Accessibility

An estimated 386 million of the world’s working-age people are living with a disability. This means that many are expected to travel to offices occasionally or even every day. These statistics illustrate a critical point for…

Getting started How to use this guide: We recommend conducting accessibility testing throughout the design and development processes. If you have project-specific questions, ask your agency’s accessibility team. Plain language Can you…

Getting started Accessible front-end development ensures people with different abilities can access, understand, and navigate web content, regardless of how they’re accessing it. Front-end developers collaborate with other members of a…

Getting started Product managers play a vital role in communicating accessibility requirements early in the project lifecycle, ensuring each team member knows their responsibility, and keeping the team accountable for building accessible…

Getting started Accessibility is usability for people who interact with products differently. Your role is to help the team approach accessibility as a facet of user experience rather than checklist of requirements. How to use this…

Getting started Everyone benefits from designs that are easier to see. People with different visual abilities see your designs in varying ways—the diverse nature of impairments creates a wide variation in how your designs are perceived.…

Since the morning of Saturday, the social media site X has been flooded with images asking the users to “Click Here.” By the evening, the trend was trending enough to merit a closer look. An image with a plain white…

Since the morning of Saturday, the social media site X has been flooded with images asking the users to "Click Here." By the…

1. IntroductionWithin Latin America and the Caribbean, political instability, violence, poverty, and climate-related emergencies have contributed to increasing regional migration in recent decades . As of November 2023, over 7.7 million…

1. IntroductionWithin Latin America and the Caribbean, political instability, violence, poverty, and climate-related emergencies have contributed to increasing regional migration in recent decades . As of November 2023, over 7.7 million…

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle 1 Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing…

This post was written by members of the DLF Digital Accessibility Working Group. The views and opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of…

This post was written by members of the DLF Digital Accessibility Working Group. The views and opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position…

1. IntroductionGreen vegetation, including trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants, holds an indispensable role as organic elements that enhance urban environments, uplift the city’s identity, and enhance the well-being of its residents .…

March 18, 2024                 Ottawa, Ontario                   Transport Canada   The Government of Canada continues to work towards becoming the most accessible and inclusive country in the world. Barriers faced by Canadians…

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Forestry, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı 18200,…

KXI Wildertec's system creates never-before-seen levels of off-road capability with minimal environmental impact. The KXI Wildertec team has completely reimagined, redesigned, and re-engineered what a 4x4 vehicle can be—and what it…

1. IntroductionUrban development policies, as outlined in the National Economic and Social Development Plan, are designed to foster prosperity, income distribution, and diminish economic disparities between regions, along with…

Although MEC participants left their home marginally less frequently than WC participants, there were no statistically significant differences in participants’ perceived ability to get out as much as they wanted to and to get out of…

1. IntroductionAccessibility to care is a major public health issue that is influenced by both contextual factors (health care system, care delivery, and macroeconomic environment) and individual ones (people’s knowledge about health,…

Google announced a new set of features for phones, cars, and wearables today at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. These features include using Gemini to craft messages, AI-generated captions for…

For most of us Gen X and Gen Y kids, 2016 was not kind to our childhood. The biggest blows for me were losing two music icons and Internet innovators, David Bowie and Prince , and everybody’s favorite space princess, Carrie Fisher. But,…

1. IntroductionWithin the wider topic of urban sustainability, this research proposes a methodology to identify intervention criteria for regenerating urban public space. Within the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals,…

When I received an offer to join the federal government as a U.S. Digital Corps Fellow, I wrote a pros and cons list. Listed in the cons list was the word “slow.” Before joining the civil service, I thought the federal government was…

 The UNDRR internal policy on disability accessibility and inclusion outlines the guiding principles, scope and areas of work to ensure that the organization’s operations and programmes meet these commitments.  An ambitious disability…

1. IntroductionAsphalt and concrete, the principal materials for pavements, exhibit unique characteristics. While asphalt offers benefits like reduced noise and easy maintenance, it comes with drawbacks such as frequent repairs and a…

