I wrote my own “Apple At 50” retrospective at Curb Cuts, talking about, of course, accessibility and my life.

Please read and share!

https://www.curbcuts.co/blog/2026-4-1-apple-at-50-accessibility-is-innovation-too

Apple At 50: Accessibility is innovation too — Curb Cuts

Apple turns 50 years old today. The company was 5 when I was born. My friend John Gruber reports today Apple’s homepage features a nice animation to commemorate the occasion, while CEO Tim Cook posted to X with what Gruber describes as “VHS-style ‘rewind’ through Apple product history.” Then

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@steven_aquino Such a great tribute to Apple’s industry leading efforts in accessibility!

It's fun that I tried to use the screen reader to read this article to me while connected to CarPlay and it jumped and skipped about every 10th word. Totally unlistenable! Same iPhone works great now that I try again through its speakers.