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Digital accessibility and accessible digital tools in everyday life

Digital accessibility isn't just about disability, but about enabling everyone to use technology tools easily and effectively. From the Apple ecosystem to Android artificial intelligence, to Windows and Meta's smart glasses, here are the innovations that are making digital more inclusive.

Accessibility

Francesco Cannadoro

Mar 287 min read

Scanned page of a typed speech titled “Signing of the ADA Bill / South Lawn, July 26, 1990 / 10:00 A.M.” The all-caps text thanks the audience and describes the event as “a splendid scene of hope,” honoring the thousands of people whose time, vision, and courage helped make the law a reality. Lower on the page, marked “- 2 -,” the speaker says there are too many people to mention and singles out two friends: Evan Kemp and Justin Dart. The page shows scan marks, small specks, and a few blacked-out areas.

DIGITAL BARRIERS AND ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY: A RIGHT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

An inaccessible web excludes. Here is why removing digital barriers is a matter of rights, inclusion, and social justice.

Accessibility

Camilla Mercadante

Mar 206 min read