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10/03/2020

Harbour Housing has created the unit in mid-Cornwall which they believe could be the first of its kind in the South West

09/05/2019

Detroit (September 3, 2019): Maryann Murad, a blind Howell resident, and the National Federation of the Blind, the nation’s oldest and largest organization of blind Americans, have filed suit in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against Amazon.com for employment discr...

09/05/2018

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Make your website accessible,
and mobile apps too!
(Stolen from Deque)

08/31/2018

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Workers with disabilities bring unique value to the workplace. This year’s official theme is “America’s Workforce: Empowering All."

Observed each October, NDEAM celebrates the contributions of workers with disabilities and educates about the value of a workforce inclusive of their skills and talents.

08/23/2018

I just saw this morning that Apple is being sued for not being accessible. Apple is a forerunner in accessibility, with its built-in screen reader and awesome accessibility features on the iPhone and iPad. But accessibility is very complex, and there are a lot of disabled people out there with different hardware and software configurations.

Apple has become the target of a new lawsuit, one that claims the iPhone producer's website is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by not being fully accessible to blind or visually-impaired consumers, due to the way the website itself is coded.

08/20/2018

We usually say that 20% of Americans have some sort of disability. It seems we’ve been understating. This is why it’s so important to make sure digital properties can be accessed by the disabled.

New government research finds 61 million U.S. adults have a disability that impacts a major part of their life​

08/16/2018

I love the way technology improves the lives of those with physical limitations. I wish my mom were still here so I could get these glasses for her.

A new, VR headset helps treat sufferers of macular degeneration, which causes blind spots, by recording what they're seeing and expanding the periphery, making the spots essentially vanish.

08/16/2018

Inclusive design considers as many people’s needs and abilities as possible. It goes further than accessibility, which is specifically focused on people with disabilities and how to make sites or apps usable for them.In this article, we’ll cover:Why inclusive design is crucial to create better p...

08/16/2018

Ability magazine is hosting a virtual job fair for people with disabilities. More info is available at

Accessible face to face video career fair technology. Live Video/Audio, Screen reader compatibility, Speech to text in real time, Sign language interpreters on stand-by, Text based messaging available. For job seekers with disabilities.

08/16/2018

This is totally awesome!

Kellogg’s announced today that it is launching "Love Note" Braille stickers and recordable audio boxes on its Rice Krispies Treats.

05/10/2018

I just read this really great article on why we should stop trying to build empathy for accessibility through the various simulations and situations that are designed to let the participant better understand the disabled person.

When we talk about usability, or accessibility, one word that’s bound to come up is “empathy”.

04/29/2018

This is major. If you are care about your disabled users, make your site accessible. As long as you are making a good-faith effort, most users will not sue. Now a federal judge has accepted the good-faith effort and dismissed a case.

The takeaway for website owners, operators and developers is that bona fide, meaningful accessibility improvements by a third party website accessibility consultant or developer provides a meaningful defense, recognized by a growing number of courts.

Federal Judge James P. Jones handed website owners, operators and developers a major win in April 2018 in dismissing the website…