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    Celebrating National Engineer's Week

    February 20-26 marks National Engineers Week. The week of activities, primarily promoted by supporting...

    Research and Stats 3 min read

    Why Creating an Accessibility Policy Requires Understanding Disability History

    Signed in as policy on July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act is now celebrating its 32nd Anniversary....
    Advocacy 3 min read

    What it Means To Write The Book On Social Media Accessibility

    Alexa Heinrich isn’t afraid to be blunt about what companies need to do to create better accessibility on social...
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    Don’t Talk to Just the Interpreter

    No one likes being talked over or ignored. For people with disabilities, it’s a common occurrence. Still, at...
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    Why Disabled Athletes End Up Going to Court

    Imagine you’re in high school and you’ve found a way to compete on the varsity team all year. You feel included,...
    Students 3 min read

    Three Tools I Use for Accessibility

    It can be easy to feel like the only accessibility tools regularly in use are ones specifically targeted at those...
    Assistive Technology 3 min read

    WithYouWithMe Focuses on Upskilling Workers with Disabilities

    What do you get when you mix a mission rooted in the needs of veterans, neurodivergent people, and a tech sector...
    Human Resources 3 min read

    Diversability: Defining a new field with Tiffany Yu

    Some people are born with disabilities and others acquire them later in life. Tiffany Yu is an advocate within the...
    Advocacy 3 min read

    How One Miami Non-Profit Leader Teaches Political Candidates and Businesses about Digital Accessibility

    Virginia Jacko has been working in accessibility and advocacy for a long time. She’s been the president and CEO of...
    Digital Accessibility 3 min read

    Tips in Emergency Preparedness

    With the ever-present threat of natural disasters like floods, hurricanes, and tornados – alongside the growing...
    Research and Stats 2 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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