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Awareness Days and ObservancesThe Accessibility Awareness Quotient (AQ) looks to measure an organization's awareness of disability and accessibility requirements and expectations based on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Media and RepresentationIn a blog post published on January 31 st , 2022, the General Manager for Avatars and Identity at Facebook parent company Meta Aigerim Shorman announced a huge overhaul of Avatars on all its major pla
Awareness Days and ObservancesObjective The Accessibility Awareness Quotient (AQ) looks to measure an organization's awareness of disability and accessibility requirements and expectations based on the Americans with Disabilities
Living with DisabilityOne of the many complexities within the network of centers for independent living is geography. In states like Texas and California, you can have dozens of center locations. In Rhode Island, that numb
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Media and RepresentationAs much of the globe tunes into the 2022 Olympic Winter Games held in Beijing over the next couple of weeks, we look ahead to this year’s Paralympic Games held March 4-13 (also in Beijing). Officially
Media and RepresentationTwitter has been live since 2007, and in its 15-year history, the social media platform has done much to alter culture, communication, and the ways in which we disseminate news and ideas. Twitter gave
GeneralPublic Health Podcast and Media Network aims to be a podcast and public health network for equitable public health that will "address community and global challenges through creative public health per
Inclusive Design PracticesAs much as there is to consider in accessible design, it can be easy to become completely focused on finding solutions to accessibility issues and lose sight of the bigger picture. Improving accessibi
Disability Rights and HistoryIn last week's Metaphysical Milkshake Podcast with Rainn Wilson and Reza Aslan, the hosts ask author Rhett Diessner: What is Beautiful? We examine beauty and bias (i.e. lookism) and the barriers it cr
Laws and RegulationsMore than 48 million Americans experience some form of hearing loss. However, only one in five people who could benefit from using hearing aids have them. Access and education play two key roles in in
Awareness Days and ObservancesFebruary is filled to the brim with interesting national days one can celebrate. According to the database National Today, over and above the vitally important Black History Month and Chinese and Kore
Living with DisabilityThe National Veterans Wheelchair Games started in 1981with just 7 sports and 77 athletes. Today, it is advertised as “the world’s largest wheelchair sports event for military veterans” and hosts over
Visual and Media AccessibilityAs a platform that is primarily visual, just how accessible is Instagram’s content for the visually impaired? The answer to that question isn’t cut and dry. Because Instagram’s content is user-generat
Living with DisabilityStephanie Woodward is not a woman known for pulling punches. She’s the Executive Director of Disability EmpowerHer Network , a Rochester, New York-based non-profit that supports women and girls with d
Laws and RegulationsOn January 13, 2022, the State of California announced that it would pause 345,000 pending disability claims in an effort to combat a recent surge in suspected fraud.
Media and RepresentationMost people mean well when talking about disability, but that doesn’t mean inappropriate words or poor language choices aren’t hurtful. For centuries, people with disabilities have fought to be accept
Media and RepresentationBack in the Summer of 2021, Disney announced plans for yet another live-action remake of an animated classic, this one pulled from the shelf after nearly 100 years in the vault, Snow White and (presum
Media and RepresentationNew York-based EDM artist Lachi is a successful singer, songwriter, and producer who found herself suddenly at the head of a burgeoning movement within the recording industry in 2021. After moderating
Media and RepresentationPeople with disabilities are often portrayed as “inspirational” in the media and among other people. They are often seen as beating the odds by achieving the seemingly impossible.
Living with DisabilityWe live in a digital world. With assistive tech like the first Braille stopwatch and useful apps that help guide blind and visually impaired people, technology has proven to be a great unifier. But ev
Disability Rights and HistoryAs many of us spent the Fall of 2021 refreshing our newsfeeds with bated breath to see if one of the nation’s most cherished pop stars would be freed from a strange legal arrangement that gave her fat
Media and RepresentationUsers of the gamer live streaming giant Twitch are rallying the platform to add a “Disability Pride Month” celebration in which content from disabled gamers would be featured on the site’s front page,
