About · Edition 2026

Disability World is a publication of record for the digital-accessibility decade.

Independent reporting on disability rights, policy, technology, and lived experience — built for engineers, designers, lawyers, procurement officers, and the disabled professionals they ought to be hiring.

Coverage · Live counts
82 Articles published Investigations + features
64 Jurisdictions surveyed Primary statute + enforcement
61 Glossary terms 300–1,300 words each
19 Languages planned 2 live · 17 in build

What we cover

Three beats, one coherent newsroom.

Editorial principles

The non-negotiables.

01

Plain language, every time

Articles are written to be understandable at a reading level no higher than required by the subject matter. Legal articles read like legal briefs; engineering articles read like engineering documentation — neither pretends to be a textbook the reader didn't ask for.

02

Accessibility on the page itself

Every image carries descriptive alt text. Every video is captioned and transcribed. The site meets WCAG 2.2 AA throughout — we scan ourselves with the same tools we recommend to readers, and we publish the result.

03

Original reporting, current sources

Every piece is written from scratch against 2026 source material — docket filings, regulator statements, conformance reports, vendor documentation, original audits. No rewrites of earlier coverage, no AI-generated summaries pretending to be journalism.

04

Corrections in public

When we get something wrong, we say so on the article, with the date and the substance of the correction — not silent edits. The history of every piece is in the public Git log; nothing disappears.

Contact

Pitches, corrections, and tips

We read every message. Story pitches, factual corrections, source documents, and confidential tips are all welcome. For partnership inquiries, use the dedicated partnership form.