AccessAbility Blog

Comcast will make its debut as a national advertiser in the Oscars in Sunday's telecast. The topic won’t be promotions or new services, but rather TV technology for the blind.

The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with Washington County, Missouri, to improve access to all aspects of civic life for people with disabilities. The agreement was reached under Project Civic Access, the department's wide-ranging initiative to ensure that cities, towns and counties throughout the country comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

In the special needs community, we are often faced with disheartening statistics. A couple examples being the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' January 2015 report that just 17.3 percent of individuals with disabilities were employed or the National Center for Learning Disabilities' survey showing 45 percent of parents reported their children with learning disabilities were bullied in the past year. The list gets grimmer the deeper we dig. One thing is clear, there is an unfortunate lack of opportunities and understanding for people with disabilities in modern society.

A color mailer showing up in some Hawaii mailboxes offering to turn pets into registered "service dogs" for a fee is a

When it comes to photodocumentation via social media, many unknowingly describe their photos by accompanying them with little anecdotes like “Grandma and

Disability Rights Advocates invites CCB members to attend a hearing in our lawsuit against Uber, a popular new taxi service. DRA is