA After She's Told She Can't Bring A Care Assistant
npr.org
Becca Meyers is a star for the U.S. Paralympic swim team. But she won't be in Tokyo, after being told her mother, who acts as her personal care assistant, can't join her.
Human Resources Concerns: Accessibility of Job Sites
blog.tenon.io
One of the most impactful ways that we can work towards achieving total accessibility on the Web is by improving employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The online job application process should ensure ease of use and comprehension for all of your applicants. Website accessibility policies should always extend to your career pages, application forms, and the like.
Ableist Language To Avoid And Acceptable Alternatives
therollingexplorer.com
Lame is a very offensive term to the disability community no matter what context you use it in. Learn more on this and other ableist language.
Avoid Negative Language Like ‘Suffers From’ When Discussing Disability
themighty.com
"Phrases like 'suffers from' make me feel like I'm supposed to have a negative relationship with how my conditions affect my life experience."
10 Things I Want You to Know This Disability Pride Month
themighty.com
"I don't need your sympathy, I need your acceptance."
Don’t judge. Not all wheelchair users are paralysed
criphumanimal.org
I’ve been sporadically using a wheelchair since a couple of years. Because of Ankylosing Spondylitis (a type of arthritis), I cannot stand up for long periods of time or walk long distances.
When people only see my disability charity eclipses identity
urevolution.com
When people only see my disability they assume they can treat me in a way they would never treat another stranger.
“Just because I’m a wheelchair user, please don’t assume I don’t drink”
stylist.co.uk
When wheelchair user Meg Fozzard ordered a cocktail at a bar and was served a mocktail instead, she tweeted about her experience and found she was not alone.
IPC launches doping control guide for testing athletes with disabilities
disabilityinsider.com
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has launched the Doping Control Guide for Testing Athletes in Para Sport to assist anti-doping organisations and those working out in the field, collecting samples from Para athletes for anti-doping purposes ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Making Sense Of Conflicting Messages About Disability
forbes.com
The key to understanding conflicting disability messages is to recognize that they usually aren’t contradictory at all.
Erin Gilmer, Disability Rights Activist, Dies at 38
nytimes.com
She fought for a more compassionate health care system, bringing an extensive knowledge of policy and even more extensive firsthand experience as a patient.
Getting dressed with help from robots
techxplore.com
Basic safety needs in the paleolithic era have largely evolved with the onset of the industrial and cognitive revolutions. We interact a little less with raw materials, and interface a little more with machines.
What It Was Like When My Power Wheelchair Broke Down
themighty.com
"I realized just how important it was to me, and why I'm so grateful to have it."
TikTok Model Says Delta Broke Her Wheelchair Irreparably
dailydot.com
In a TikTok, model and disability advocate Bri Scaleese said that Delta Airlines broke her wheelchair and that it's now irreparable.
My life as a CODA in a large deaf family
limpingchicken.com
I recently saw a BSL Zone documentary which showed a young CODA helping her sister at her rugby training class by communicating for her. This documentary really reminded me of my own life growing up and I felt compelled to finally put my thoughts down about being a CODA.
Finding The Balance Between Positivity & Reality As A Disabled Person
disabilityhorizons.com
Holly, a visually impaired blogger, examines how she finds the balance between sharing the positivity and reality as a disabled person.
A lesson in vision impairment
disabilitytalk.co.uk
We learn about sixteenth century monarchy, we analyse and annotate classic literature, we decode the complexity of algebra… But where does life’s realities slot into the equation?
When I’m ‘Caught in the Act’ of Having a Learning Disability
themighty.com
Michelle Steiner discusses times when her learning disabilities become noticeable to others and she feels "caught in the act."
‘Never apologise for being you’: celebrities’ letters to their teenage selves
theguardian.com
Don’t buy the pink wheelchair – but do eat your greens (and some pizza too). Comedians, musicians, athletes, writers and mathematicians with disabilities or lifelong health conditions on what they wish they’d known growing up.
