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From Awareness to Engineered Accessibility in Open Source

The open-source ecosystem thrives on a deceptively simple premise: anyone, anywhere, can show up and contribute. But that promise quietly breaks down at the edges. A contributor wh...

Centering the Art of Accessibility

As these three arts organizations will attest, genuine accessibility stems from authentic listening, respectful relationships, and a committed willingness to learn. And the best ne...

The Drop Times: Mike Gifford Says Accessibility Must Be Built Into Workflows Before AI Scales Bad Patterns

Drupal Core Accessibility Maintainer Mike Gifford says organisations risk accelerating inaccessible digital experiences when accessibility remains dependent on isolated advocates i...

From pledge to practice: Building a more inclusive open source ecosystem

Learn about the progress we’ve made toward our accessibility goals and how you can help make open source more inclusive. The post From pledge to practice: Building a more inclusiv...

Access Is More Than Availability in Mental Healthcare

By Christin Grice Access Is More Than Availability For many Black clients, access to therapy is not simply about whether providers exist. It is about whether care feels culturally...

The privilege of AI in Open Source

Back in 2019, I wrote that Open Source is not a meritocracy. Meritocracy says talent is the only thing that counts, but that is not true. To contribute, you also need time, a stead...

AccessLex: How State Anti-DEI Policies and Initiatives Impact Legal Education

Madison Watts, Policy Associate, and Joel Chanvisanuruk, Senior Director, Programs for Academic and Bar Success for AccessLex look at “How State Anti-DEI Policies and Initiatives I...

The Drop Times: Accessibility Contributors Discuss Continuity, Governance, and AI Ahead of GAAD

Ahead of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, contributors associated with A11yTalks and the Drupal community discussed how accessibility initiatives deteriorate when governance, tr...

From Reconstruction to Recruiting: The SCORE Act and the Fight for Black Athletic Freedom

*In American history, Black mobility has always triggered institutional response. From Reconstruction’s collapse to Jim Crow labor controls, from redlining to college athletic expl...

Build elite education around access, not just instruction

Elite education has spent decades competing on curriculum, faculty, and brand. Those signals still carry weight. But for founders, executives, and investors, the real question is n...

The Drop Times: Mike Gifford: Accessibility Must Move Upstream in Public-Sector Open Source

Accessibility failures often surface after budgets, architecture, and delivery plans are already fixed. Mike Gifford argues that public agencies can reduce that pattern by contribu...

Expanding the Meaning of Accessibility: Designing for Assisted Care in Public

As a fundamental human right, inclusion requires that all people—regardless of their backgrounds, abilities, or circumstances—are recognized and respected, with equal access to the...

ISTELive 26: Accessible by Design: How K–12 Districts Are Building AI and UDL Into Every Classroom

Accessibility has always been a legal obligation. But leaders in the K–12 space are expanding that conversation to include how it could be more than that: a design principle that c...

3 Ways to Build an Equity-Centered Talent Strategy Without Adding Headcount

Burnout, vacancies, and tight budgets don’t have to derail your equity goals. Here's how to build an equity-centered talent strategy — even when you can’t add staff.

Cultivating Leadership and Security for the Future of FOIA

Cultivating Leadership and Security for the Future of FOIA The second in a series of conversations with Michael Sarich, former Director of FOIA at the Department of Veterans Affai...

Integrating Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) As An Inclusive Practice

Innovative Leader Award - Kimberly Zajac discusses why digital accessibility is important beyond compliance

Come one, come all: how DMV-area community theaters approach accessibility and diverse audiences

With Pay-What-You-Can offers, sensory-friendly performances, ASL interpretation, and more, local theaters are striving for inclusivity. By VALERIE J. MIKLES

Redefining Youth Sports by Prioritizing Access, Inclusion, and School‑Based Support

With no tryouts, no fees, and fully inclusive teams, KG Soccer removes financial and logistical barriers that often keep kids out of organized sports. The post Redefining Youth Spo...

What My Students Deserve Shouldn’t Be Radical

What New Mexico taught me about caring for children and families.

The Road to Opportunity: Making CTE Accessible for All

The most valuable CTE happens off campus. For too many students, transportation is the barrier that keeps opportunity out of reach.

‘Make IDs much more accessible’

Tapiwa Chirume THE government needs to improve citizens’ access to key national documents, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) says.This comes as... To access th...

‘Make IDs much more accessible’

Tapiwa Chirume THE government needs to improve citizens’ access to key national documents, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) says.This comes as... To access th...

Amid School Techlash, Accessibility Advocates Worry About Exclusion

Keri Rodrigues, a mother of five boys, knows the value of screens. For her boys, four of whom receive school accommodations, screens serve a practical ...