Accessibility is good business, and it's the right thing to do
Lehigh Valley Business
Businesses could be losing thousands of potential customers by failing to make their facilities accessible to all.
That’s according to one local nonprofit offering a solution to help businesses identify ways to improve access to their facilities for people with disabilities.
Often through lack of knowledge or negligence, many businesses do not realize the extent of the inaccessibility of their facilities.
It’s something many people without disabilities do not spend too much time thinking about.
Outdated disabilities act stymies internet's benefits
The Hill
In 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law. One of the achievements of the ADA was to make public spaces more accessible to those with physical disabilities.
This is why sidewalk curbs have ramps at intersections, restrooms often feature accessible stalls for those in wheelchairs and signage in public buildings feature braille. But the ADA never considered an internet website.
Why not? In 1990, the first website and the first browser to scan the web were created. The internet did not exist as we know it today. It did not even exist as we knew it 15 years ago.
Disabled in Grad School: I, Too, Dread the Accommodations Talk
Inside Higher Ed
This post is part of a (somewhat loose) series about being disabled at university, with a focus on graduate school: problems we encounter, how we deal with them, and what you can do that will make things easier for fellow graduate students with disabilities.