Our dad is on wheels
theguardian.com
My worry is always that people will see the wheelchair and not me. But to my daughters, I’m just their dad.
Enough with the Ableist Worship of Frida Kahlo
hyperallergic.com
Emily Rapp Black’s new book cuts though self-serving interpretations of disabled bodies like Kahlo’s, which have long emphasized the comfort or pleasure of others.
We Move Together: Interview with Kelly Fritsch
disabilityvisibilityproject.com
We Move Together is a joyful new children’s book about disability community and culture. In conversation with one of the books’ co-authors, Kelly Fritsch, we discuss COVID-19, children’s literature, and disability justice in Canada.
Early audio description – St Dunstan’s 1917
audiodescriptionau.com.au
We have recently been alerted to another early example of audio description, this time at St. Dunstan’s Home for the Blind in Brighton, East Sussex in the UK.
Scottish 7-part radio series discusses challenges faced by blind musicians around the world
disabilityinsider.com
Sally Clay, Scotland’s first blind theatre musical director, recalled being refused entry to a nightclub because her cane was “too dangerous.”
I'm Visually Disabled, And I Want to Show You How Life Looks Through My Eyes
nytimes.com
A filmmaker devises a few experiments to help his family experience his disability — and show how a little imagination can make us all more empathetic.
‘You don’t have to be disabled to write about disability, but you’d better get it right’
theguardian.com
A poetry collection by Raymond Antrobus, a coming-of-age novel by Adam Mars-Jones … the novelist and wheelchair user celebrates the writers who have captured the disabled experience.
10 TikTok Creators You Should Follow This Disability Pride Month
verywellhealth.com
During the month of July, many TikTok creators are using their platforms to celebrate Disability Pride Month.
What is Art Worth to a Blind Painter?
blindnewworld.org
What is art worth to a blind painter? Kimberley Burrows, whose artistic voice has evolved with her sight loss, shares why she paints even if she can't see.
Ford and Mellon Foundations Expand Initiative for Disabled Artists
nytimes.com
The foundations are adding $5 million to the Disability Futures program, which will continue through 2025 with two more classes of 20 fellows each.
Seeing the unseen: Experiencing a nonvisible disability
dailycal.org
Sharing this story allows me to bring some guidance regarding what everyone can do to more inclusively interact with those who experience nonvisible disabilities, enabling them to feel more genuinely seen, heard and supported.
Why Don’t More People Know Harriet Tubman Was Disabled?
rootedinrights.org
America tends to minimize or alter the contributions of Black people in its history. George Washington Carver didn’t invent peanut butter; he was a prominent scientist that changed the way farmers work with crops. Martin Luther King Jr. is hailed as an advocate for peace and integration. Still, he became more radicalized right before he was assassinated, regretting integration without addressing the problems of class in America. And one of America’s most hailed Black heroes is Harriet Tubman. Tubman’s legacy has recently come into the picture because the Biden administration announced earlier this year plans to move forward with putting her face on the $20 bill. She was both a revered and reviled abolitionist and successful conductor of the Underground Railroad, concluding at least 13 trips before she died. One key point that is all too often left out of Tubman’s narrative is that she was disabled.
Federal Laws Discriminate Against Disabled Community
refinery29.com
Disabled people can be paid less and forced into poverty.
CommunicationFIRST Joins ACLU Amicus Brief in Britney Spears Conservatorship Case
communicationfirst.org
CommunicationFIRST is pleased to announce it has joined other civil and disability rights groups in filing a brief led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Britney Spears' conservatorship case.
Britney Spears’s Conservatorship and the Harm of “For Your Own Good”
catapult.co
What’s terrifying about Spears’s situation, for a certain kind of disabled person, is that we are a razor’s edge away from joining her.
The Eugenics Movement Paved the Way for Britney Spears’s Forced IUD
bitchmedia.org
The history of forced sterilization of disabled communities has been hidden for too long, but stories like Britney Spears’ allow us the opportunity to educate and liberate.
