I'm Derek Featherstone.

I've spent 25+ years helping teams build accessible products and services. I founded Simply Accessible, served as CXO at Level Access, and led product accessibility at Salesforce. Now I work directly with organizations that want to get accessibility right.

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Derek Featherstone

Featured Writing

Inclusive teaching: audio describing your own presentations

In order to be more inclusive as teachers, presenters, speakers, facilitators (and a long list of other things we do in life where we communicate), we need to develop the skill of audio describing our own presentations.

The ongoing evolution of 'Shift left'

The meaning of shift left has changed over time. That change is good, and better for long-term sustainability when it comes to accessibility.

Five Stages of Accessibility

Organizations grow over time. Their understanding of accessibility and their attitude towards it change too. Have you seen these five stages of accessibility where you work?