Derek Featherstone

Accessibility × AI Strategist & Builder

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From the inside.

I write about accessibility and inclusive design while I'm doing the work. Some of it comes out of the lab. I've graded over 5,700 AI-generated modals so far, and I run every new model through the same test. I send new results to this list before I even publish them. The rest of what I share comes from doing the work: design systems, leading accessibility inside organizations, accessibility strategy for people who set direction, building software, and what it takes to do this well when you're the whole team.

27 years in: founded Simply Accessible, led product accessibility across 130+ products at Salesforce, still in it every day.

Read a few before you decide

  • I made AI build the same modal 2,340 times. Here's what I learned.
  • When roles collapse, so does judgement.
  • What I learned from office hours conversations

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