With $51 million, a new initiative is underway to increase access to dental care for children with developmental disabilities in communities across the country.

Filing a civil rights complaint with the Office of Civil Rights can be parents’ last stop. Following cuts and restructuring, this federal office is no longer serving that same resource.

Paralyzed cyclist travels Erie Canalway Trail to highlight accessibility.

The high cost of buying and maintaining accessible taxis is impacting on wheelchair users.

GitHub community and accessibility experts are concerned about a reversal of progress amid potential AI reliance and plans to “automate as much accessibility testing as possible.”

WalletHub ranked St. Louis, Minneapolis and Columbus among the most accommodating U.S. cities for people with disabilities, while lower-ranked cities often lack affordable, accessible services.

A Utah nursing home resident required supervision while smoking. He was left alone, caught fire and later died. A new report asks why stronger safeguards weren’t in place.

Wendi Dwyer on work to increase empathy and access for people with disabilities.

A first-of-its-kind credit union specifically built to meet the needs of people with disabilities nationwide and those who support them is in the works.

As the Massachusetts Legislature moves an important healthcare worker protection bill into a conference committee, they "are on the precipice of committing a grave injustice against our state's most…

Wendi Dwyer on work to increase empathy and access for people with disabilities.

/PRNewswire/ -- New research from Level Access finds that AI is accelerating how digital experiences get built far faster than how they get tested, widening an...

In another 20 years, we’ll all be on the spectrum.

With the Department of Justice’s recent effort urging a pullback of long-standing regulations that require people with disabilities to receive care in the most integrated setting, advocates are…

Longtime Kansas state Rep. Gary Blumenthal is shocked that the Trump administration is turning back the clock for people with autism and other challenges. | Opinion

Lakewood singer-songwriter Tracy Marie has spent decades adapting her music career around a rare disability. Now, she’s using those experiences to push venues and communities to think differently…

More Americans with disabilities were working in August, tying the record high reached in November 2025, even as employment among people without disabilities declined, according to today’s National…

There are few places as central to Muslim life as the mosque. It is where we gather for Jummah prayers, break our fast during Ramadan, attend classes, celebrate milestones and seek comfort during…

The company says it plans to comply, but true equality is years away.

During every audit that I provide I find multiple links that lead to errors and I was surprised to find out that WCAG doesn’t have a general requirement saying that every link must lead to a working…

Congress created the EEOC to enforce civil rights laws in the workplace. The 61-year-old agency is about to stop collecting the data it has relied on to identify systemic discrimination.

Canadian disability rights activist Taylor Lindsay-Noel hopes her small role in the upcoming film Being Heumann will help amplify the message behind her work — that accessibility remains a daily…

A group of adults with special needs took the Zanies stage and performed to a 100% sold-out crowd. This is a program called Jokability. The residents of Our Place Nashville have been working with…

The watchdog estimates more than 1.1 million underpayments have not been rectified.

Mike Taylor asks about the current state of usability, accessibility, and artificial intelligence in this insightful analysis

A first-of-its-kind center for people with disabilities is set to close after cuts to federal funding.

Source: Canva. FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear has confirmed $18.8 million in funding will go to 18 transportation projects across Kentucky to improve safety and accessibility. According to a…

The stories we share shape how we understand the people around us. That can be especially true when we have limited opportunities to learn about someone's experiences directly.

A labrador that alerted its owner to thousands of medical episodes is honoured for its service.

While some of the features see Google playing catch-up to Apple, which already offers similar features for iPhone users, others specifically leverage Gemini to provide various improvements.

Eight state and local civil rights agencies urge federal government to preserve longstanding workforce demographic reporting requirements

The Arc Ontario partners with RIT to develop AI and virtual reality tools that enhance employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

In National Park may be the first thé offer this type of accessibility to the public, but it will surely not be the last!

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For those of us who are blind, the promise of rideshare technology was supposed to be a gateway to freedom and autonomy. Instead, for many in our community who use service animals, ridesharing has…

A decade-old federal rule designed to increase employment of people with disabilities will soon be no more.

The last decade has been a complex journey laden with firsts for Taylor D'Agostino after becoming paralyzed in 2016. There were moments of despair offset by the healing power of music. "I even have…

Without interpreters, migrants have been unable to understand actions taken by DHS officials that resulted in their deportation.

Large language models (LLMs) are trained to be helpful and generative; this means they're not optimized for exhaustive validation.​

Last fall, Keily Blum, Ally Moran and Emma Petschulat arrived at McMaster University’s Marnix E. Heersink School of Biomedical Innovation and Entrepreneurship and its Master of Biomedical Innovation…

We built a plugin for the GitHub Accessibility Scanner to make sure your alt text is actually accessible. Here's how it works.

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Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

"People with disabilities deserve the same opportunity as everyone else to choose where they live, build relationships, participate in their communities, and remain connected to the places they call…

One of the simplest accessibility checks when landing on a website is to Tab through and see if the website works with keyboard. Let’s look at some major brands and see which ones pass this simple…