Facing discrimination due to a disability in the workplace can be isolating and frustrating. In Downtown LA, protections under the ADA and California's FEHA ensure your rights are upheld. It's crucial to know what constitutes discrimination, your rights to reasonable accommodations, and how to take action if your rights are violated. You deserve fairness at work! #DisabilityRights #WorkplaceEquality #ADA #FEHA #LosAngeles
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¿Sabían que el lenguaje de programación Ada fue comisionado directamente por el Departamento de Defensa de los Estados Unidos en la década de 1970 para unificar miles de códigos distintos en un solo sistema seguro?
A mediados de esa década, las fuerzas armadas estadounidenses se enfrentaban a un grave problema operativo, ya que utilizaban más de 450 lenguajes de programación diferentes para gestionar sus sistemas informáticos terrestres, navales y aéreos. Para resolver este caos que costaba millones de dólares, el gobierno organizó un concurso internacional en 1977 con el fin de diseñar un software robusto, resistente a errores humanos y altamente estructurado. El diseño ganador fue creado por un equipo liderado por el científico informático francés Jean Ichbiah en la compañía CII Honeywell Bull, recibiendo aprobación oficial en 1980 bajo la norma militar MIL-STD-1815.
El nombre elegido para este desarrollo fue un homenaje directo a Ada Lovelace, matemática británica del siglo XIX reconocida históricamente por escribir el primer algoritmo procesable por una máquina analítica. La característica principal de Ada es su diseño enfocado a la seguridad extrema y la prevención de fallos críticos en tiempo real. Debido a esta confiabilidad, su uso se estandarizó en infraestructuras donde los errores de programación pueden causar catástrofes humanas, siendo el pilar central del software de aviación civil en los aviones Boeing 777 y Airbus A340, los sistemas de señalización de trenes subterráneos de París y Nueva York, y la gestión de tráfico aéreo internacional.
— A. Eldritch, Periodista, Locutor, podcaster y bloger del fediverso
Alt text via @altbot y @TeLoDescribot
#HistoriaDeLaTecnologia #Ada #Programacion #Software #Computacion #Historia
Over the past few months, we've spoken with Accesstive's early users, customers, and accessibility professionals.
We listened to their challenges.
We listened to their feedback.
Most importantly, we listened to what accessibility compliance really demands.
Those conversations shaped what comes next.
🚀 Stay tuned.
Rob Roland is planning to write a Smalltalk system in Ada.
Update: when I came across this I didn't realize it was posted in 2023 and there are no updates on the project.
https://write.as/robdaemon/planning-out-my-smalltalk-implementation
A recently released Justice Department memo questions decades of protections for Americans with disabilities. It’s the latest effort by the Trump administration to shift longstanding practices for the disability community, attempting to change services and policies. Ali Rogin speaks with Maria Town, president and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities, for more.
"Community-based care isn't a luxury, it⚡reps dignity, ind & equal opp. Rolling back these protections🚨could isolate countless Americans with developmental #disabilities &🚨reverse decades of hard-fought progress."
-J Hoyne
"#DOJ says states:🚨no legal obligation to serve ppl with dev disabilities in the comm -advocates say could've profound concs.
Agency’s OLC:🚨neither: #ADA nor Sect 504 of the Rehab Act “require states to treat mentally disa.."
#Evil #TrumpRegime #USPol
https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2026/06/22/trump-administration-claims-people-with-disabilities-dont-have-right-to-community-based-services/32055/
The U.S. Department of Justice says states have no legal obligation to serve people with developmental disabilities in the community, a reversal that advocates say could have profound consequences.
The ADA passed in 1990. Thirty-five years later, accessible pedestrian infrastructure: curb cuts, audible signals, tactile warning strips, is still dramatically unevenly distributed across American cities.
The neighborhoods with the worst ADA compliance are not randomly distributed. They track neighborhood income and race closely.
Disability rights are not separate from infrastructure equity. They are central to it.
Introduction to Creating Accessible Documents, by @TetraLogical:
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/05/13/creating-accessible-documents/?ref=frontenddogma.com
#introductions #accessibility #legal #eaa #section508 #ada #wcag #pdf #epub
Digital documents and book files are a core part of our everyday communication. When documents aren’t accessible, they can exclude people with disabilities from integral learning, information, and content. Publishing accessible documents and book files ensures we can communicate the same information to people with disabilities, making this content accessible to everyone.
Coming back from #WWDC26, I allowed myself to relax a bit... 🎮👾
Cyberpunk 2077 really deserved the Apple Design Awards!
Law Office of Brian Y. Shirazi
Aetherius Eldritch ⛤🧙♂️🎙✍
Accesstive
Paolo Amoroso
RedwoodSec
Kim Perales
mrbarricade
GULF CHANNELS
Frontend Dogma
Piotrek Jeremicz