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IDEA at 50: Resources To Support Students With Disabilities During the Week of Action
November 14, 2025 | Source: Center for American Progress
During its 50th year, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is under attack. Disabled students are more vulnerable than ever in the face of threats to funding, services, and federal protections, alongside layoffs to federal civil servants who oversee the administration of these crucial programs. Before IDEA, disabled children were often denied access to educational opportunities and segregated into institutions that were rife with abuse and neglect. Institutionalization peaked around the mid-20th century: In 1967, 228,843 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities were institutionalized, and in 1955, 558,992 people with psychological disabilities were living in county- or state-run facilities…
Federal firings leave oversight of disabled kids’ education in limbo
November 14, 2025 | Source: The Minnesota Star Tribune
When the federal government shut down in the middle of October, the Trump administration made an unusual — and likely illegal — move: It effectively shut down the Office of Special Education Programs in the U.S. Department of Education. These weren’t furloughs where employees get sent home and later recalled (and paid), but a “reduction in force” (RIF) — in other words, layoffs. A month later, the Senate included anti-RIF language in its agreement to reopen the government, so it looks like the office may be saved. For now…
Special educators, disability advocates form united front to protect IDEA
November 20, 2025 | Source: K-12 Dive
The coalition is led by the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, a nonprofit that works to protect the civil rights of children with disabilities, and the Council of Administrators of Special Education, a professional membership organization. The signers — who include educators, disability rights advocates, parents, attorneys, local disability organizations and others — are uniting against what they call threats to fragment federal services for students with disabilities. To fulfill the promise of IDEA and Section 504, “families and educators must be empowered as true partners in supporting students with disabilities,” said Phyllis Wolfram, executive director of CASE, in a Thursday statement…
National News (U.S.)
Federal firings leave oversight of disabled kids’ education in limbo
November 14, 2025 | Source: The Minnesota Star Tribune
When the federal government shut down in the middle of October, the Trump administration made an unusual — and likely illegal — move: It effectively shut down the Office of Special Education Programs in the U.S. Department of Education. These weren’t furloughs where employees get sent home and later recalled (and paid), but a “reduction in force” (RIF) — in other words, layoffs. A month later, the Senate included anti-RIF language in its agreement to reopen the government, so it looks like the office may be saved. For now…
Milwaukee wheelchair user questions local bus company’s accessibility after repeated issues
November 14, 2025 | Source: TMJ4
A 22-year-old Milwaukee woman says she faced discrimination from a bus driver who was unwilling to accommodate her wheelchair during a recent trip to Madison. Ebony Lewis, who has arthrogryposis, a muscle disorder where joints are locked in a fixed position with clubbed hands and feet, recorded her interaction with a Badger Bus driver during Halloween weekend after the driver questioned her need for wheelchair accessibility. “This world is not built for people like me, you know,” Lewis said. “It feels like the world should adapt to me, but it’s more I’m adapting to the world.”…
Wheelchair? Hearing Aids? Yes. ‘Disabled’? No Way.
November 15, 2025 | Source: The New York Times
In her house in Ypsilanti, Mich., Barbara Meade said, “there are walkers and wheelchairs and oxygen and cannulas all over the place.” Ms. Meade, 82, has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, so a portable oxygen tank accompanies her everywhere. Spinal stenosis limits her mobility, necessitating the walkers and wheelchairs and considerable help from her husband, Dennis Meade, who serves as her primary caregiver. “I know I need hearing aids,” Ms. Meade added. “My hearing is horrible.” She acquired a pair a few years ago but rarely uses them…
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
November 15, 2025 | Source: NPR and The Guardian and The New York Times and USA Today and Disability Debrief
Alice Wong, an author and activist who fought for disability rights and justice, has died. Wong was 51 years old. The MacArthur “Genius” Award-winner died Friday of an infection at the University of California, San Francisco hospital, according to an email sent to NPR by friend and fellow activist Sandy Ho. “Alice Wong was a hysterical friend, writer, activist and disability justice luminary whose influence was outsized,” wrote Ho. “Her media empire, the Disability Visibility Project, left an indelible mark on the cultural landscape of our country. The legacy of her work will carry on.”…
Deaf Man Sues Tesla for Firing Him When His Hearing Aids Malfunctioned
November 15, 2025 | Source: Futurism
A former Tesla employee claims he was fired after raising complaints about how the extreme heat of his work environment was causing his hearing aids to malfunction. The man, Hans Kohls, made the allegations in a lawsuit against the Elon Musk owned automaker, which was filed Monday and obtained by The Independent. Kohls, who is deaf, previously worked at Tesla’s enormous Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, where he was given a job melting aluminum at 1,220 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the reporting…
‘It’s important that we tell our own stories’: how the Wicked movies are helping disability representation on screen
November 16, 2025 | Source: The Guardian
Disabled actor Marissa Bode, who plays the prominent role of Nessarose Thropp in the hit film musical Wicked and its forthcoming sequel Wicked: For Good, has called for improved representation for disabled performers in the entertainment industry – and specifically an end to what activists call “cripping up” – casting non-disabled actors in disabled character roles. “I really hope my casting sets precedent,” says Bode, adding: “It’s just navigating a world and a system that we have just not been acknowledged in as we should be.”…
Did BART address disability access in rolling out its new gates?
