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More lawsuits filed against companies using accessibility plugin/overlays

ADP has been sued for inaccessibility despite using a popular overlay. The rest of the cases involving overlays have been small potatoes by comparison. I am predicting thatSF Lighthouse for the Blind v. ADP will be to overlays what the Domino’s case was…
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The Manager’s Practical Guide to Handling an Employee Newly Diagnosed With a Disability

Most disabilities are acquired, not congenital. Helping employees adjust to having a disability is not just a kindness; it is legally required. This is part 1 of a three-part series. Part two will be on the interactive process. This article…
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Inaccessibility is a disease. Why aren’t we doing more to cure it?

How many developers must know how to develop accessible code before “herd immunity” protects people with disabilities against inaccessibility? In the carbon-based lifeform world, herd immunity is achieved when the majority of a population is immune (either through infection or…
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Accessibility issues that can’t be solved by tech

You can’t consider yourself accessible in the broadest sense of the word without considering non-technical factors that disproportionately impact people with disabilities There are two different categories of thought on the WCAG accessibility guidelines: WCAG is a goal, something that…
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Female leaders are better at ensuring people with disabilities aren’t excluded

Good news, but simultaneously depressing because female leadership is so vastly underrepresented in both government and private business In the article “What Do Countries With The Best Coronavirus Responses Have In Common? Women Leaders,” the female leaders of Denmark, Iceland,…
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