Derek Featherstone

Accessibility strategist, speaker, and consultant

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Thanks for sharing your interests. It helps me figure out what to write next. I have a backlog of pieces in progress. Click the one that best answers: "Which would help me most in my work tomorrow?"

  • Influence and impact Making the case for accessibility and demonstrating impact inside your org.
  • Shift left as a practice, not a slogan What shift left really means and how to get it done.
  • Maturity and program design Building resilient and effective accessibility programs.
  • Hard tradeoffs and prioritization Deciding what accessibility gets done and what doesn't. Yes, that's right... you can't do it all!
  • AI inside accessibility programs AI in the daily work of accessibility programs.
  • Inclusive design systems as accessibility leverage Design systems, accessibility, and the gap between the promise and the release notes.

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