November 17, 2025 | Source: The Oaklandside
Last year, to great fanfare, the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency began installing new hardened fare gates. BART said they’d make the system safer and save millions of dollars in fare evasion. BART also said the designs would enhance accessibility. But The Oaklandside has learned that several concerns raised by BART’s Accessibility Task Force were not incorporated into the new designs. Advocates say design flaws make the $90 million gates worse, in some ways, than the old ones. Emily Witkin is a committee member of the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities and was a member of BART’s Accessibility Task Force during the period when the new gates were being developed…
Extreme Equalizers: These Moab Guides Are Making Adventure Accessible to People with Disabilities
November 18, 2025 | Source: Outside
A few years ago, Faith Dickey went climbing in Utah’s Indian Creek with Jack Ryan Greener, who became quadriplegic in 2018 after a jiu-jitsu accident. While climbing, Dickey and Greener began wondering whether he might be able to highline—the act of walking a thin slackline strung high above the earth. Greener could take steps with trekking poles, but he had a hard time placing his feet with precision, partly due to involuntary muscle spasms. Dickey started by taking Greener to a park, where she set up a slackline right off the ground…
Athens looks at accessibility, ADA compliance concerns
November 18, 2025 | Source: The Post
Athens City Commission on Disabilities Chair Davey McNelly said the city is failing to meet federal accessibility requirements, an allegation city officials dispute. “The city of Athens is currently egregiously out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act,” McNelly said in an email. However, his statement contradicts that of Athens Law Director Lisa Eliason. “To the best of my knowledge, the City is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act,” Eliason said in an email. The ADA, signed into law in 1990, prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities and requires local governments to ensure accessible facilities, programs and public spaces…
Epileptic Officer Settles Pair of Suits Alleging Failure to Return Him to Duty
November 18, 2025 | Source: My News LA
An epileptic Los Angeles Police Department officer who sued the city twice after allegedly being denied a return to full duty and told to choose between being fired, resigning and other undesirable options has reached a settlement in both lawsuits. During a hearing Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, attorneys in the cases brought by Officer Andrew Mahoney told Judge Bradley S. Phillips that both lawsuits were resolved. A minute order prepared by the judge’s clerk did not divulge the settlement term…
Trump Administration Announces Steps to Dismantle Education Department
November 18, 2025 | Source: The New York Times
The Trump administration announced on Tuesday an aggressive plan to continue dismantling the Education Department, ending the agency’s broad role in supporting academics at elementary and high schools and in expanding access to college. Those responsibilities, which had been overseen by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Office of Postsecondary Education, will instead be largely taken over by the Labor Department. Additional changes include moving a child care grant program for college students and foreign medical school accreditation to the Health and Human Services Department, and transferring Fulbright programs and international education grants to the State Department…
Family’s accessibility fight for disabled son
November 20, 2025 | Source: Charity Today News
A family are constantly fighting to ensure that their disabled son can live his life to the full. Father-of-one, Satish, 66, and his wife, Rita, 67, provide 24-hour care for their son, Vinny, 32, who was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy aged three. The progressive condition impacts his daily life, as he’s totally dependent on another person to help him shower, dress, and care for his every need. Before COVID-19, the family had full-time carers. Due to Vinny’s complex care needs it was difficult to find the right carers during the pandemic…
Garland creates new all-abilities committee to bridge accessibility gaps
November 20, 2025 | Source: KERA News
The City of Garland is looking to bring to the forefront a perspective many residents say has been missing from municipal government. Garland is the latest city in north Texas to create an All Abilities Committee, which will advocate for people and families who have physical and intellectual disabilities. The city council approved it on Nov. 3. The committee will advise city council members and staff about policies, programs and services, as well as identify gaps in accessibility. “How do we hone in on making sure that other people with different abilities have that inclusivity throughout the city?” said District 6 City Council member Carissa Dutton…
Jack Fact — The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that by 2030, approximately one in six people globally will be over the age of 60.
