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    Five Reasons Businesses Don't Make Their Websites Accessible Until They're Sued, and Why That Approach Fails

    Despite the uptick in website accessibility lawsuits in recent years, many businesses don't take action to make...

    Digital Accessibility 3 min read

    Specialized Optical Character Recognition Smartphone Apps Help People with Vision Disabilities Read Printed Text

    One of the biggest misconceptions about accessibility is that it requires expensive, cumbersome, and hard-to-find...
    Digital Accessibility 1 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

    Digital Accessibility for People with Cerebral Palsy: 3 Things to Know

    Understanding the people who use websites or apps allows for the creation of better and more-compliant experiences...
    Digital Accessibility 2 min read

    Why Don’t More People with Hearing Loss Wearing Hearing Aids?

    Hearing loss is common and many people experience it at some point during their lives. Approximately 48 million...
    Physical Accessibility 2 min read

    Laws Mandate Accessible Housing for Persons with Disabilities

    Finding accessible housing can be a challenge for people with disabilities. Studies show that accessible housing...
    Legal 3 min read

    What's New in Assistive Technologies for People with Physical Disabilities

    Decades ago, engineer Ralph Braun, who had been diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, designed his first assistive...
    Technology and Innovation 1 min read

    Standardized Testing Accommodations Under the ADA

    As the COVID-19 pandemic spread through the U.S. and schools closed in the spring of 2020, the College Board...
    Education 3 min read

    What Does It Mean to Be Legally Blind?

    The term "legally blind" is commonly heard and used, but it may not always be used correctly. For example, many...
    Research and Stats 2 min read

    Five Fascinating Facts About White Canes

    Between two and eight percent of people with a visual impairment use a white cane, according to the Perkins School...
    Technology and Innovation 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

    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

    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

    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

    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