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September 6, 2023 by Ellen DeCesare

Is AI the Silver Bullet of Accessibility?

AI and digital accessibility In today’s technology-driven world, Artificial Intelligence (AI) constantly improves and expands into new industries. In fact, people commonly use AI as a tool in their everyday lives for things like checking the grammar of an email, unlocking phones through facial recognition software, or using a navigation app to find the fastest… Continue Reading Is AI the Silver Bullet of Accessibility?

Filed Under: Featured Articles, General, Inclusion, Technology Tagged With: accessibility, Artificial Intelligence, digital accessibility, technology

August 16, 2023 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

Disability Simulations: Accessibility and DEI

People conducting disability simulations as part of a development process.

Disability simulations are an area of controversy for many of us living with disabilities. They are also a big deal for teams seeking to make digital spaces accessible.  In addition, disability simulations are posing difficult decisions for companies adding disability to their DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) efforts. This article is designed to help you… Continue Reading Disability Simulations: Accessibility and DEI

Filed Under: Diversity, Featured Articles, General, Inclusion, WCAG

July 28, 2023 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

Should I use an accessibility overlay?

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What is an accessibility overlay? “Overlays are a broad term for technologies that aim to improve the accessibility of a website. They apply third-party source code (typically JavaScript) to make improvements to the front-end code of the website.” Overlay Fact Sheet Overlays do exactly as their name describes.  They lie on top of your website… Continue Reading Should I use an accessibility overlay?

Filed Under: ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), Featured Articles, General, Inclusion Tagged With: accessibility, accessibility overlays, Americans with Disabilities Act, assistive devices, assistive technologies, website accessibility

July 17, 2023 by Ellen DeCesare

Disability Pride Month: 3 Ways to Celebrate

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July is Disability Pride Month, and there are many ways you can celebrate and uplift those of us living with disabilities! The following tips are some of our favorite ways to show our pride. #1 Learn about disability pride history Why is July disability pride month? The anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)… Continue Reading Disability Pride Month: 3 Ways to Celebrate

Filed Under: ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), Featured Articles, General, Inclusion, Social Awareness Tagged With: ada, Americans with Disabilities Act, disability, Disability Pride Month

June 12, 2023 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

How History, Laws and Societal Norms Continue to Exclude Users with Disabilities from the Digital Experience

The Disability Models Overtime Smart Chart showing the 1500's "Less Than" Moral Model, the 1970's "Medical Problem" Disability Right Movement Begins Medical Model, the 1980's Claiming Disability as Identity Social Model and 1990's to Today: "I am more than my disability" Beyond Societal Model.

Complete presentation found here: https://youtu.be/cSHXN7ot-Rk When we look back over history and examine the laws and societal norms that have emerged, it’s not difficult to understand the digital exclusion people with disabilities are encountering today.  In fact, the persistence in which the digital accessibility industry seeks to exclude such users, matches closely the attitudes toward… Continue Reading How History, Laws and Societal Norms Continue to Exclude Users with Disabilities from the Digital Experience

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Inclusion, Social Awareness Tagged With: accessibility, digital accessibility, disabilities, disability, Discrimination, Inclusion, people with disabilities

October 1, 2022 by Lynn Wehrman - Founder/President

Disability Employment: Yes You Can

A group of office workers, including a women seated in a wheel chair.

Despite a new focus on disability employment, the disability employment rate remains largely unchanged.  Based upon our experiences at WeCo, here are three ways you can become a more successful disability employer. Continue Reading Disability Employment: Yes You Can

Filed Under: Disability Employment, Diversity, Featured Articles, Inclusion, Reasonable accommodation Tagged With: Disability Employment, Reasonable Accomodation

August 18, 2022 by Tyler Melone

Tips on Accessible E-Learning

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Since the COVID-19 pandemic, e-learning has become a standard for higher learning education.  Yet many students living with disabilities find themselves in the position of troubleshooting their own accessibility needs. This can diminish their learning experience and exclude them. Here’s our Accessibility Team’s quick list of ways you can create a more accessible, inclusive e-learning… Continue Reading Tips on Accessible E-Learning

Filed Under: COVID-19 Impacts on Disability, COVID-19 Pandemic, Featured Articles, Free Accessibility Library, General, Inclusion Tagged With: accessibility, accommodation, COVID-19 Impacts on Disability, education, Inclusion, technology

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