Sassy Outwater-Wright: Accessibility Champion and More, Dies at 42

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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

Hacking Accessible Pedestrian Signals is Not a Joke: It’s a Civil Rights Violation Audible signals are a critical safety tool for Blind pedestrians and advocacy is why we have them

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On April 12, 2025 the top story on the Palo Alto (California) online news site was “Silicon Valley Crosswalk Buttons Apparently Hacked to Imitate Musk, Zuckerberg Voices” It told the story, covered by other media too, of how someone hacked into audible pedestrian signals so they broadcast messages such as “From undermining democracy, to cooking… Read more… Hacking Accessible Pedestrian Signals is Not a Joke: It’s a Civil Rights Violation Audible signals are a critical safety tool for Blind pedestrians and advocacy is why we have them

West Virginia University Sued Over Inaccessible Course Material and Educational Technology Guest article by civil rights lawyer Eve HIll

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This article is written by Eve Hill, one of the leading disability rights lawyers and digital accessibility legal specialists in the United States. (More about Eve at the end of this article.) Eve shares information about a lawsuit her law firm recently filed against a United States public university under the Americans with Disabilities Act… Read more… West Virginia University Sued Over Inaccessible Course Material and Educational Technology Guest article by civil rights lawyer Eve HIll

Charles Schwab 2024 Web and Mobile Accessibility Settlement Agreement Schwab will use WCAG 2.2 AA as its digital accessibility standard

Posted on Updated on January 3, 2025
This post sets forth the settlement agreement between Charles Schwab and four of its blind customers/clients about the accessibility of Schwab digital properties. The financial giant’s digital properties are defined in the agreement as “schwab.com and Schwab Mobile as well as Thinkorswim web and potential future Schwab web-based and mobile apps used by its retail… Read more… Charles Schwab 2024 Web and Mobile Accessibility Settlement Agreement Schwab will use WCAG 2.2 AA as its digital accessibility standard

Structured Negotiation Helps Parties Improve CVS Kiosk Accessibility Strategy used by CVS and National Federation of the Blind after a filed lawsuit

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Congratulations CVS and the National Federation of the Blind for reaching agreement to improve kiosk accessibility at Minute Clinics in CVS stores. The agreement was reached with the help of the Structured Negotiation process. Structured Negotiation is a collaborative process that helps people and organizations avoid the expense, time, and stress of litigation to focus… Read more… Structured Negotiation Helps Parties Improve CVS Kiosk Accessibility Strategy used by CVS and National Federation of the Blind after a filed lawsuit

Structured Negotiation Helps Disability Rights Washington Improve Care for Transgender Incarcerated People

Posted on Updated on January 26, 2024
On October 11, 2023, the AVID program at Disability Rights Washington (DRW) issued a press release with the headline “DRW Reaches Agreement With Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) To Improve Care For Transgender People With Disabilities.” The Parties used Structured Negotiation to achieve this important result for the rights of incarcerated transgender people, including… Read more… Structured Negotiation Helps Disability Rights Washington Improve Care for Transgender Incarcerated People

Legal Update: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys Offices, Championing Digital Access

Posted on Updated on August 8, 2022
During the previous United States presidential administration some very committed disability rights lawyers hunkered down in the Department of Justice (DOJ). They did what they could to protect the Americans with Disabilities Act during that challenging time. But there were very few proactive developments in the digital accessibility space. Today things are different! Recent developments show that the DOJ is once again a champion of disability rights generally and digital accessibility specifically, Read more… Legal Update: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys Offices, Championing Digital Access

Digital Accessibility Legal Update (Summer 2015)

Posted on Updated on August 7, 2022
This post is part of an occasional series about recent legal developments impacting technology and information access for people with disabilities. This post covers activity from March 12, 2015 through August 10, 2015. You can find earlier Updates in the Legal Updates Category of this website. The series is illustrated by a toolbox — because law has proven an effective tool to improve the accessibility and usability of digital content, print information and technology for everyone. There are many ways to use the law, reflected by the many tools in the toolbox and by the updates reported in this post. Read more… Digital Accessibility Legal Update (Summer 2015)