It was nearly 30 years ago that the Americans With Disabilities Act established its accessibility guidelines to protect the rights of people with disabilities. Accessible design has grown up a lot ...

Signal to all students in a course (not just those with disabilities) that you welcome discussion about individual differences in learning, encountered barriers, and ways to maximize access. Send a ...

Through my company's work in digital product design, I've observed “It’s an edge case,” has been an excuse for some product creators to discount designing for the 1 in 4 adults in the U.S. who have a ...

Accessible design is a relatively recent phenomenon, a true product of the twentieth century in that changing attitudes about disability and civil rights prompted design forms that had never been seen ...

In this article, we provide you with the tools to design more inclusive architecture. Although each region and country has its own accessibility guidelines which you should review in depth before ...

The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community of top leaders and experts who pay dues for access to peer learning, thought leadership, and more. BY Ben Wintner As society ...

Accessibility used to mean compliance. An installed grab bar, an added ramp, a resized font. But meeting physical standards is only half the challenge. The other half, the part that truly changes ...

An unsettled website accessibility law environment creates confusion for businesses and courts over what an accessible web business is and how to make it compliant. In the U.S., digital accessibility ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 21, 2025 /CNW/ - Ahead of National Housing Day on November 22, Marie-Josée Houle, the Federal Housing ...

Over the course of only a few years, the Chicago Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design Meetup has hosted dozens of events and grown to nearly 3,000 members comprised of engineers, developers and ...

When you design for people with disabilities, you're forced to think differently about every interaction, every flow, every piece of information. There’s a question that comes up often in ...

If you're just entering the interior design industry, one of the most important tools you will need to win bids is to write a strong design concept statement. This statement provides prospective ...