Three years ago, Katie Bladergroen was nearly halfway through her first pregnancy when she and her husband, Kyle, learned that the baby she was carrying had spina bifida. Since then, the Bladergroens ...

Accessibility should not be a grudging afterthought. With planning, it can lead to elegant, beautiful, and engaging art. Alice Sheppard, a multiracial Black woman with coffee-colored skin and short ...

Although not officially recognized by the U.S. government, July has been deemed Disability Pride Month to commemorate the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in July just 35 years ago ...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2025: Every year, December 3 is observed as International Day of Persons with Disabilities or World Disability Day. The day is meant to promote ...

The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community of top leaders and experts who pay dues for access to peer learning, thought leadership, and more. BY Ben Wintner The Fast ...

What are the main considerations for designing products serving a community with a particular disability? Best strategies for creating successful product designs. Designing products for those with ...

As we celebrate National Disability Independence Day on July 26, we reflect on the strides we have made in fostering an inclusive society and recognize the work still needed to ensure true ...

What does it look like when disabled people are viewed not as edge cases or afterthoughts in the design process, but as the default users? What happens when, instead of flattening disability into an ...