The worldviews we build with: Why good design starts in the spirit
This article is based on a presentation by Elina Ashimbayeva, who explains how deeper values shape the way people design technology and work together. It describes how small...
Presentations
How To Scale Digital Accessibility With Design Systems
Centralizing design and engineering help organizations build better digital services. Fragmented experiences often occur when teams solve the same problems in isolation. This leads...
The Clarity of Social Accessibility
This article, based on a presentation, explores how social accessibility affects daily experiences. It highlights the importance of recognition, the barriers people face in public...
PDF to Accessible Markdown: Introducing an Open Source AI Tool
PDF accessibility is a long-standing challenge. Many documents are hard to navigate, expensive to fix, and difficult for assistive technology to interpret. This article explains...
Totally Listening: Using a Total Communication Approach
This article explains how to support people who communicate in diverse ways, including those who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). It covers the Communication...
XR Accessibility: What Meta Horizon Worlds Teaches Us About Inclusive Virtual Reality Design
In this article, based on his presentation, Thomas Logan explores the accessibility lessons shared in a detailed presentation on Meta Horizon Worlds and the Meta Quest 3. It...
Beyond the Page: How an Inclusive Library Model Is Redefining Accessible Literacy
Most people take reading for granted. But for those with print disabilities, access to books, news, and learning materials can be life-changing. The Andrew Heiskell Braille and...
Got Data, Now What? Storytelling Through Accessible Design
Based on Dr. Angela Young’s A11yNYC talk, this explores how inclusive design transforms raw data into stories everyone can understand and act on. They unpacked the hidden costs of...
Making Content Accessible for People with Limited English Proficiency
Based on Irina Morozova’s A11yNYC talk, this explores how thoughtful content and inclusive design can make digital experiences more accessible for people with limited English...
Digital Accessibility’s Gap: AI to Bridge Mobile and Web Barriers
Mobile accessibility remains challenging, with 60–80% of users encountering barriers across common apps. Jason Tan frames the challenge through four apocalyptic horsemen: lack of...
Accessibility Lightning Talks: AI for Accessibility, Engagement, Audio, and Access
This article is based on four lightning talks given at A11yNYC. Raquel Ronzone from Perkins School for the Blind discusses broadening engagement in accessibility innovation. New...
Championing Accessibility: Technical and Non-Technical Tips
This blog post, based on a talk by Kai Wong and Asha Sachdeva at A11yNYC, explores strategies for championing digital accessibility. The speakers emphasize that anyone, regardless...
Tools of the Trade: Accessibility Without the Cost
In this A11yNYC recap, Jeremy Rivera explains how developers and designers can build accessible digital experiences using free tools. Tools help catch common issues like poor color...
Benchmarking Usability and the Cognitive Accessibility Frontier
This post explains how traditional tools like the System Usability Scale don’t always work for people with disabilities, so Fable created a new version called the Accessible...
Older Adults and Digital Inclusion
Tom Kamber talks about the founding of Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) to help older adults learn and use technology to improve their lives. It started with one woman who...
Audio Description in Advertising
This post explains why audio description in advertising is still rare, even though millions of blind and low-vision people want and need it. Companies often say it’s too expensive...
Accessibility Technology and Innovation Lab at Verizon
This article is based on Fred Moltz’s talk at A11yNYC. Nine years ago, Fred Moltz started Verizon’s accessibility program. He built it from the ground up, which helped him evolve...
Advancing Accessibility: Strategies for Continuous Improvement
This article is based on Andrew Hedges’ talk at A11yNYC. Andrew Hedges has been building the web professionally since 1998. This is the year that section 508 passed and one year...
Locking in Accessibility Best Practices Early for a Performing Arts Center
This article is based on Vlado Vince and Natalie Kertes’s talk at A11yNYC. Vlado Vince, IT director at Perelman Performing Arts Center (PACNYC), has been doing IT in the performing...
The Dos and Don’ts of Disability Representation in Media
This article is based on Xian Horn’s talk at A11yNYC . Xian’s presentation talks about the do’s and don’ts of disability representation in the media. Her first tip is to stay...