Britney Spears and Jenny Hatch both lost freedom. One got it back.
washingtonpost.com
Britney Spears is a pop star. Jenny Hatch has Down syndrome. Both got the nation to look closer at guardianship.
It’s time to stop excluding disabled scientists
rsc.org
Science and society are not built to welcome disabled people – and that’s a fault that we have to start fixing.
Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia
policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia - Strategies for Inclusion in Higher Education; Embedded in personal experiences, this collection explores ableism in academia. Through theoretical lenses including autobiography, autoethnography, embodiment, body work and emotional labour, contributors explore being ‘othered’ in academia and provide practical examples to develop inclusive universities and a less ableist environment.
How Ableist Federal Laws Allow Discrimination Against The Disabled Community
finance.yahoo.com
Eighty-three years ago, then-president Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act. By many accounts, the FLSA was groundbreaking. It established the minimum wage, overtime rules, child labor standards, and formal workplace record keeping — which are all great things. Yet it also created a legal loophole that resulted in the authorization of section 14(c), permitting employers to pay a certain class of disabled workers a subminimum wage.
Podcast: "Included": Disability and Aging with Dignity
included.libsyn.com
Sarah Szanton is the professor for health equity and social justice and director of the Center for Innovative Care in Aging at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. In this episode, Dr. Szanton describes her innovative model, Community Aging in Place—Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE), which combines multifactorial interventions focused on helping people age with dignity and independence at home. Dr. Szanton discusses how we can take public health from an epidemiologic inference to the clinical trial level before reaching an effective policy approach and, finally a cost-effective benefit.
‘A Special Sadness’: Floods Bring Death to a German Care Home
nytimes.com
Given no warning and trapped by fast-rising waters, 12 disabled residents of a care home drowned before aid could arrive, shaking Germans everywhere.
How to make online information about the heat more accessible for the visually impaired
kivitv.com
We get a lot of information online, including important things about the weather--like how to tell the difference between heat stroke and heat exhaustion--but how accessible is that information for individuals who are blind?
In California wildfires, disabled people may be left behind
sf.curbed.com
"Our lives are at stake and thoughts and prayers are not enough"
FCC Reminds Providers to Issue Accessible Emergency Alerts
fcc.gov
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau reminds Video and Participating Commercial Mobile Service providers that they must adhere to rules that enable individuals to have full access to alert content.
The Echo of Polio Could Affect Hundreds of Thousands
aarp.org
Survivors of the terrifying childhood disease from the 1950s are at risk for post-polio syndrome. But doctors may be unprepared to recognize symptoms.
Americans With Long Covid, Disabilities Left Behind as Country Reopens
newrepublic.com
For people with compromised immune systems, “long Covid,” and other disabilities, the pandemic doesn’t end with vaccination.
The US health care system will be worse after the Covid-19 pandemic
vox.com
Covid-19 put American health care even further behind other wealthy nations.
Freedom Day leaves disabled people scared and isolated as 'just 2%' feel safe
mirror.co.uk
Members of the disabled community in England fear 'everyone is over coronavirus' and are willing to put the lives of the extremely vulnerable on the line.
Not My Freedom
touretteshero.com
In 2014 the BBC asked me what my image of freedom was – I chose my wheelchair because it gives me independent mobility and a lot of joy. Right now though, I know much more about what freedom doesn’t look like: the lifting of all the restrictions put in place to help kerb the spread of COVID-19.
Ministers are forcing vulnerable people to shield again – with no support this time
theguardian.com
By advising ‘personal responsibility’ to fight Covid, the government is putting all the responsibility on those at high risk, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan.
End to Covid rules for England ‘leaves 3.8m vulnerable people feeling abandoned’
theguardian.com
Charities warn that shift on 19 July to personal choice on virus precautions instilling fear in many most at risk.
People with learning disabilities in England ‘have eight times Covid death rate’
theguardian.com
Study found patients with Down’s syndrome and other major conditions much more vulnerable than general population.