Hit The Road Jack — Taking Down Barriers to Take Off: How Airports Are Redefining Accessibility and Denver proves why it’s one of America’s most accessible destinations and Tips for traveling with a visible health condition and Oregon Becomes First U.S. State to Earn “Accessibility Verified” Status, Leading the Way for Inclusive Travel
International News
UK Government takes steps to make public EV charging accessible for all
November 14, 2025 | Source: Renewable Energy Magazine- UK
The UK Government has introduced an amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, giving it powers to mandate key accessibility measures at public electric vehicle (EV) charging points, to ensure they are user friendly and safe to use including by drivers with disabilities. This comes as the Government simultaneously releases its report recommending revisions to the existing UK standard to make it easier to deliver accessible charging that meets driver’s needs. he amendment – originally tabled by Conservative Peer Lord Borwick and now expanded upon by Government – gives Ministers the power to mandate accessibility standards across all new public electric vehicle (EV) charging points…
Disabled performers call for better backstage access
November 15, 2025 | Source: BBC- UK
More needs to be done to improve backstage accessibility for disabled performers according to the artistic director of a Belfast arts and disability organisation. Luminous Soul, run by Open Arts NI, is a contemporary dance development programme for disabled dancers in Northern Ireland. The company have performed in front of huge crowds including the One Young World Opening Ceremony at the SSE arena in 2023. Eileen Branagh said the arts sector, while “probably the most forward-thinking,” does not have a full range of opportunities…
The next 17 London tube stations set to get step-free access
November 16, 2025 | Source: Time Out- UK
London’s transport network is always in the process of getting more accessible, from the new walk-through Piccadilly line trains to the increasing number of stations with step-free access. Next up in Sadiq Khan’s quest to make half of the London Underground step-free by 2030 is a station in north London, which is one of 17 tube stops proposed to next get accessibility improvements. Willesden Green on the Jubilee line is among those most highly prioritised to get step-free access. Prioritisation of stations happens for a number of reasons, including assessing the benefits to customers, feasibility, how many lifts are actually needed and the depth of each tube station…
His research on autism was compassionate – how could Hans Asperger have collaborated with the Nazis?
November 16, 2025 | Source: The Guardian- Austria
In 2015, I decided to write a novel about Dr Hans Asperger, who worked at the University Children’s Hospital in Vienna during the second world war. My interest was sparked by two nonfiction books: NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently by Steve Silberman and In a Different Key: The Story of Autism by John Donvan and Caren Zucker. Reading these stories told about Asperger, you would have thought they were talking about two different people. To Silberman, Asperger was a compassionate and original thinker, whereas Donvan and Zucker depict him as an enthusiastic supporter of Hitler…
The UK Government backs EV charging accessibility changes
November 17, 2025 | Source: Transport + Energy- UK
The UK Government has backed new powers to ensure future chargepoints are compliant with accessibility standards. The news comes as the final stage of Planning and Infrastructure Bill has begun, with an amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, giving powers to mandate key accessibility measures at public electric vehicle (EV) charging points. This will ensure they are user friendly and safe to use including by drivers with disabilities and follows the government’s report recommending revisions to the existing UK standard to make it easier to deliver accessible charging that meets driver’s needs…
Accessibility in crisis: Climate disasters expose neglect of persons with disabilities
November 17, 2025 | Source: Citizen Matters- India
On a normal day, fatigue is a persistent challenge for Smitha Sadasivan, Senior Adviser at the Disability Rights India Foundation and a person living with Multiple Sclerosis. Yet, it is manageable with rest periods, nutritional supplements, hydration, and some mild activity. But heatwaves worsen her symptoms. “During heatwaves, none of these measures help. Only limited nutrition and hydration offer some relief,” says Smitha. Extreme climate events, such as heatwaves, floods, or cyclones, pose problems for everyone…
Why can’t I find any accessible housing in Toronto?
