Table of Contents: Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech

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This post contains the table of contents for Lainey Feingold’s new book called Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech. There are 32 chapters in the book written by authors from 10 different countries. Some are disabled and some do not have a disability.

The book talks about why digital accessibility must be part of everyone’s ethics and introduces the Digital Accessibility Ethics Framework. It has values, actions, and questions. And it can help organizations stop excluding disabled people when they design technology. It can also help avoid risks and harms when disabled people are excluded.

An aerial view of the Digital Accessibility Ethics Book on a clean desk with a green plant and a cup of coffee and pen.

Introduction: The Digital Accessibility Gap and the Need for an Ethics Framework

Section One: Foundation

  1. Introducing the Digital Accessibility Ethics Framework; Lainey Feingold, Reginé Gilbert, and Chancey Fleet
  2. Disability and Accessibility: Understanding the Terms at the Heart of this Collection; Crystal Preston Watson
  3. The Ethical Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence; Jutta Treviranus
  4. The Global Digital Accessibility Legal Landscape; Lainey Feingold

Section Two: Ethical Accessibility Practices

  1. Designing With: Widening Power and Participation of Disabled People in the Design Process; Josh Kim
  2. Achieving Ethical Accessibility in the Development Process; Léonie Watson
  3. The Ethics of Accessibility Leadership in India and Across the Globe; Shilpi Kapoor
  4. Empower All Minds: Cognitive Accessibility Ethics; Margaux Joffe
  5. Don’t Buy Broken Things: Ethical Accessible Procurement; Sheri Byrne-Haber
  6. Hackathons, Student Projects, and Digital Accessibility Ethics; Joshua A. Miele
  7. Deaf Leaders Now! The Ethics of Hiring Disabled People in Science and Technology; Jenny C. Lu and Sheila Xu
  8. Making Every Voice Heard: The Ethics of Voice Recognition Technology; Meenakshi Das
  9. Digital Accessibility Ethics in Africa: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities; Irene Mbari-Kirika and Dr. Samuel Kabue
  10. Who Sees What? Ethics Issues in Describing the Visual World; Nefertiti Matos Olivares and Thomas Reid
  11. Facial Difference, AI Bias, and Digital Accessibility Ethics; Carly Findlay
  12. Everyone Needs (At Least A Little) Accessibility Education; Rolando J. Méndez Fernández and Kate Sonka
  13. Accessibility Overlays and the Harms of Marketing “Quick Fixes”; Adrian A. Roselli
  14. Accessibility Practitioner Burnout is an Ethics Issue; Matt May

Section Three: Digital Accessibility Ethics Across Sectors

  1. No One Left Behind: Digital Accessibility Ethics and Emergency Preparedness; Erin E. Brown
  2. When My Seeing Eye Dog and I Surprise a Delivery Robot: New Technologies Need to be Accessible, Too; Haben Girma
  3. Secure by Design, Accessible by Default: Building Cybersecurity Ethics That Include Everyone; Aliyu G. Yisa and Justin Merhoff
  4. From Both Sides of the Stethoscope: Digital Accessibility Ethics in Healthcare; Dr. Heidi Joshi and Dr. Oluwaferanmi O. Okanlami
  5. Beyond Technology: Ethics and Strategies for Inclusive Smart Cities; Monica Duhem, Josefina Ocampo Guchea, and James Thurston
  6. Tech-Facilitated Disability Discrimination and Artificial Intelligence Tools at Work; Ariana Aboulafia
  7. Who Gets to Read, Who Gets to Publish? Digital Accessibility Ethics for Authors, Journalists, and Publishers; Laura Brady and Daniella Levy-Pinto
  8. Democracy for All: Addressing Accessibility Challenges for Disabled Voters; Jess Moore Matthews, MA
  9. Digital Accessibility and Open Source Need Each Other; Mike Gifford
  10. Immersive Technology Needs Digital Accessibility Ethics; Reginé Gilbert
  11. Public Relations, Marketing, Accessibility, and Ethics; Victoria Ottah Nnenna
  12. The Future of Game Accessibility is Grounded in Ethics; Aderyn Thompson
  13. Digital Accessibility and Public Digital Amenities; Chancey Fleet
  14. Legal Ethics, Access to Justice, and the Need for Digital Accessibility; Lainey Feingold

Conclusion: What’s Next for Digital Accessibility Ethics?