Mobile Accessibility Tools: Camera Switches and More
This article is based on a talk Shafik Quoraishee gave at A11yNYC. Mobile has its own accessibility guidelines and standards. They align with the web accessibility guidelines and...
Leveling the Playing Field: Toward Equivalently Accessible Video Game Worlds
This article is based on a talk Vishnu Nair gave at A11yNYC. Video games are a pastime and an escape for many. They allow people to explore and experience complex, fantastical...
Building Accessibility into Social Virtual Reality Experiences
Thomas Logan completed the Edstutia Instructor Certification in Extended Reality (ICXR). He spent several months learning how to make immersive and engaging presentations in...
A Taste of ReelAbilities New York 2024
This article is based on a talk Isaac Zablocki, co-founder of ReelAbilities and the director of film programs at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, gave at A11yNYC about the 2024...
The Accessibility Tales: Stories from the Before Times
This article is based on a talk Jesse Beach who supports a team of engineers at Meta and a founding contributor to the jsx-a11y-eslint-plugin, gave at A11yNYC. During the pandemic,...
Digital Accessibility and Civil Rights: The 2023 Legal Landscape
This article is based on an A11yNYC talk given by Lainey Feingold, a disability rights lawyer, public speaker, and author. What is digital accessibility? Accessibility is captions....
Real AI Solutions for Accessibility Challenges
This article is based on a talk Kevin Berg, VP of solution engineering at Evinced, gave at A11yNYC . Artificial intelligence (AI) can help solve the digital accessibility problem....
New Ideas and Unique Solutions from Figma on Accessibility
This article is based on a talk David Winslow, software engineer at Figma, gave at A11yNYC. For those who aren’t familiar with it, Figma is a tool that allows people to share and...
Virtual Reality Accessibility: How to Implement Multiple Locomotion Styles in Unity
Incorporating diverse locomotion styles in virtual reality (VR) is crucial for creating an inclusive and accessible experience. By offering options such as teleportation, arm...
Accessibility Virtual Reality: How to Add Captions Using Open Source
Closed captions provide another way for people to get audio information in various media formats, such as movies and TV shows. Captions are essential to ensure that dialogue, sound...
Pushing Beyond the Boundaries of the Five Senses with Artificial Intelligence
Close your eyes and visualize a loved one. Can you see the person’s facial features? Can you visualize them with eyes open, closed, or both? Someone who experiences extremely vivid...
Virtual Reality Accessibility: How to Add In-App Display Settings
Meta has nine accessibility Virtual Reality Checks (VRC) for creating accessible virtual reality (VR) experiences for people with disabilities. This looks at Accessibility...
From Barriers to Breakthroughs: A Person’s Journey in Digital Accessibility
How did Thomas Logan get started in accessibility? It all started in 2002 when he was a student at the University of North Carolina. There, he met Jason Morris, a graduate student...
Creating Accessible iOS Apps: An Action Plan
It can be overwhelming getting started with accessibility in Apple iOS. The operating system has so many features, tools, and APIs. This is where the action plan will be helpful....
Accessibility Virtual Reality: User Studies with Children and Seniors Presentation
VRTogether designed a virtual reality social game that is designed to alleviate loneliness and improve a person’s well-being. Equal Entry worked with Azalee Group to see if using...
Mapping the Disability Tech Market with Perkins School for the Blind
The Howe Innovation Center is part of Perkins School for the Blind. The center is named for Samuel Gridley Howe, the founding director of Perkins. He was a visionary for his time...
AI for Accessibility: Opportunities and Challenges
Links to all resources mentioned in this article are listed at the end of the page. Shari Trewin started with a story about captions. In 2020, she was one of the accessibility...
Automatic Captions: Our Experiments and Best Practices
The number one rule for high-quality accessible captioning is readability. After all, if nobody can read your captions, then none of the other rules matter. People put so much...
Breaking into Digital Accessibility Careers, Part 2
In case you missed it, here is the recap on the First Steps to Breaking into Digital Accessibility Careers. How do I become an accessibility-focused (fill in the blank)? Louise...
Here’s What Happened at the First A11yTokyo
Accessibility Tokyo known as A11yTokyo is now active! A11yTokyo is a collaboration between Equal Entry and Infoaxia. Although the first Meetup was online, the monthly Meetup will...
