Edition 2026 · The relaunch We're back
After a long silence, Disability World is back.
For years, this publication sat dormant. Disability rights, accessibility regulation, and assistive technology kept moving — the European Accessibility Act came into force, the US DOJ rewrote ADA Title II for the web, Japan made reasonable accommodation a private-sector duty, and the docket got louder every year. We weren't covering any of it.
That's over. Disability World is back — same publication of record, rebuilt for 2026 from the ground up, with weekly long-form journalism on the page and a monthly newsletter in your inbox. Subscribe below and you'll get the first issue at the end of Q2 2026.
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A preview of what the brief covers
Three recent pieces in the newsletter's range.
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EU enforcement dossier · Year 2
EAA enforcement, year 2: penalty data from member-state market-surveillance authorities
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Field guide · 9 new WCAG 2.2 SCs
WCAG 2.2 adoption rate: where the recommendation has and hasn't entered law, procurement, and audit practice — a 2026 survey
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Engineering primer · AI + alt text
AI and alt text: where the technology actually delivers in 2026