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Inclusive Design PracticesIt’s no secret that the fashion industry has long neglected the clothing needs of people with disabilities, and what little clothing that was designed to be adaptable to the needs of people with disab
Living with DisabilityThe term crip time is used by some disability theorists and advocates to describe disabled individuals’ unique relationship to time. Crip time indicates the complexity of disabled experience in a worl
Visual and Media AccessibilityInfographics and data visualizations are powerful tools for conveying complex information in a concise and visually engaging manner. Accessibility in infographics and data visualizations ensures that
Assistive TechnologiesAssistive technologies have evolved rapidly in recent years, providing people with physical disabilities with various assistive devices to match their requirements. As older technologies phase out, we
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Laws and RegulationsThere were thousands of web accessibility lawsuits filed in 2020 in Federal Court and California State Court under the Unruh Act, according to the Complete Report: 2020 Website Accessibility Lawsuit R
Living with DisabilityMasking is a social skill that persons with autism adopt in social settings in which non-autistic people expect non-autistic behavior. Examples include faking eye contact, mirroring, minimizing, and d
Assistive TechnologiesAugmentative and alternative communication, or AAC , is any form of communication that supplements or replaces oral speech. The use of AAC might include clinical intervention, high-tech devices, or si
GeneralDigital accessibility is moving from “fix it at the end” to “build it in from the start.” In 2026, the most significant shifts are about how teams design, build, test, and govern accessible experience
Media and RepresentationIn the past few years, autism has been in the media more than it ever has before. This is a very positive change — or, at least, it should be. Many pieces of autism representation in the media share s
Testing and EvaluationThe Challenge On April 20, 2026, the DOJ issued an interim final rule postponing the WCAG 2.1 AA compliance deadline for state and local government digital properties by a year. Larger public entities
Living with DisabilityWhen 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 American Sign Language, know basic fingerspelling, or jus
Visual and Media AccessibilityClosed captioning is essential for those with hearing impairments and enhancing comprehension of video-based content for all users. However, effectively implementing captions involves more than simply
Education and LearningImplicit biases are unconscious attitudes or stereotypes that influence an individual's perception of the world and the people in it, affecting their behavior, decisions, and treatment of others. Due
Laws and RegulationsIn some areas, Canada leads the way in accessibility laws. The country has protections for people with disabilities in its constitution and is developing digital accessibility guidelines for organizat
Laws and RegulationsThe Question Assistive Technology Hand You launched your European Accessibility Act (EAA) conformance initiative in early 2025. Your team audited the e-commerce platform, fixed critical violations, pu
GeneralChatGPT is the most talked-about technological innovation in recent times. Powered by artificial intelligence (AI), ChatGPT is a chatbot that is designed to interact with humans and provide human-like
Assistive TechnologiesCognitive disabilities are a “set of conditions that create greater difficulty for people to perform one or more types of mental tasks than the average person.” 12.8% of US adults live with one. Thoug
Inclusive Design PracticesDigital accessibility is not only about what users can see or hear. It also includes the mental effort required to complete a task. When an interface asks users to hold too much in memory, make too ma
Laws and RegulationsWhen your legal team forwards a digital accessibility demand letter, two urgent questions arise: how do we make this lawsuit go away, and how do we fix the website? Most companies treat these as the s
Assistive TechnologiesApple’s AirPods have a new accessibility feature — Conversation Boost . It promises to make it easier to hear people’s voices in conversation in a crowded, noisy room. Sounds like a perfect solution t
Workplace and EmploymentAn estimated 32.2 percent of the population experiences negative health effects from exposure to scented products. While perfumes and colognes are obvious culprits, fragrances can be found in everyday
Assistive TechnologiesThe VersaBraille was the first refreshable Braille display available in the United States released in 1982. This system now sits in a museum as it has become antiquated. Since then a dozen other Brail
