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    Defining Deficiencies: Hiring People without Accessibility Training

    When asked about implementing accessibility measures on a website project, many developers claim they haven’t...

    Digital Accessibility 3 min read

    How to Make Your Etsy Shop More Accessible

    If you run an Etsy shop, you are a business owner. Business owners should make shopping a welcoming experience for...
    Digital Accessibility 4 min read

    Multipurpose Design: Vision Impairment, ADHD, and Efficient Web Accessibility

    Most current accessibility features exist to address the needs of specific disabilities. This is positive because...
    Digital Accessibility 4 min read

    PDFs: A Major Barrier To Accessibility

    PDFs are everywhere. They're frequently used in the workplace because they make it easy to share documents....
    Digital Accessibility 4 min read

    What Are Best Practices for Creating Alt Text?

    Alt-text or alternative text is a short block of text used to describe images and other non-text content on a...
    Digital Accessibility 3 min read

    What Are Best Practices for Creating Alt Text?

    Alt-text or alternative text is a short block of text used to describe images and other non-text content on a...
    Digital Accessibility 3 min read

    Accessibility Barriers to Mental Health Services for Clients with Disabilities

    Accessing mental health care is challenging for many reasons, many of which are largely related to systemic...
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    Advocacy and Accessibility in Local Government

    The role of government is to keep citizens safe and provide essential services to ensure some type of quality of...
    Research and Stats 2 min read

    Advocacy and Independent Living: Removing Transportation Barriers

    Many people take transportation for granted; it’s just getting from A to B. But people with disabilities face many...
    Research and Stats 4 min read

    Advocacy and the Independent Living Movement: Removing Barriers to Education

    Access to education has long been intertwined with disability rights in the United States. The Independent Living...
    Education 4 min read
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    Do All Deaf People Use Sign Language?

    When you encounter someone who is deaf or hard-of-hearing, your first instinct may be to use your hands to communicate. Maybe you’re fluent in...

    Research and Stats 2 min read

    What Are Accessible Fonts?

    With text making up so much of the digital content that we consume, keeping it accessible is a crucial step in...
    Technology and Innovation 3 min read

    Accessibility Rules of Dressing, Fitting or Locker Rooms

    One simple way clothing stores, mall outlets, gyms and fitness boutiques can build loyalty with the one in four...
    Physical Accessibility 3 min read

    Do Small Businesses with Fewer Than 15 Employees Have to Be ADA Compliant?

    One in four U.S. adults – or 61 million Americans – has a disability. Each one of those is a potential employee,...
    Legal 3 min read

    ADA Requirements for Sales and Service Counters

    If your business requires a sales or service counter, it’s important to ensure the counter meets a set of...
    Physical Accessibility 2 min read

    The Verdict: Can Plaintiffs Make Money from ADA Lawsuits?

    The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990 to prohibit discrimination against people...
    Legal 3 min read

    Autism Representation in the Media — And How It Impacts Real Life

    In the past few years, autism has been in the media more than it ever has before. This is a very positive change —...
    Research and Stats 8 min read

    The History and Evolution of Disability Models

    A few decades ago, people who were diagnosed with a disability were pigeonholed into a category and often set on a...
    Research and Stats 5 min read

    Accommodating Employees with Fragrance Sensitivities

    An estimated 32.2 percent of the population experiences negative health effects from exposure to scented products....
    Employment 3 min read

    Examples of Autism Masking

    A while after I wrote my article about autism and masking, I was asked to pen the sequel you’re reading. It's...
    Research and Stats 3 min read