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Articles on Accessibility
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Many people with disabilities in Canada still face systemic barriers. Governments must take action to reduce inequities.
A concerning range of digital games played by children are still failing to build in progressive representations of disability and diverse bodies.
Refusing accommodation that is inaccessible can leave disabled people without a home and ineligible for support.
Transportation apps can make public transit more accessible for riders with disabilities. But many apps remain inaccessible due to the cost of adding features and the lack of regulations.
Organizations that are serious about diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace need to actively and consistently work towards removing barriers to employment for employees with disabilities.
Queer disabled people struggle to be seen in queer spaces that often do not accommodate them.
Ubuntu is a concept that emphasises the importance of including everyone and building a strong community.
All instructors, regardless of the field, can promote mental health both by sharing specific resources and by designing accessible and flexible courses.
Pairing disability counsellors with post-secondary instructors to help them design classes is one way colleges and universities can improve their efforts to support students with disabilities.
Disabled Twitter users will be cut off from opportunities to tell their stories and collaborate internationally.
Accessibility can be a major barrier between people with disabilities and their favourite games.
A survey of disabled students found that some university accommodations they value became more widespread in the pandemic, like flexible course deadlines.
A collaboration between Polyglot Theatre and the UK’s Oily Cart puts an inclusive, child-led approach at its heart.
Some open access journals — those that don’t charge their readers a fee — require that researchers pay to publish with them. Removing author fees helps more researchers to publish their work.
We see a lot about the challenges and limitations associated with autism – but less about the real strengths autistic people bring to the workplace. Here’s how to make workplaces more autism-friendly.
The metaverse could open up more access to travel, entertainment and work for all.
Refugees from non-English speaking backgrounds with disabilities face the twin obstacles of English language courses that don’t work for them and disability services that don’t speak their language.
Successful housing projects for people living with disabilities have inviting communal spaces, private individual dwellings, commercial opportunities for residents and on-site support.
There is little evidence organisations consider digital accessibility by default. It usually happens if they have a senior accessibility champion in their ranks, or when they get sued.
Top contributors
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Assistant Professor, Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
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Professor, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto
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Professor and Academic Head, Special Education and Educational Psychology, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, Monash University
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Associate professor, Centre for Educational Research and Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor in Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Chair, Associate Chair of Research Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department, University of Florida
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Professor, Head of School, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Fulbright Scholar and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Monash University
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Lecturer in Social Policy, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer in Skill Acquisition and Motor Control, University of Technology Sydney
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C. Michael Armstrong Professor of Applied Game Design, Miami University
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Research Fellow, University of Leeds
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Assistant Professor, Nazarbayev University
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Associate Professor, Centre for Tourism Research, Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra
