Rethink the Language of Accessibility: Global Accessibility Awareness Day #GAAD
I am a wheelchair-user in perpetual pursuit of a barrier-free life . I have been advocating for accessibility on a global scale for over two decades now. And what has become apparent to me over the years is that when advocates like myself talk about accessibility, we are actually talking about something far more profound than what the word itself suggests and something far more transformative than how the word is used. Accessibility should be a catalytic force for something more. What makes a space accessible is the empathy, connection, freedom and possibility it engenders for people of all abilities and identities to come together. Accessibility is a slippery, deceptive word that belies its own emancipatory meaning. To move beyond the ramp, the sign-language interpreter, the Braille pad, and reclaim accessibility to mean more than the bureaucratic administration of disabled bodies, we must move beyond the logic of compliance. Audio and video support, Textbooks That