November 17, 2025 | Source: Inside Halton- Canada
I‘m 83 years old. I cannot find any accessible housing in Toronto. Why? I am doing everything I can to keep myself and my 88-year-old husband safe. What if one of us falls and breaks a hip? Will that spell doom for us? I am terrified of being forced into a long-term “care” jail. Only seniors, people with disabilities and criminals are locked up in Canada. StatsCan reports that 27 per cent of Canadians age 15 to 65 have disabilities (28 per cent in Ontario). This does not include older adults. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) reports it costs the same to build a new apartment whether it’s accessible or not…
‘It felt like there was a subtitle in my heart.’ The School embraces radical accessibility for World Ballet Day 2025
November 18, 2025 | Source: The Royal Ballet School- UK
Our 1st Year students took to the Royal Opera House Linbury stage on 12 December 2025 to participate in the World Ballet Day livestream. Curated and conceived by choreographer Robert Binet, the global celebration featured international companies all responding to the same theme of access becomes art. The 90-minute stream also featured choreography by Sir Wayne McGregor, Tiler Peck, Bim Malcomson and School alumna Rebecca Myles Stewart. Each worked individually with Devon Healey, a blind artist and assistant professor of Disability Studies who specialises in Immersive Descriptive Audio (IDA), to create a portion of a six-minute long original work…
Family’s accessibility fight for disabled son
November 18, 2025 | Source: London Post- UK
A family are constantly fighting to ensure that their disabled son can live his life to the full. Father-of-one, Satish, 66, and his wife, Rita, 67, provide 24-hour-care for their son, Vinny, 32, who was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy aged three. The progressive condition impacts his daily life, as he’s totally dependent on another person to help him shower, dress, and care for his every needs. Before Covid-19 the family had full-time carers. Due to Vinny’s complex care needs it was difficult to find the right carers during the pandemic…
Melbourne’s tram network again fails to meet national accessibility standards
November 18, 2025 | Source: ABC- Australia
Melbourne’s tram network is falling short of national accessibility standards, with a new report finding there has been “little improvement” in the past five years. About 18 per cent of Melbourne’s tram services were accessible in 2023-24 — where low-floor trams met level-access platforms — according to the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office (VAGO). The number of trams with low floors had risen by just 3 per cent since the previous assessment five years ago, while stops with level platforms increased from 27 to 29 per cent…
Disability Activists Seek Official Recognition at COP30
November 19, 2025 | Source: Earth.Org- Brazil
When a flood, wildfire, or extreme weather event strikes, people with disabilities are among those most likely to be affected – and in some cases even left behind. For this reason, disability activists at COP30 in Belém, Brazil are seeking greater information accessibility, better consideration of people with disabilities in climate adaptation, and an official seat at the table. “Climate justice is nothing without the disabled,” said Muna Shakya. She represents the National Indigenous Disabled Women Association of Nepal at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, seeking greater recognition of the impact of climate change on people with disabilities…
York Disability Week celebrates inclusion and accessibility
November 19, 2025 | Source: The York Press- UK
A week of more than 30 events celebrating inclusion and accessibility are set to be held across York later this month. York Disability Week is set to run from November 29 to December 6 and aims to promote equality, connection and opportunity for all. This year’s line-up includes wheelchair rugby, accessible football and tennis, gym and dance lessons, and cycling, alongside creative workshops and social gatherings. The co-ordinating group said: “Whether disabled yourself, a family member, PA or carer, a business keen to be more and accessible, or just interested in learning more and meeting new people, York Disability Week has something for everyone…
Accessibility Blogs, Information, and Videos
- Jenny Lay-Flurrie’s Post- LinkedIn
- Invisible UX: Designing What Users Never See – Digital Journal
- Who Ordered the CDC Autism Guidance Rewrite?- The Bulwark (YouTube)
- Saying ‘Um’ More Frequently May Signal Cognitive Decline- Study Finds
- The quiet, unglamorous labour of living with Type 1 Diabetes- Priti Salian
- Five ways to make your workplace more accessible- Preetham Gandhi Sunkavalli