Marketing in Accessibility
Marketing is a fun topic that’s not talked about a lot in the accessibility space. Often, marketing teams are focused on the product, the code, and making it accessible. They...
Accessibility Virtual Reality: Augmented Reality Captioned Glasses
The augmented reality technology wave provides us with a chance to build accessible hardware and software solutions from the ground up, rather than as an afterthought. Xander and...
Accessibility Virtual Reality: Accessibly (Re)Creating the Past
The reason Deb Mayers calls this (re)creation of the past is that we can’t ever be sure exactly what the past was like. The (re)construction with the parentheses around the “re”...
Assistive Technology for Kids with Multiple Disabilities
When we think about accessible video games, most of us might think about adaptations such as the Xbox adaptive controller. However, this leaves out a large population of people who...
Accessibility in a Virtual World Before Oculus
Accessible virtual worlds existed before virtual reality (VR) headsets. Virtual Ability has been designing accessible virtual world spaces for over 15 years. The team at Virtual...
How You Can Future-Proof and Differentiate Your Business
Just when we thought the pandemic is the biggest thing we have to deal with, then comes the Great Resignation, because we don’t have enough labor. And now there’s talk about...
Designing for Bodies: Accessibility in Virtual Reality
Designing For Bodies: Accessibility in Virtual Reality is about the challenges developers and designers face in building accessible XR experiences when the nature of XR is an...
The First Steps to Breaking into Digital Accessibility Careers
Beginning a career focused on digital accessibility can be intimidating as technologists new to this professional field struggle to define the specific role that aligns with their...
Virtual Accessibility Mapping, Awareness Raising, and Real-World Advocacy
Encounters with barriers to built environments, education, employment, entertainment, and healthcare in virtual reality (VR) can shape our understanding of issues faced by diverse...
Adding Alt Text in Social Virtual Reality
Imagine trying to navigate a virtual space without being able to see the objects in it. If a host tells everyone to move to the outside space and you can’t see where is outside and...
Speaking Up and Speaking Out: Tactical Communication in Accessibility
In 1945, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) had a big problem. Too many crashes. The USAF had no idea why this happened. They built these cockpits with unmovable chairs and no straps on the...
How to Determine If a Company Knows About Digital Accessibility
An organization held a training session for more than 400 attendees. The purpose of the training was to educate attendees on digital accessibility. In the audience were a few...
Accessible Typefaces, Fonts, and Text with Jared Smith
Most of our time online is typically spent reading text, yet we don’t often consider how accessible that text is. The typefaces, fonts, and text styling used can have a significant...
Overlays Underwhelm | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
Accessibility overlays bring promises of accessible sites in one line of code, but experiences from users tell us the opposite. At a previous A11yNYC Meetup, Adrian Roselli looks...
How Virtual Reality Can Be More Accessible with WalkinVR
Imagine you’re wearing a virtual reality headset and sitting in a chair or wheelchair. You start playing Job Simulator. In one scene, you need to reach low to open the mini-freezer...
Accessible Multimodal Input in Augmented Reality Training Applications | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
In this talk, Ashley Coffey shares PEAT research on making immersive hybrid workplaces more inclusive and accessible. She reflects on themes explored in an “Inclusive XR in the...
Google Project Relate: A Communication Tool | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
For millions of people, being able to speak and be understood can be difficult as a result of conditions that can impact speech, including stroke, ALS, Cerebral Palsy, traumatic...
A Voice For Virtual Reality: The Advocate’s Role | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
How anyone can advocate for virtual reality use in healthcare? How can they go about doing it in simple ways? In this presentation, Heather Bucalos covered how the advocate of VR...
Broke with Accessible Taste: Understanding the Economics of Digital Access in America | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
Conversations about digital accessibility are predominantly centered on the technical and monetary expenses of implementation in products and applications. Missing from these...
Adapting VR Games for People with Disabilities | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
Beat Saber, Job Simulator, AudioShield, BoxVR, and many more games are engaging and very immersive. But they haven’t been accessible for everyone… until now. Players with...
Accessible Tourism: How Travel Can Be Accessible for All | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
TourismForAll is a travel agency and tour operator that specializes in accessible tourism. Its mission is to provide quality services and accommodations to anyone with a disability...
