Originally published in the Spring/Summer 2021 issue of Diversability Every day in the US, a conversation like the following one occurs: Employee with disability: I…
Believe me when I say that for all underrepresented communities, including disability, actions speak WAY louder than words. Most organizations want to claim they are…
This training will quickly teach you how to produce and consume essential documentation on product accessibility. The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) is the premier global advocate…
It’s *finally* gotten harder to hide discriminatory comments. Pre-COVID, they were called “Hot Mic” incidents. Situations where people didn’t realize their microphone was live, and…
The short answer is “absolutely.” The long answer, of course, is more complicated than that. First of all, disabilities are almost always thought of in…
For starters, for every 1 % increase in people with disabilities working, $25 billion would be added to the US economy. Many people start the year with…
Traditional candidate evaluation advice can be biased and ableist. There are all kinds of advice on the Internet about things you should be evaluating when…
Software development and the “doctrine of foreseeable misuse.” There is a portion of the American legal system under the category of negligence called “strict product liability,”…
There is global and personal variation on what is considered acceptable and preferable. This is how I decide what language to use. In the first part of…
The next stage of evolution in how the global community views disability Part one of a three-part article. See part two on language choices associated…
