All Accessibility is Political: Understanding the Intersection of Accessibility, Disability, and Politics • Buttondown
August 16, 2024
You can’t talk about accessibility without talking about disability because accessibility is inherently tied to the experiences and needs of people with disabilities. When we explore accessibility for people with disabilities, we are talking about physical access to buildings as well as digital access to information, technology, education, employment, and every facet of life. Accessibility is a fundamental issue of civil rights and social justice.
We lose sight of the fact (or perhaps never really comprehended it) that the Web is a deeply political project. It’s the World Wide Web, and those first two W’s matter (not least to its resilience and success). And accessibility regardless of disability has always, always been central to the Web.
