Designing For Accessibility Doesn’t Drive Costs; It Drives Opportunity
In 2014, H&R Block paid $145,000 to settle a suit filed by the U.S. Justice Department that claimed the company’s website, created by HRB Digital LLC, violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In 2008, Target was forced to pay $6 million in damages related to its online checkout process.
The blind woman developing tech for the good of others
An accident in a swimming pool left Chieko Asakawa blind at the age of 14. For the past three decades she’s worked to create technology – now with a big focus on artificial intelligence (AI) – to transform life for the visually impaired.
There’s already a blueprint for a more accessible internet. If only designers would learn it
The internet can be a hostile space for 15% of the world’s population who experience some form of disability.
Inclusion is designing the future
There is a growing interest in making inclusion a positive goal for companies, teams, and products.
Digital and Disability: How Inclusive Design Makes Life Easier
Each of us, regardless of where we’re from, our gender, class or disability must be able to access and make the most of the digital tools around us. They connect and integrate us into the world. The process of creating and producing these technological products is called “inclusive design”. Let’s discover the advances that bring […]
How One Advocate is Pushing For Accessibility In The City’s Museums
“The world was never made for people who are sitting down full time,” experiential designer Ben Baker says. “The world was made for people who walk. Everywhere you go, there’s going to be challenges.”
Designing with sight impairment in mind
Today we’re excited to launch a brand new guide designed to promote the inclusive design and management of nature-based settings.
Flexible Seating for the Universal Design for Learning
My students need to have more seating options when they walk into my room.
Designing UI with Color Blind Users in Mind
While the science behind color blindness is pretty complex, the gist of it is that color blind people have difficulty seeing color clearly or differentiating between some colors. With this in mind, in this article, we’ll share some tips on how you can improve your site’s accessibility and the experience it delivers for color blind […]
The Clever Tech Keeping America’s (Many) Disabled Farmers on the Job
As many as one in five US farmers suffers from a disability that impacts their physical health, senses, or cognition. Offsetting that statistic and keeping Americans fed are technologies like four-wheel-drive golf carts, auto-locking tractor hitches, and even boring old smartphones.