Still on a break, but looking forward to returning soon!

Have you heard? ⚠️ The ADA.gov home page replaced an image of disabled POC with the US flag. "Anti-DEI" has always been about race. Website's codebase was updated March 7th: github.com/usdoj-crt/be... Image source is Disabled and Here: affecttheverb.com/gallery/disa... #A11y #Accessibility #ADA

Going to be a little quiet here for a week or two! Not totally silent, but @ashleemboyer.com has a couple of client projects to work on. Yay! 💜

Indiana Governor speaks on "Indiana DOGE" and immigration. Mike Braun says "hands [will be] full with just doing the worst first." Is it all for the sake of a few 5% cuts? At what cost? Published: Feb 17, 2025 semanticfish.net/in-gov-speak... #Indiana #MikeBraun

DREDF Releases Disability Community Briefing Recording: DREDF hosted a webinar with 3,000 attendees February 12, 2025 to discuss Texas v. Becerra. The recording, transcript, & slides are now available. semanticfish.net/dredf-releas... #TexasVBecerra #Section504

Hoping to get some posts up on this today. 1. A brief "explainer" with links where folks can read the federal register & code of federal regulations themselves. 2. Documenting where AGs say "that's not what it says" when it is what the suit's complaint says. #TexasVBecerra #Section504

South Carolina AG Alan Wilson to withdraw from Texas v. Becerra. The response comes after the South Carolina Attorney General's Office was 'flooded' with calls and emails against the complaint. Published: Feb 13, 2025 semanticfish.net/sc-ag-alan-w... #TexasVBecerra #Section504

The Group of States Suing to Overturn Section 504 On the 51st anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 17 states sued the US government to overturn Section 504. Published: Feb 12, 2025 semanticfish.net/states-suing... #TexasVBecerra #Section504

Is Disability:IN quietly renaming the Disability Equality Index (DEI)? The organization appears to be in the process of renaming the tool they use to score hundreds of companies' on disability inclusion. Published: Feb 5, 2025 Last updated: Feb 6, 2025 semanticfish.net/is-disabilit...

We're entering a dark period in US accessibility. The White House website doesn't comply with US legal accessibility requirements, paving a path for widespread disability discrimination. Published: Jan 21, 2025 Last updated: Feb 6, 2025 semanticfish.net/a-dark-perio...

Made an account for my posts on the Semantic Fish Net website! @semanticfish.net Another way for folks to follow that work if they’d like. 💕

Hello, world! 🥰 This is @ashleemboyer.com posting on the new Bluesky account for Semantic Fish Net. Independent writing & reporting on disability & accessibility. 💜 I hope to automatically share posts here when published and updated, but all manual for now! Website: semanticfish.net