Every year since 2012, Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) has reminded web designers and the general public about the importance of digital accessibility. GAAD invites us to think about the ways our digital environment looks, sounds, and is accessed. Even though GAAD is officially one day (the third Thursday in May), events and activities are held year-round. Access is vital every day - after all, try to imagine using your phone or computer only once a year. While GAAD focuses on...

March 8 is International Women’s Day. I write posts for the DSI blog, so in late February, I started brainstorming ideas for a post on disabled women. I am a disabled woman with an international perspective, but I confess I got stuck. Share stories of successful disabled women? Important, yes, and true, but how to avoid objectification? Statistics about the current state of disabled women around the world? Honestly, too depressing. Books by disabled women? Always fun - perhaps too easy for a...

For centuries, and in many societies still today, disability has been portrayed as a curse, perhaps a judgment from an angry deity, and...