Jamal Mazrui

If you are new to digital accessibility, and even if you are not, it can be difficult to stay abreast of the big picture—not least because disability is an expansive category, and the tech industry moves fast. So, ACM Queue asked a team of experts—Sheri Byrne-Haber, Jamal Mazrui, Carlos Muncharaz, and Carl Myhill—to bring us up to speed. Not only do they have day jobs that involve digital accessibility, but they also have lived experience of disability.

The articles that constitute this special issue on accessibility show that, regardless of whether you work on the back end, front end, design, or are part of an organization's leadership, there are steps you can take to make progress. Before we get to writing software and making policy, however, there is an even more fundamental concern: the widespread misconception of the nature of disability and assistive and accessible technology. If we are going to change the status quo, we must start there.

November 25, 2024 Volume 22, issue 5 PDF How the Bloomberg Connects app supports accessibility in the product and process Mobile applications are used by many people to complete their daily digital tasks and transactions.