- KNX for Architects: the engine behind inclusive and accessible spaces- KNXtoday
- Spectrum Accessibility Team Drives Product Innovation – Charter Communications
- Title II Video Accessibility Compliance 101: What You Need to Know- Erik Ducker
- The Future of Finance: Building Inclusive and Accessible Banking Technology- India
- Small changes, big difference: make your everyday behaviour more accessible- RNIB
- Why You Need to Close Open Objects When Users Navigate Away- Sheri Byrne-Haber
- Megumi Hiramoto is leading empathetic and accessible design in EdTech- Digital Journal
- Integrating accessibility into your app | Apple Developer Documentation- Apple Developer
- European Accessibility summit: accessibility driving innovation- European Disability Forum
- Survey: Digital accessibility drives growth, revenue and innovation – Sean Mitchell- IT Brief UK
- IAMAI warns MIB’s draft accessibility rules could cripple small OTT platforms – Storyboard18
- Global trends and evolving cultural expectations: What is the role of accessibility? – SouthEast Asia
- Large Sign Language Models Translate 3D American Sign Language, Enhancing Accessibility for the Hearing-Impaired- Quantum Zeitgeist
Federally Speaking
- FCC Seeks Comment on Next Gen TV Accessibility Issues- FCC
- FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for November Open Meeting- FCC
- Comment Dates Set for Fifth FNPRM of Next Gen TV Proceeding- FCC
- Comment Sought on Global Caption Demand Data Waiver Request- FCC
- FCC Announces Application Period for NDBEDP Certification for Alaska- FCC
- Comment Sought on Global Caption Amended Application to Provide IP CTS- FCC
Higher Education Blogs and Information
- If you build it, who can come? – MSU Denver
- Toy story—Engineering accessible play – UMBC
- Student stories: driving accessibility at work- Family Fund
- Accessibility issues at the University of Indianapolis – The Reflector
- Feedback sought on Multi-Year Accessibility Plan – Brock University
- UAH Launches Mission Accessible- The University of Alabama in Huntsville
- University Senate clarifies ADA guidelines at meeting Thursday- The Lantern
- Students Deserve Accessibility During and Beyond College – The Oberlin Review
- Office of Accessibility on how campus is equipped for winter weather – The Oswegonian
- Roanoke College is aiming to expand accessibility on campus through ASL classes- WFXR
- “Boost Your Score” accessibility sessions Jan. 6-8 – News – University of Nebraska– Lincoln
- New Accessibility Initiatives Announced – Theatre and Speech Department- Wagner College
- Art for Social Change brings accessibility focused installations to Keyano College- play 103.7
- New ADA Title II Regulations: Top things to know- The University Record- University of Michigan
- Self-Paced Course to Prepare Faculty for Accessibility Compliance- University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- Troubles Online: Ableism and Access in Higher Education Celebrates Book Launch- Carleton University
- AI for Accessibility Remediation – Computing Services – Office of the CIO – Carnegie Mellon University
- New guidance to support digital accessibility compliance- The University Record – University of Michigan
- Student Senate allocates four thousand dollars to accessibility and sustainability projects- Calvin University Chimes
- An ‘Easy Solution’ for Some, Exclusion for Others: When Accessibility Is Treated as an Inconvenience – The Dartmouth
- Accessibility Into Practice: Practical applications of accessibility with Julie Sawchuk – Faculty of Architecture and Planning – Dalhousie University
- ‘Anything is possible’: At 73, former RCMP employee earns master’s and turns pain into purpose- Faculty of Health Sciences – McMaster University
Legal Blogs and Information
- More Than You Can Chew? Hire Website ADA Counsel- Klein Moynihan Turco
- Enforce accessibility laws for PWDs — Challenged Foundation – Ghanaian Times
- The European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882 – How does it affect regulators in Ireland?- Fieldfisher
- Inclusivity-by-design – the European Accessibility Act as a new imperative for e-commerce providers- Freshfields
- Accessibility Facilities For Visually Impaired Candidates In AIBE, CLAT Expected Soon, Supreme Court Told- Live Law
Accessibility Announcements
- St Mirren Accessibility Report 2025
- Voice Your Ideas for a More Accessible Raleigh
- Sault Ste. Marie’s accessibility plan open for public review
- UN Tourism Advances Accessibility with focus on Ukraine
- CEUD: Report published on AI and Disability Inclusion in Ireland
- The Sagrada Família receives the AICE XVIII Accessibility Award
- Agawam park potentially facing closure over accessibility concerns
- Modern accessible footbridge ‘monstrosity’ replaces Victorian heritage
