AccessComputing facilitated the composition of a special issue of ACM Queue magazine on accessible software development, the first to discuss accessibility in the popular practitioner-facing magazine’s 20-year history. The September/October issue, guest-edited by myself and Bloomberg collaborator Shahtab Wahid, features six articles (listed below) that motivate accessible software development and describe how to implement accessibility into operating systems, applications, design systems, and organizational culture:
- It’s Time to Make Software Accessible: Here’s How, from OS to Organization
- The State of Digital Accessibility: A Dialogue with the Experts
- System-level Accessibility
- Accessibility Considerations for Mobile Applications.
- Design Systems are Accessibility Delivery Vehicles
- Driving Organizational Accessibility
Richard Ladner (founding PI of AccessComputing) was instrumental in recruiting a contributor from Microsoft. We hope this special issue will not only educate and inspire current practitioners but will also serve as a resource to educators in computing classrooms. Please share these articles widely to further AccessComputing’s mission of ensuring that educational technologies and corporate cultures are accessible and inclusive to disabled computing students and professionals.