Celebrating the 34th anniversary of the ADA with Tony Coelho
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We see its ongoing influence everywhere, perhaps most notably in the European Accessibility Act (EAA), a sweeping piece of legislation that will become national law in all 27 EU member states next year. Don’t keep telling us what we can’t do.” Today, in 2024, Tony Coelho is every bit as impassioned about inclusion and disability rights as he was when, as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, he was the act’s primary sponsor. Glenda Sims, Deque’s Chief Information Accessibility Officer, recently had the opportunity to chat with Tony to discuss his life, his work, where we are today, and what he sees coming next. His willingness to be open and vulnerable before Congress, to share his journey with epilepsy and how it shaped his life, humanized the ADA effort and made clear it was something much bigger than politics. 300 different disability organizations joined the sight, hearing, and physically-impaired communities to get that done.” When it comes to digital accessibility and the internet, Tony understands how real-world requirements, such as those encoded in Title II, can drive transformational results.
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