How to Read a VPAT
Read properly, it's your cheapest leverage. Filed unread, it's worse than nothing -- a false record of diligence.
Read properly, it's your cheapest leverage. Filed unread, it's worse than nothing -- a false record of diligence.
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Read properly, it's your cheapest leverage. Filed unread, it's worse than nothing -- a false record of diligence.
Read properly, it's your cheapest leverage. Filed unread, it's worse than nothing -- a false record of diligence.
Dated, structured, boring. And the most valuable thing you'll ever build.
Dated, structured, boring. And the most valuable thing you'll ever build.
A metric without a price is just information. A metric with a price is a budget request.
A metric without a price is just information. A metric with a price is a budget request.
Nobody handed you a statute with your business cards. Here's the part you actually need to know.
Nobody handed you a statute with your business cards. Here's the part you actually need to know.
Nobody remediates everything. Pretending otherwise is how programs die. Here's how to find the number that actually matters.
Nobody remediates everything. Pretending otherwise is how programs die. Here's how to find the number that actually matters.
Federal research initiatives habitually break down in execution, not intent. SPECTRA's accessibility requirements must be embedded in procurement specifications before proposals are solicited.
Federal research initiatives habitually break down in execution, not intent. SPECTRA's accessibility requirements must be embedded in procurement specifications before proposals are solicited.
A federal autism research initiative can collect all the biological data it wants. If autistic people aren't shaping the questions, the answers won't serve them.
A federal autism research initiative can collect all the biological data it wants. If autistic people aren't shaping the questions, the answers won't serve them.
Relationship-building programs like Badges and Bridges do meaningful work. But when disability communities aren't shaping the curriculum, training becomes something done to them rather than with them.
Relationship-building programs like Badges and Bridges do meaningful work. But when disability communities aren't shaping the curriculum, training becomes something done to them rather than with them.
Voluntary community programs build goodwill. But goodwill doesn't constitute a compliance framework. Title II of the ADA requires law enforcement to institutionalize disability accommodations in policy, not just training.
Voluntary community programs build goodwill. But goodwill doesn't constitute a compliance framework. Title II of the ADA requires law enforcement to institutionalize disability accommodations in policy, not just training.
Community programs build genuine trust. But without enforceable policy mandates and systemic accountability, goodwill alone cannot close the gap that keeps killing people.
Community programs build genuine trust. But without enforceable policy mandates and systemic accountability, goodwill alone cannot close the gap that keeps killing people.
Training programs like Badges and Bridges reveal a hard truth: the most dangerous moment in a police-disability encounter often happens before anyone speaks.
Training programs like Badges and Bridges reveal a hard truth: the most dangerous moment in a police-disability encounter often happens before anyone speaks.
For Branden Petro, Medicaid coverage means a licensed practical nurse at home. For millions with disabilities, work requirements create a critical question: will exemptions actually protect them?
For Branden Petro, Medicaid coverage means a licensed practical nurse at home. For millions with disabilities, work requirements create a critical question: will exemptions actually protect them?
Scott Lacey became the first blind swimmer to circle Mackinac Island. He doesn't want your inspiration. He wants your expectations to change.
Scott Lacey became the first blind swimmer to circle Mackinac Island. He doesn't want your inspiration. He wants your expectations to change.
Poul Thorsen's guilty plea to stealing $1 million in CDC autism research funds isn't just financial crime. It's about who pays when public trust in disability research collapses.
Poul Thorsen's guilty plea to stealing $1 million in CDC autism research funds isn't just financial crime. It's about who pays when public trust in disability research collapses.
Wheelchair users forced into traffic. Equipment damaged by broken pavement. A 17-year-old killed on a documented problem block. Pittsburgh's sidewalk failures are not abstract policy issues—they are daily civil rights violations.
Wheelchair users forced into traffic. Equipment damaged by broken pavement. A 17-year-old killed on a documented problem block. Pittsburgh's sidewalk failures are not abstract policy issues—they are daily civil rights violations.
A 3.5% benefit increase sounds like progress. For 7.3 million SSI recipients, many disabled, it lands against a backdrop of benefits worth just 86 cents on the dollar.
A 3.5% benefit increase sounds like progress. For 7.3 million SSI recipients, many disabled, it lands against a backdrop of benefits worth just 86 cents on the dollar.
22 million veterans live with service-connected disabilities. A 30-day Federal Register comment period on VA claims forms offers a formal opportunity to surface accessibility barriers that may prevent disabled veterans from accessing earned benefits.
22 million veterans live with service-connected disabilities. A 30-day Federal Register comment period on VA claims forms offers a formal opportunity to surface accessibility barriers that may prevent disabled veterans from accessing earned benefits.
Ten Emmys across four seasons. Netflix already renewed for a fifth. 'Love on the Spectrum' keeps winning — and the disability community keeps asking what the industry is actually learning.
Ten Emmys across four seasons. Netflix already renewed for a fifth. 'Love on the Spectrum' keeps winning — and the disability community keeps asking what the industry is actually learning.
The 1977 San Francisco Federal Building sit-in forced enforcement of Section 504. That gap between law and implementation is still the central challenge of accessibility work today.
The 1977 San Francisco Federal Building sit-in forced enforcement of Section 504. That gap between law and implementation is still the central challenge of accessibility work today.
A $5 million initiative from Jake Collective and AFSP targets the near-total absence of evidence-based mental health guidance for neurodivergent children. Here's what that gap looks like in practice.
A $5 million initiative from Jake Collective and AFSP targets the near-total absence of evidence-based mental health guidance for neurodivergent children. Here's what that gap looks like in practice.