Accessibility, The Origin of Innovation: In this article, I will discuss the details of 10 innovations throughout history that were only possible through unlocking the power of accessibility and including the voices of people with disabilities. In the #disability community, it is a deeply believed and often repeated fact that improving #accessibility leads to innovations that improve the world for everyone. Necessity is the mother of invention is, after all, a proverb so frequently quoted that it has become a clich茅. And yet, people with disabilities still find ourselves left out of research and design, and all too often we don鈥檛 get a seat at the product development table. This leaves our inventions overlooked, unrecognized, and sometimes unrealized. https://stuff.interfree.ca/2025/12/16/origins-of-accessibility.html
#a11y #InclusiveDesign #pwd #blind