Microsoft Filling the Gap with Auto-Generated Alt Text for Web Imaging
Aware of the importance of image labels (alternative text) for people who are blind or have low vision, Microsoft is attempting to create...
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Apr 23, 20221 min read
Starbucks’ Actions Toward Inclusivity
Starbucks is offering new inclusivity practices, technologies, and store designs to make the stores in each location more accessible to...
Apr 23, 20222 min read
DreamWorks’ Team Zenko Go Changes the Narrative Around Disability in Animation
Team Zenko Go, DreamWorks’ new animation series, presents its disabled main character with “authenticity, depth, humanity, and equity.”...
Mar 18, 20221 min read
NJ YMCA’s New Disability Program
Amidst the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Members of the Randolph YMCA embraced the challenge of finding alternative and more...
Mar 18, 20221 min read
Airport Assistance for Individuals with Hidden Disabilities
The T.F. Green International Airport is working towards a new program, introduced by the Rhode Island Airport Corporation as the...
Mar 18, 20221 min read
Nike’s New Accessible and Children-Friendly Collection
“FlyEase, ” Nike’s new accessible collection, is designed for users who have not previously been the main focus of athletic wear. This...
Jan 31, 20221 min read
Lowe’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
After employee Blaine Crockford talked to the store management about the issue he has been experiencing with customers being unaware of...
Jan 31, 20222 min read
Olay’s Accessible Packaging: Is It Truly Inclusive?
Major beauty brand Olay is changing its packaging with the aim of making their products more accessible to people with disabilities,...
Jan 31, 20221 min read
Google App Provides AI-Powered Speech Synthesis
Google is developing a new beta app, Project Relate, that aims to provide a voice assistant to people with speech impairments. An...
Dec 13, 20212 min read
A Dentist Invents Chewing-free Crackers
“For more than 10 million American adults who have trouble swallowing, the average 28,000-product supermarket might as well be a barren...
Dec 13, 20212 min read
Boston To Upgrade City Curb Ramps
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 described how curb ramps should be built. Yet, many such ramps in the Boston area are...
Dec 13, 20211 min read
New iPad Accessibility Features
The new iPadOS 15 supports eye-tracking technology, allowing people with disabilities to control a device simply using their eyes and...
Nov 5, 20211 min read
Progress Toward Safe Flights to Space for People with Disabilities
On October 16, 2021, AstroAccess, a nonprofit initiative focused on making flying to space accessible to everyone, organized a parabolic...
Nov 5, 20211 min read
Stickers That Make Microsoft Products More Accessible
When designers of computers and other forms of technology assume the user is able-bodied, products are especially tricky for some...
Nov 5, 20211 min read
Nike: Health Over Productivity
Nike, the global apparel and shoe company, closed its corporate offices for a week so that employees could “enjoy additional time off to...
Nov 5, 20211 min read
Making Disney More Accessible
Since August, Disney has been adding more accommodations at its theme parks to make them more accessible to people with disabilities. The...
Oct 2, 20211 min read
Students Build Wheelchair-Stroller for New Parent with Impaired Mobility
When Jeremy King was concerned about how he could safely walk and perform other activities while carrying his newborn child, he and his...
Oct 2, 20211 min read
An End to Subminimum Wage for People with Disabilities
According to federal workforce data, more than 8,000 people in Minnesota with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorder,...
Oct 2, 20212 min read
Education Department to Erase Loans for Borrowers with Disabilities
On Thursday, August 19, 2021, the U.S. Education Department confirmed that the relief provided by the federal Total and Permanent...
Aug 27, 20211 min read
Paralympic News
This year, the board of directors for the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) voted to increase all athletes’ pay at the...
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