Paradigm Shifts in Interacting With Virtual Environments: A Focus on Deaf People | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
Zoom has thrived since March 2020. Obviously, COVID-19 prompted an interesting fundamental change in how to socialize and network with people remotely. But what about the 3D...
Accessible SVGs: Pattern, Color Contrast, and Motion Considerations | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled “Accessible SVGs: Pattern, Color Contrast, and Motion Considerations.” Scalable Vector Graphics (SVGs) became a W3C open...
Introducing the XR Association’s Developers Guide on Accessibility | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
The XR Association promotes the dynamic global growth of the XR industry, which includes virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed-reality, and future immersive technology. XRA is...
Deaf Tech: Travel Through Time from Past to Future | ID24 Recap
Inclusive Design 24 (ID24) is a free 24-hour online event for the global community for sharing knowledge and ideas in inclusive design. Deaf technology and accessibility tools have...
Billion Strong: A Global Identity and Empowerment Nonprofit | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On October 7, 2021, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled “Billion Strong: A Global Identity and Empowerment Nonprofit.” According to the World Health Organization,...
Can People with Disabilities Use VR? | ID24 Recap
Inclusive Design 24 (ID24) is a free 24-hour online event for the global community for sharing knowledge and ideas in inclusive design. For the first time in ID24 history, a...
Virtual Reality in the Dark: VR Development for People Who Are Blind | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
Today’s commercial VR systems provide interaction methods allowing people with disabilities to experience gaming and virtual environments as never before. Aaron Gluck discussed...
Voice Content, Multimodal Accessibility, and the Story of Ask GeorgiaGov | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On September 14, 2021, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled “Voice Content, Multimodal Accessibility, and the Story of Ask GeorgiaGov.” In this presentation,...
Why Winn-Dixie Doesn’t Matter Recap
In April of 2021, the eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals released its decision in Gil v. Winn-Dixie. Many advocates proclaimed it was a major blow to disability rights and some...
Exploring Virtual Reality User Experience for People with Facial Palsy | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
The talk highlighted learnings about how to do research with people with facial palsy and the challenges of adapting the headset and creating experiences for them. Marg Laing and...
I Heart CC: Why and How to Caption Videos Folks Love | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On July 13, 2021, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled “I Heart CC: Why and How to Caption Videos Folks Love.” With more captioning DIY apps coming out and...
Captions and Beyond: Building XR software for all users | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
Captions in cross-reality (XR) provide an opportunity for participants with language barriers or hearing and speaking differences to communicate across. This talk covered the...
Accessibility Testing with People with Disabilities | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On June 1, 2021, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled “Accessibility Testing with People with Disabilities: Tips and tricks from the experts at Fable.” Sam Proulx,...
The Past, Present and Future of Accessibility in Mozilla Hubs | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
Hubs works towards the Mozilla mission of keeping the internet open and accessible to all by providing an ecosystem for communities, organizers, educators, artists, and developers...
Accessing Innovation | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On April 27, 2021, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled “Accessing Innovation.” Presenter Cat Noone — a product designer, co-founder, and CEO of Stark — the startup...
Accessible Virtual Reality for People with Limited Mobility | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
Virtual reality (VR) offers new and compelling ways for users to interact with digital content. These include immersive experiences that are beneficial in various domains, such as...
How to Create Web Products for People with Disabilities? Le Wagon Presentation Recap
Last year, I had the opportunity to give a presentation at Le Wagon Tokyo, a coding school focused on preparing people for new jobs in the information technology industry. I was...
Accessible Wayfinding Systems will Start a New Era of Accessibility | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On February 2, 2021, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled “Accessible Wayfinding Systems will Start a New Era of Accessibility.” Presenter Idan Meir — the...
Providing Remote Services for The Disability Community During The Pandemic | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On August 18, 2020, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled “Providing Remote Services for The Disability Community During The Pandemic.” Presenter Jonathon Epstein —...
Haptics for XR – How designing great haptics can support use case accessibility | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
On November 20, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled “Haptics for XR – How designing great haptics can support use case accessibility”. Presenter Eric Vezzoli, Haptics...
