Re-Imagining Accessibility
A Work-in-Progress by Mark Willis

Re-Imagining Accessibility is a series of talks scheduled in April 2007. It also is an ongoing project exploring a blind writer’s pursuit of lifelong learning, literacy, and access to information technology. Without spurning the legal framework provided by fair use in copyright law and reasonable accommodation in disability law, now is the time to look beyond rights-based strategies to expand the means and meanings of accessibility. Re-Imagining Accessibility affirms that people with disabilities are actively engaged in the work of making adaptations and negotiating accommodations. This represents a significant form of cultural production. It is creative work, and its energies, insights, and experiences need to flourish in any vision of an emerging Creative Age.

Re-Imagining Accessibility In An Attention Economy
Ohio State University – April 3
Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion, and Disability 2007 Conference

Re-Imagining Accessibility With The Rise Of The Creative Class
Wright State University – April 13
Quest for Community 2007 Conference

Re-Imagining Accessibility In Participatory Culture
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – April 28
Media in Transition 5 Conference

Commitment to Access: Accessibility in this Internet-based project and series of talks is understood to be an ongoing process driven by creative problem-solving and negotiation. The author is eager to learn about accessibility issues associated with specific screen-readers and web-browsers. Send email to: mark.willis@wright.edu. Working together, we will find an access solution.

Join the Dialogue: The ideas explored in Re-Imagining Accessibility have a life that reaches beyond the timeframe of the talks. You can track the project's development and share your feedback on Mark Willis's blog, The Daily Deep. Follow the thread for re-imagining_accessibility.