User experience (UX) focuses on having a deep understanding of users, what they need, what they value, their abilities, and also their limitations.  It also takes into account the business goals and objectives of the group managing the…

Author: Marie Jordan from VISA. Additional contributions made by members of DIACC’s Adoption Expert Committee. In the rapidly evolving landscape of the digital age, the concept of identity has transcended the…

Accessibility focuses on how a disabled person accesses or benefits from a site, system or application. Accessibility is an important part of the designing your site and should be considered throughout the development process. Section…

Making sure USA.gov and USAGov en Español remain accessible to people with disabilities is essential. So accessibility testing is a regular part of our development process.

While tele-rehabilitation and tele-exercise have emerged as potential approaches to overcoming many environmental and economic barriers to participating in health-promoting physical activities , remote interventions are limited by their…

Introduction USAGov and USAGov en Español (formerly known as GobiernoUSA.gov) use social media to make government information easy for people to find, access, and use. Among the essential tools we use are videos, which we host on…

The recent #SocialGov Summit on accessibility of government social media raised emerging issues faced by agencies in their effort to make sure the information citizens need is communicated to them when and how they need it. For many, the…

Anytime, Anywhere, Any Device. The 21st century imperative to deliver government information and services to the public anytime, anywhere and on any device makes mobile a critical tactic in the federal Digital Government Strategy. Today,…

Guest post by Mario Damiani, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) at the Department of Labor. ODEP spearheads the Social Media Accessibility Working Group within the Federal Social Media Community of Practice. The working…

You’ve seen videos, podcasts, and audio files on your favorite sites—whether they’re government, private sector, or entertainment sites. These are often viral media: media clips that are wildly popular, are shared through blogs or email,…

There has been a shift in consumer behavior during the last few years, a move toward immediacy and convenience, and with the responsive redesign of USAGov and USAGov en Español (formerly known as GobiernoUSA.gov), consumers can now…

Usability and accessibility are slightly different lenses to assess user experience. It is possible to be strong in one area and weak in the other. Using either approach alone could result in an inaccurate view of your site’s user…

(This is the second installment of an ongoing series charting the programs, events and people that make the emerging field of social media and data in government From where I sit, I think we just had a great week in #socialgov.…

It is undeniable the reach of online video into our modern lives. From cats in shark costumes riding on Roombas to the 2.1 million people live streaming the 2012 Super Bowl. Online video inspires us with TED talks and allows us to feel…

The bilingual glossaries, dictionaries, and Spanish language style guides available in this section are resources for government employees, translators, and communications professionals who work with the government to improve the way we…

The Federal #SocialGov Community, a collective of almost 700 digital engagement managers from more than 120 government agencies, marked the 2nd anniversary of our program by releasing a suite of new collaborative services to help…

The following contains the shared document for the development of the Social Media Policy Toolkit, a shared service of the Federal Social Media Community of Practice lead by teams including The Department of Labor’s Office of Disability…

The more public information is digitized, the more it lands on or sprouts from social media channels. This is why there needs to be a greater level of awareness and consideration for those who can benefit most from that…

Government agencies are increasingly using social media to engage with citizens, share information and deliver services more quickly and effectively than ever before. But as social content, data and platforms become more diverse,…

Happy anniversary, baby! Seventies pop songs aside, July 26, 2014, was the 24th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and on August 7 of this year, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended in 1998,…

From day one, the Biden-Harris Administration has taken significant steps to achieve a more inclusive country for people with disabilities. Currently, 61 million Americans live with a disability, but nearly half of the most…

This is Part 3 in a three-part series with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Center for Charge Card Management (CCCM) about building their new, open-source program and training websites, and the new Section 889 web app.…

CANCELLED - NOSI NOT-OD-24-001 - Administrative Supplement to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility …

The participating Institutes and Centers are inviting applications to support administrative supplements to existing NIH awards to support scientists who have demonstrated compelling…