Designing Augmented Reality Systems to Empower People with Low Vision | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
On October 23, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled “Designing Augmented Reality Systems to Empower People with Low Vision” Presenter Yuhang Zhao, Assistant Professor...
5 Things I Learned from the Accessibility Community | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On October 6, 2020, Accessibility New York City hosted a meetup entitled “5 Things I Learned from the Accessibility Community.” Presenter Marcy Sutton, freelance web developer,...
From Hack to Product Feature – How to Leverage R&D at Work Through Hackathons | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
On July 16, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled “From Hack to Product Feature – How to Leverage R&D at Work Through Hackathons.” Presenter Roland Dubois, Lead Product...
The Way for the VR World: FOR EVERYONE! | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
August 27, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled “The Way for the VR World : FOR EVERYONE!” Presenter Nicolas Perret, 3dRudder Senior Principal Software Engineer,...
Using Task-Oriented Walk Throughs for Accessibility Reviews | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On July 14, 2020, Accessibility New York City hosted a meetup entitled “Using Task-Oriented Walk Throughs for Accessibility Reviews.” Presenter Sarah Pulis, digital accessibility...
Professional Testers with Disabilities | Accessibility Chicago Meetup Recap
On June 9, 2020, Chicago Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design hosted a Meetup entitled Professional Testers with Disabilities. Presenter Heather Burns, an Accessibility...
Ideas for A11y Programs in XR Tech Companies | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
On June 18, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled Ideas for A11y Programs in XR Tech Companies. Presenter Bill Curtis-Davidson, former Sr. Manager of Accessibility at...
VR Interactions – A Comparison Between Gaze, Controller and Hand | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
On May 21, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled VR Interactions – A Comparison Between Gaze, Controller and Hand. Presenter Sam Qorbani, a digital media designer...
Designing a Participatory Design Workshop | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
On June 4, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled “Designing a Participatory Design Workshop.” Presenter Indira Knight, design researcher and developer at the Helen Hamlyn...
A Future Date – Digital Accessibility Legal Update
Accessibility advocates from around the world came together last week to hold A Future Date, a virtual conference hosted on YouTube of curated sessions from cancelled major...
NYC COVID-19 Response for People with Disabilities | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On May 5, 2020, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled “NYC COVID-19 Response for People with Disabilities.” Presenters Walei Sabry and Jonathan Novick from the NYC...
Universal Immersive Design | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap
On April 16, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled “Universal Immersive Design.” Presenter Doug North Cook, founding faculty for the Immersive Media programs at Chatham...
Designing Together: Co-Designing a VR Therapy | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On March 3, 2020, Accessibility New York City hosted a meetup entitled “Designing Together: Co-Designing a VR Therapy.” Presenter Indira Knight, Design Researcher from the Helen...
Designing for Assistive Tech in Adobe XD | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On February 4th, Accessibility New York City hosted a meetup entitled “Designing for Assistive Tech in Adobe XD”. Presenter Cameron Cundiff, Software Engineer at Adobe, gave a...
Tactile Design for Accessibility | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On December 3, 2019, Accessibility New York City hosted a meetup entitled “Tactile Design for Accessibility.” Presenter Lauren Race, Research Fellow at the NYU Ability Project,...
The Best Way to Create Audio Description: Equal Entry Webinar Recap
On November 21, 2019, I gave a webinar for 3Play Media on behalf of Equal Entry, titled “The Best Way to Create Audio Description.” There were over 130 attendees who learned about...
Designing With Accessibility in Mind | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On October 1, 2019, Accessibility New York City hosted a meetup entitled “Designing With Accessibility in Mind.” Presenter Regine Gilbert,User Experience Designer and professor at...
PUXL, the Accessibility-First Framework: What is it and How Does it Work? | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On September 12, Accessibility New York City hosted a meetup entitled “PUXL, the Accessibility-First Framework: What is it and How Does it Work?“. The presentation was led by Iñigo...
Lower Literacy: It’s Not the User, It’s the Product! | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On June 4, 2019, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled “Lower Literacy: It’s Not the User, It’s the Product!” Presenter Damien Senger, Design Systems & Accessibility...
