The Digital Equity Laboratory uncovers and addresses structural inequities that persist and evolve as technology transforms our cultural, social, and political systems.
The New School, East 13th Street, New York, NY, USA
The Laboratory
Practices applied research, technical support, and national, state and local policy strategy to advance digital equity
Brings together practitioners, scholars, organizers, and policymakers to create cross-sector leadership on key digital equity issues
Creates career and practical opportunity ladders for students, graduates, companies, and communities interested in exploring and building equitable technology ecosystems
Key Issue Areas
Equitable models of digital access, including holistic and accountable broadband infrastructure systems
"Digital Sanctuary" and other digital equity frameworks for online privacy, safety, and cyber-security
Smart city and edge tech innovations and their potential benefits and risks for underrepresented and vulnerable communities
Bookshare makes reading easier. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading.
San Francisco Digital Accessibility and Inclusion Standard
This standard explains what you need to do to make your web content and services accessible. We need to design and build services and content that everyone can access and understand.
Be My AI™ brings state-of-the-art visual descriptions to people who are blind or have low vision. It’s powerful, practical, and designed to make accessibility simple.
As aplicações da Suíte VLibras permitem que pessoas surdas acessem conteúdo multimídia em sua língua natural de comunicação, o que contribui para com a acessibilidade de computadores, dispositivos móveis e páginas Web.