Stop saying there are no federal accessibility standards

Sheri Byrne-Haber, CPACC
4 min readApr 29, 2019

Not only is that wrong, that type of ignorance makes the person stating it look amazingly uninformed and biased against people with disabilities.

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I just read yet another article, this time quoting a New York state government official claiming “there are no federal accessibility standards.” I would love to be shocked (but sadly I am not) that this government individual…

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Sheri Byrne-Haber, CPACC

LinkedIn Top Voice for Social Impact 2022. UX Collective Author of the Year 2020. Disability Inclusion SME. Sr Staff Accessibility Architect @ VMware.