Making Museums More Accessible | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On May 16, 2019, Accessibility New York City hosted a meetup entitled “Making Museums More Accessible: How Do We Overcome Barriers to Content?” Presenter Aurélia Fleury, Director...
2019 Digital Accessibility Trends – An Evening With Tim Springer, Level Access | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On April 2, 2019, the Accessibility New York City Meetup hosted 2019 Digital Accessibility Trends. Presenter Tim Springer, Founder and CEO of Level Access, provided a data driven...
Time Traveler’s Guide to Accessibility Mechanics | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On January 22, 2019, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup entitled “Time Traveler’s Guide to Accessibility Mechanics.” Presenter Léonie Watson, accessibility engineer and Director of...
If It’s Interactive, It Needs a Focus Style | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On January 8, 2019, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup entitled “If It’s Interactive, It Needs a Focus Style.” Presenter Eric Bailey, designer at thoughtbot with a focus on...
Pair Programming: Better Than Adderall | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap
On December 4, 2018, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup entitled “Pair Programming: Better Than Adderall.” Presenter Matt Kleiman, software engineer at Pivotal Labs, described how...
Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap: An Evening With Victor Calise, NYC Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities
On November 8, 2018, Accessibility NYC hosted a Meetup entitled “An Evening With Victor Calise, NYC Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities.” Commissioner Calise described New...
Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap: WCAG 2.1: An Evening With Andrew Kirkpatrick, Head of Accessibility at Adobe
On September 11, 2018, Accessibility NYChosted a meetup entitled “WCAG 2.1: An Evening With Andrew Kirkpatrick, Head of Accessibility at Adobe.” Presenter Andrew Kirkpatrick...
#a11yTOConf Presentation – Why Wait? Let’s Make Virtual Reality Accessible Today!
On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, Equal Entry Owner Thomas Logan presented “Why Wait? Let’s Make Virtual Reality Accessible Today!” at #a11yTOConf 2018. The premise of the talk was...
Inclusive Design Presentation – Let’s Make Maps Widely Accessible
Over the last two decades there have been numerous demonstrations of accessible digital map interfaces for people with disabilities. However, these implementations typically only...
Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap: Inclusive Web-based Virtual Reality
On August 7, 2018, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup entitled “Inclusive Web-based Virtual Reality: A11Y & WebXR Immerses the Visually Impaired.” Presenters Roland Dubois and Ian...
Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap: Transdisciplinary and Inclusive Approaches to Accessibility
On July 10, 2018 Accessibility NYC hosted a Meetup entitled “Transdisciplinary and Inclusive Approaches to Accessibility.” Presenter Claire Kearney-Volpe, PhD Candidate in NYU’s...
Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap: Understanding Transportation Challenges for People With Disabilities in NYC
On June 5, 2018, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup entitled “Understanding Transportation Challenges for People With Disabilities in NYC.” Presenter Jessica Murray, doctoral...
Build Your Accessibility Evaluation Toolkit: Presentation Recap
On May 17, 2018, Equal Entry CEO Thomas Logan was a featured presenter at NYC Digital Inclusion & Accessibility 2018. The one-day conference for City employees was co-hosted by...
Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap: LinkNYC Accessibility
On May 1, 2018, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup entitled “LinkNYC Accessibility.” Presenters Ruth Fasoldt, Kevin Green and Emily Pease described LinkNYC, a first-of-its-kind...
Presentation for the New York City Bar Association: A Recap
I presented to the Disability Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association on April 19th, 2018. The Disability Law Committee was interested in gaining an understanding of...
Accessibility NYC Meeting Recap: Uniquely Normal: Tapping the Reservoir of Normalcy to Treat Autism
On April 3, 2018, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup entitled “Uniquely Normal: Tapping the Reservoir of Normalcy to Treat Autism.” Presenter Robert J. Bernstein, Counselor and...
Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap: “Diversity and Inclusion in the Arts.”
On March 20th, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup entitled “Diversity and Inclusion in the Arts.” Presenter Stephanie Barton-Farcas, Founder and Artistic Director of Nicu’s Spoon...
Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap: “Aira: AR to Enhance Information Access and Cultural Experiences for the Blind.”