- Garland creates new all-abilities committee to bridge accessibility gaps
- Design unveiled for accessible playground at Milwaukee’s Reservoir Park
- Accessibility along Naperville Riverwalk improved after $3 million project
- Visit Lake Charles Partners with Wheel the World to Enhance Accessible Travel
- Poznań Congress Center Receives “Accessibility Certificate – Barrier-Free Facility”
- “Access for All” grant awarded; construction on accessibility improvements to begin soon
- CBM– Request for consult to review the CBM Built Environment Accessibility Guidelines
- Reminder: Texas HHSC’s Promoting Independence Plan Stakeholder Summit and Feedback
- Consultancy for the Development of Accessibility Guidelines and Inclusive Service Requirements
- Hyundai and Times Network host Samarth India Conclave 2025 to promote accessibility and inclusion
- Alice Wong: Disability Activist- Available for Pre-Order. This item will be released on January 1, 2026
- AI-Media and AVE Announce Exclusive Partnership to Power Accessibility Across Australia’s Live Events
- Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association film on accessibility an award-winner at TravelAbility Festival
- NTA launches 2025 JAM campaign celebrating six years of Accessibility and Inclusion across the TFI Network
- Guide Dogs NSW/ACT and Be My Eyes team up to enhance accessibility for Australians with vision impairments
- American Management University Honors Accessibility Philosopher Dr. Aashutosh Kulkarni with Honorary Doctorate
- Evaluate accessibility and barrier-free services in the State Tax Service’s bodies – you’re invited to take part in a survey
- Ascott Launches Holistic Disability Inclusion Playbook For Accommodation Sector, Setting New Hospitality Benchmark
Accessibility Products and Services
- Airchair moves into larger manufacturing facility
- NeXt Camp Makes Summer Camp Accessible to All
- Android Vs. iPhone – Which Is Better For Older Users?
- Accessibility Espresso – short, powerful and to the point
- Meta Ray-Bans: Blind User’s Experience with Smart Glasses
- Hilton Boosting Accessibility For Travelers With Disabilities
- Publicly owned train operators take steps to improve accessibility
- Miracle-WM Adds Accessibility, Touchpad and Animation Options
- Apple’s New iPhone Grip and Stand Puts Accessibility at the Forefront
- Weald and Downland Living Museum launches £55k accessibility appeal
- Texas Ramp Project celebrates 40 years of providing freedom, accessibility
- Barkly Square sets sight on improving accessibility for the visually impaired
- Snowball joins Google for Startups as accessibility app scales internationally
- Bridging Communication Gaps: Simple Solutions for Accessible Travel at SEA
- Tennessee State Parks Uses New Technology to mark trails, make parks more accessible
- Tesla’s Robotaxi App Update Adds Cleaning Fees, Ride Ratings, and a Push to Accessibility
- Birmingham Airport Rolls Out New Accessibility Training to Support Passengers with Autism
- MIA, Delta Air Lines, and LATAM Airlines host tour for children with disabilities before the holidays
- Morgan’s unveils first-of-kind ride with Zamperla at IAAPA Expo 2025 and announces IAAPA partnership
- Chevrolet honors an American hero with a new wheelchair-accessible SUV – the next-generation BraunAbility Traverse
- Inside Laura LeMond’s Mission to Elevate Daily Calm, Rest, and Accessibility Through Weighted Blankets and Mindful Packaging
Accessibility Forums, Tips, and Gaming
- Accessibility Settings coming to Black Ops 7
- Your nominees for Innovation in Accessibility at #TheGameAwards
- Ghost Of Yotei Adds New Game Plus, New Accessibility Options, And More
AI Employment Trends
- Strengthen Colorado’s AI Act- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- State-level AI laws tighten focus on workplace bias- FinTech Global
- The Essentials—California Employment Law Update for 2026- K&L Gates
- HR is ‘often sidelined’ when it comes to workplace AI transformation, Beamery says- HR Dive
- Can Your Face Predict Your Salary? Using AI Personality Assessments in Hiring- Knowledge at Wharton
- Equal protection, elevated risk: How HR can prepare for an uptick in reverse discrimination claims- HR Dive
- What impact is artificial intelligence having on the U.S. labor market and the nation’s economy?- Equitable Growth
- Illinois AI Employment Law Goes Live Soon: Are Your Hiring Practices Compliant?- Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton LLP
Accessibility Statements
- Fieldfisher
- Caterpillar
- PR Newswire
- ACLU of Indiana
- Cincinnati Enquirer
- Antiquarian Booksellers
- University of South Carolina-Union
- City St George’s, University of London
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Washington Employment Security Department
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