Inclusive Design for Accessibility review

We closed September 2025, and our reading of Inclusive Design for Accessibility, with gratitude, reflection, and renewed purpose. This one is personal for me: I wrote Chapter 7.

Thank you to the 12 contributing authors

To the 12 contributing authors whose voices and expertise came together in this book: thank you. Your chapters enriched this work in ways that will ripple through the industry and among readers for years to come.

The contributors are Dale Cruse, Denis Boudreau, Dr. Angela Young, Maya Sellon, Julianna Rowsell, Nandita Gupta, Jennifer Chadwick, Crystal Scott, Chris McMeeking, Dr. Keith Newton, Charlie Triplett, and Kai Wong. See the full details on our Inclusive Design for Accessibility book page.

My final thoughts

Reframe where the disability lives

We must shift how we frame access. The "disability" isn't the user. It is the inaccessible website, app, or technology. Our post The world around me makes me disabled, not my disability explores the same idea.

A call to action for developers

As the author of Chapter 7, my call to action is this: may developers everywhere deepen their empathy for users blocked by barriers, and be ethically inspired to write clean, accessible code. The W3C introduction to web accessibility (opens in a new tab) and the WCAG 2.2 specification (opens in a new tab) are the best places to start.

The web is for everyone

Let us recognize that the web is for everyone, and start treating it that way in every line of code we write.

My rating: 10 out of 10

I was deeply honored to contribute, and I wholeheartedly recommend this book to readers everywhere. I hope it has been a blessing to its readers, and that each of us walks away with a new perspective and a true accessibility mindset shift.

Join the conversation

Which chapter of Inclusive Design for Accessibility shifted your thinking the most? Share your thoughts in the Accessibility Book Club LinkedIn group (opens in a new tab).