On March 6, 2018, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup at thoughtbot entitled, “Aira: AR to Enhance Information Access and Cultural Experiences for the Blind.” Aira provides live...
Thomas Logan, Equal Entry CEO, Gives Presentation at Princeton University
Thomas Logan, Equal Entry CEO, recently delivered a presentation at Princeton University about APS technology. APS stands for Accessible Pedestrian Signal Device. You may have...
Accessibility NYC Meeting Recap: CADET, NCAM’s New Caption and Description Editing Tool
On February 6th, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library in New York. At the meetup, Bryan Gould and Geoff Freed from the National...
Accessibility NYC Meeting Recap: “Accessibility, Technology, and Fashion Design”
On October 26th, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup entitled “Accessibility, Technology, and Fashion Design.” Shawn Lauriat, an accessibility engineer for Google Apps, talked...
Accessibility NYC Meeting Recap: Two Decades of Disability Rights Advocacy with Lainey Feingold
On October 26th, Accessibility NYC hosted a joint meetup with the Computer Center for Visually Impaired People at Baruch College entitled “Two Decades of Disability Rights...
Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap: “Implementing Resizable Text Without Breaking the User Experience”
Earlier this month, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup entitled “Implementing Resizable Text Without Breaking the User Experience.” Presenter Adina Halter, Senior Product Manager...
Accessibility NYC Meeting Recap: “Building an Accessible Document Workflow”
Last year, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup at thoughtbot entitled “Building an Accessible Document Workflow.” Damian Sian, Senior Web Accessibility Advisor for Princeton...
Accessibility NYC Meeting Recap: “My Story, Aphasia, the NYC Outdoors Disability Group, and the No Barriers Summit”
This past summer, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup entitled “My Story, Aphasia, the NYC Outdoors Disability Group, and the No Barriers Summit.” Presenter Avi Golden, a practicing...
Thoughts on One-Handed Typing
How does typing with one hand affect someone’s experience on the modern web? Sam Berman, Accessibility Consultant at Equal Entry, shares his thoughts on the matter in this short...
Accessibility NYC Meeting Recap: Accessibility and Virtual Reality
Accessibility NYC hosted a Meetup on July 11, 2017 at thoughtbot, titled Accessibility and Virtual Reality. Our CEO, Thomas Logan, presented a variety of demonstrations of various...
“Writing Government Information for People with Disabilities”
Earlier this month, Accessibility NYC hosted a Meetup at thoughtbot titled “Writing Government Information for People with Disabilities.” The presenter was Jonathan Katz, Content...
TBT: “I Am Colorblind, And You Can Too!”
Accessibility NYC hosted a Meetup last year at thoughtbot, titled “I Am Colorblind, and You Can Too!” The presenter was Jake Voytko, a senior software engineer at Etsy. Voytko...
“A Taste of ReelAbilities”
Accessibility NYC hosted a Meetup on April 4th at thoughtbot, titled “A Taste of ReelAbilities.” Ravit Turjeman, Director of the ReelAbilities Festival, presented and discussed...
Recap: “Accessibility in NYC Parks”
Accessibility NYC hosted a Meetup on May 2nd, 2017 at thoughtbot, titled “Accessibility in NYC Parks”. Christopher Noel, ADA Accessibility Coordinator for New York Parks and...
Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap: “Disability, Bring It On”
Accessibility NYC hosted a Meetup on March 7th, 2017 at thoughtbot, titled “Disability, Bring It On.” Jack Chen, Patent Counsel at Google, explored universal lessons on success...
Watch Equal Entry’s Presentation on Software Developer Kits
Thomas Logan, Equal Entry CEO, recently gave a presentation in Chicago titled, “Software Development Kits and Accessibility.” Logan’s presentation is now available online with...
Second Annual Accessibility Camp in NYC is a Success
New York City’s second accessibility camp was hosted at NYU MAGNET2 Metrotech Center on Saturday September 17, 2016. Focusing on users with different disabilities, sessions covered...
Watch Thomas Logan’s Presentation on Multimedia and Accessibility
Thomas Logan, Equal Entry CEO, recently gave a presentation at thoughtbot titled “Multimedia and Accessibility.” The presentation focused on accessibility techniques to improve...