Disability Inclusion in Tech: Strategies for a new Digital Accessibility Ethics
Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech is a new book that addresses critical issues of inclusion, exclusion and belonging facing 1.3 billion disabled people worldwide. This event centers urgent conversation about accessibility, AI, robots, disability, tech, virtual reality, and inclusive design with three of the book's contributing authors: Lainey Feingold (also an editor) Haben Girma, and Josh Miele.
Event accessibility: Local Economy is wheelchair accessible. Please let us know as soon as possible if you have any additional access needs or questions by emailing Lainey Feingold at LF@LFLegal.com
Digital Accessibility Ethics is written by 39 experts from 10 countries with over 600 years of accessibility and disability experience. It shares stories, strategies, best practices, and a powerful new Digital Accessibility Ethics Framework—a roadmap for building disability-inclusive technology.
We live in an increasingly digital world, where devices help us navigate, work, connect, and build community. But too much of today's technology is off limits to disabled people. Digital Accessibility Ethics was written to help change that story — for today and for the future.
Join book co-editor Lainey Feingold, author of Structured Negotiation: A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits, and contributors Haben Girma, author of Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law; and Josh Miele, author of Connecting Dots: A Blind Life, for a critical conversation about accessible technology for all.
In Digital Accessibility Ethics, Haben writes about delivery robots and designing new technologies so no one is left out. Josh explores the ethics of tech hackathons and capstone projects—what can go right and what can go very wrong. Lainey writes on global accessibility law, access to justice, and legal ethics, drawing on interviews from Ethiopia, Japan, India, Canada, Sweden, Kenya, and the U.S.
There will be time for audience discussion and questions. Books will be available at a discounted price and can be signed by the authors.