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This page has short summaries of every article posted on Lainey Feingold's website with links to the full articles. Visit the Topics Page for all 300 plus articles on this website organized into 38 topics including Structured Negotiation and digital accessibility.
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The unemployment rate for people with disabilities in the United States is at an unacceptable high rate. As the US Bureau of Labor Statistics stated in a February 2022 informational release: “Across all educational attainment groups, unemployment rates for persons with a disability were higher than those for persons without a disability.”
Two new resources from the US federal government address one type of barrier to the employment of disabled people: Algorithmic and Artificial Intelligence (AI) hiring tools that discriminate.
Read more… In 2022 US Government Agencies Warned about Artificial Intelligence Hiring Tech that Discriminates against Disabled Applicants In 2025 legal complaints were filed on these issues
Another class action lawsuit has been filed by a small business that purchased an overlay monthly subscription, yet still got hit with a lawsuit claiming its website was not accessible. This suit against UserWay by a small online florist, described below, is similar in scope to the class action lawsuit filed against AccessiBe, another overlay…
Read more… Another Web Access Overlay Company Sued by a Small Business Class action lawsuit against UserWay alleges violations of Delaware Consumer Fraud Act and other laws
Digital accessibility is a civil right of disabled people. In the United States and other countries, civil rights are baked into laws mandating accessibility. Among other things, these laws have different remedies available to people with disabilities who have been denied access to web content. If someone sues under the ADA the remedies available to…
Read more… 5.15 Million Dollar Settlement in California Web Accessibility Class Action US Department of Justice asks court to reject the settlement
Amidst the cruelty and chaos of president trump and the current federal administration in the United States, December 2025 brought news of a font change for documents in the State Department. A font change of course is small in comparison to the local, national, and global harms of the administration. Yet I think the “font…
Read more… The US State Department’s Font Flip-Flop Guest Article by Dr. Aina G. Irbe on A Step Backward for Accessibility
Four years after I published the second edition of my book — Structured Negotiation, a Winning Alternative to Lawsuits– something unexpected happened that brought me great joy. An Australian peacemaker named Andrew Wood carefully read the book and wrote a blog post about every chapter. Every one! They are published on LinkedIn and on his…
Read more… Beyond Digital Accessibility: An Australian Reader Takes Deep Dive into Structured Negotiation Book Peacemaker Andrew Wood mines the book for his work with Australian veterans
I’m always looking for ways to talk about digital inclusion without reference to legal hammers. This post gathers some yummy analogies for accessibility that can be used to raise awareness and help develop skills. Think blueberry muffins, curry and peanut butter.
Read more… Accessibility is Delicious: Food analogies for digital inclusion
Comments are due on September 2d to stop a republican attack on a longstanding rule in the United States called Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. Section 503 helps disabled people get hired by federal contractors. Here’s what the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) says about section 503 and the proposed rollback: Section…
Read more… Comments Needed to Stop republican Attack on Section 503 Proposal will gut rules about federal contractors hiring disabled workers
Lainey’s Introduction As the republican attacks on rights, benefits and democracy continue in the United States, resistance takes many forms. One problem in the country right now is that main stream media normalizes trump and republican activity, as if we are not creeping toward fascism with every act of cruelty. I believe that any action,…
Read more… Attacks on Public Broadcasting Lead US Accessibility Champion to Reject Prestigious Award Guest article by Larry Goldberg, Accessible Media and Technology Consultant
Sassy Outwater-Wright died on July 12, 2025 of cancer. She was the self-described Tumor Killer Girl in her fierce, honest, and often heart wrenching writing about the disease that ultimately took her life. As she said during a 2022 public radio interview “My superhero name is Tumor Killer Girl. I just went through my 100th…
Read more… Sassy Outwater-Wright: Accessibility Champion and More, Dies at 42
For over forty years the United States has had regulations that say new buildings must be accessible to people with disabilities if the building is built by an organization that receives federal funds. Now the trump administration is taking the first steps to undo this long history of access in the built environment. Jump to:…
Read more… July 11 Update! New Attempt to Roll Back Accessibility Requirements – Comments Needed U.S. Department of Energy proposes drastic change to decades-old regulations
