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School to Prison Pipeline is Still Very Real - and Impacts Hundreds of Thousands of Disabled Students
Read ArticleAccording to the NCD (National Council on Disability) Report Issued on School-to-Prison Pipeline, 85% of incarcerated youth have learning and/or emotional disabilities. As a result, these kids leave school in far higher numbers than their non-disabled peers and are at far …
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Your Browser May Be Having a Secret Relationship with a Screen Reader
Read ArticleThis is the final installment of my three-part saga on the technical details of how screen readers communicate with other software. Part 1 introduced accessibility APIs (application programming interfaces) and the accessibility tree, and Part 2 provided a history lesson of how …
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The Road to Good Intentions Is Paved with Hell
Read ArticleThis post is the second in a three-part series about how screen readers obtain what users need from applications and operating systems. Part 1 introduced accessibility APIs (application programming interfaces) and the accessibility tree. I'll conclude the series with a …
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So, You Want to be a Digital Accessibility Specialist
Read ArticleI’m sure you’re familiar with the age-old small talk conversation topic, “What do you do?” When I'm asked this question, I always take the opportunity to talk about digital accessibility and its importance, as well as how it’s not enough of a priority for many organizations. My …
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Be A Digital Ally: How People with Disabilities Access Digital Content
Read ArticleMelissa Green: Good evening allies and happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Today marks the 12th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day or GAAD. This annual event held every year on the third Thursday in May, aims to get people thinking, talking, and doing, around …