Your regular dose of accessibility news, inspiration and innovation from across the globe.
Latest
- IKEA pilots new accessibility solutions in Finland
- EU rail travel facing “accessibility crisis”
- How one San Diego Children’s park is being redesigned to be more inclusive
- Richmond unveils new transport strategy to improve accessibility and connectivity
- Overcoming the challenges of NHS accessibility issues
- Film highlights the importance of digital inclusion
- MacArthur Foundation launches new initiative to boost youth digital inclusion in Nigeria
March
- Olympic and Paralympic host city outlines accessibility and inclusion strategy
- Meet the disabled students trying to improve employment opportunities
- How digital inclusion is transforming the lives of rural women and girls in Chile
- Delhi High Court makes moves to ensure films are more accessible to disabled people
- Communities to shape accessibility improvements at Lake Erie
- Read about the climate change course for people with learning disabilities
February
- How designing with disability in mind sparks innovation
- Rethinking the value of digital accessibility
- Digital inclusion in the age of AI
- TLF lacking depth on accessibility
- Spotlight: Wired Differently – a social entrepreneurship for the neurodivergent business community
- Town avoided because of accessibility issues
- As a blind passenger, train travel can be scary
- Blind man creates braille menus for sister’s cafe
- ABTA issues new accessibility guidance
- Specialist accessibility travel agency launches in UK
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December
- Welsh Gov announces 10-year Disabled People’s Rights Plan
- Landmark report says accessibility must become priority for House of Commons
- Call for participants to improve accessibility in heritage buildings
- 93% of delegates face barriers at events
- Spotify to introduce ‘reduce animations’ setting to improve usability
November
- Interview: Digital innovation, emerging technology and accessibility with Léonie Watson
- Innovation: Meet the ‘Trip Advisor for the disabled community’
- Inside: Carleton University’s living lab advancing accessibility and inclusive design research
- Lessons: How China is improving museum accessibility and creating equal opportunities for cultural participation
October
- Tech startup launches tongue-based trackpad to control smart devices
- Southeastern railway launches 3D maps to support disabled passengers
- Research project explores adaptive and AI-powered learning to support accessibility
- Royal Ballet uses immersive descriptive audio to explore how blindness can change responses to storytelling
- How data-driven design is helping to solve Africa’s digital accessibility challenge
- How inclusivity is being woven throughout design more broadly
September
- Watch: How Miles without Stiles is helping disabled people access the Lakes by wheelchair
- Lived experience: I’m blind – I trip over e-scooters all the time
- Innovation: New VR motion system improves accessibility for gamers
- Inspiration: Graduate honoured for tackling accessibility barriers in Cardiff’s music scene
- Travel: Luton Airport installs ‘wish list’ for disabled travellers
- New report names America’s most accessible cities
- Daxbot Robots Help Map Sidewalk Accessibility in Irvine
- South Australia launches landmark disability inclusion plan
- Letter to transport secretary outlines 10 ‘basic’ demands to improve rail accessibility
- Apple update includes enhanced accessibility features
August
- How Edinburgh Fringe is making shows more accessible for blind and visually impaired audiences
- AI recreates voice of woman with MND
- Meet the tennis coach leading a team to Deaflympics
- M&S makes store layout changes after access row
- Wales launches new digital inclusion guide
- Railway therapy dog in her element
July
- Accessibility spotlight: Gympanzees, a Bristol-based charity on a mission to improve access to exercise for children and young people with disabilities
- Everything you need to know about the European Accessibility Act, coming into effect on 28th June 2025
- Accessibility Does Not Divide; It Unites and Empowers Everyone – Olena Zelenska
- UK Gov pledges to review accessibility laws
- Fort Bragg police launch initiative to improve communication between law enforcement and people with developmental and mental health conditions
June
- How the Lawn Tennis Association is making events more accessible for people with non-visible disabilities
- Accessibility prioritised in latest Rainbow 6 Siege X video game
- New York’s Saranac Lake launches accessibility review of municipal parks
- Mumbai ‘accessibility walk’ raises awareness of pedestrian infrastructures
- Teenager campaigns to make subtitles mandatory in New York cinemas
May
- Apple announces suite of new accessibility updates, including ‘accessibility nutrition labels’ on App Store
- South Korea makes major multi-million pound investment to improve kiosk accessibility
- New report highlights business case for better accessibility in professional exams
- Why the UK financial sector is falling short of digital inclusion and accessibility standards
- How the European Accessibility Act will reshape digital communication.
- Empathy lab highlights digital accessibility challenges
- Better concert accessibility promised after talks
- New boardwalk makes nature reserve accessible to all
- Wheelchair user disappointed at lack of accessibility tickets
- Deaf accessibility in financial services continues to improve
- Relaxed performances to elevate accessibility
- London Bridge opens 38 step-free new toilets with improved accessibility
April
- Airbus pushes for greater passenger accessibility
- Accessibility must be at the heart of rail reforms
- Bridging the accessibility gap in rail travel
- Kaslo’s Active Transportation Network Plan to enhance accessibility
- Why accessibility must be taught in tech and design classes
- Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?
- A Reflection on Disability, Inclusion, and Collective Resilience, by Martyn Sibley
- New revised building codes to improve accessibility in Singapore
- Eurostar reinforces commitment to accessible rail travel for all
- When it comes to accessibility, every campaign counts
- I’m a wheelchair user – these are the things I wish hotels would change
- TUI sees boost in bookings by holidaymakers with access needs
