Derek Featherstone

Accessibility strategist, speaker, and consultant

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From the inside.

You're responsible for accessibility and inclusive design inside your organization. You're building a program, trying to unstick one, or making a case for investment that hasn't landed. Your design system is in great shape (or is it?) but your organization keeps shipping accessibility barriers. So... what's really happening?

Priorities shift. And now there's an AI layer on top of all of it.

I've been in this field for 27 years and I'm still in it daily... and, I'm sharing more on my list. You'll get finished pieces, early reads, and the half-formed stuff I'm still chewing on. When I have something worth sending, I send it.

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What's going out next

I've been building a lot with AI over the last 9 months. I'm still learning, but I've started to get some really clear opinions on how to incorporate AI into building. I'll share some thoughts and reflections on how AI is changing accessibility inside organizations. Next piece goes out Wednesday, May 20, 2026.

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