Melissa Lyon, B.Ed., M.Ed., is a young adult who has cerebral palsy and epilepsy. She walks without assistance, but tires easily, has balance issues, and her lack of depth perception can cause her to trip. She also has a sensory processing disorder that causes her to be hypersensitive to sound, especially […]
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Welcome to my first blog post! Let’s get this part out of the way first: why I am here. I had a major stroke I had when I was a baby and my brain’s wiring is different. The medical community will say I have permanent damage because of that stroke — I have two big
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A conversation with Bart Vulliamy: What inspired you to organize a disabled-artist-only art show? I am a disabled artist. I had continually been let down with how inaccessible art shows, art markets, and galleries are still inaccessible to the majority of disabled artists, financially and physically The last three trips I
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Las Vegas, NV (May 15, 2025) – In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) Foundation announced today the launch of AI Model Accessibility Checker (AIMAC)—a new tool that evaluates and compares how well coding-focused Large Language Models (LLMs) generate accessible code—in collaboration with ServiceNow. AIMAC provides benchmarks for
Joe Devon Joe Devon doesn’t treat digital accessibility as a footnote in tech development. He presents it as a foundational flaw in the internet’s architecture, one that has been quietly ignored by the mainstream for far too long. And he should know. Fourteen years ago, he wrote a blog post that
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If you thought a road trip was hard work, try doing it in an RV that had no business being on the road, with two best mates, one of them a quadruple amputee needing full-time care. Meet Daniel Ennett and Frederick Kroetsch, the buddies behind this brutally funny and wildly important
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Smarter Blinds for Greater Independence – Leafi Home For individuals facing mobility or dexterity challenges, something as simple as adjusting window blinds can become a daily barrier. Leafi, a Canadian-based smart home technology company, is lifting that barrier—bringing increased independence, comfort, and control into homes with their innovative device: the Nova
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