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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Time to submit comments to oppose a republic plan to rollback rules that help people with #disabilities get hired by federal contractors. Comments (they can be short!) due this Tuesday Sept. 2. All the info you need is here: www.lflegal.com/2025/08/comm... Thx @dredf.bsky.social

Comments Needed to Stop republican Attack on Section 503

Comments are due on September 2d to stop a republican attack on a longstanding rule in the United States called Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. Section 503 helps disabled people get hired by fe...

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Glad to be joining #Accessibility Scotland for a gathering we're calling Stories, Ethics, and the Accessibility Cookie. Join us on September 9 in #Edinburgh www.tickettailor.com/events/acces... Who do I know in #Scotland? #disability #a11y

Select tickets – Stories, Ethics, and the Accessibility Cookie: 30 years of Digital Accessibility Advocacy without Lawsuits – The Royal Scots Club

Lainey Feingold is a disability rights lawyer in the United States who was included in the inaugural Forbes Accessibility 100 L...

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you! I hope it helps💗

Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Aug 14

Structured #negotiation has been used to advance digital #accessibility and #Disability Rights for 30 years. @workaccord.bsky.social in Australia is reviewing the book chapter by chapter. Chapter 9 below. book link here. Thx Andrew Wood! #ADR #a11y www.lflegal.com/book/structu... #bookSky

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thanks for raising so many important issues in bite-sized posts.

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jul 27

Because they are talking about how much money they’re going to pay her if she lies about Trump? Oh and about the pardon. Unrelenting terrible is the perfect phrase.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Jul 24

The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.

Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
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Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?

A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jul 21

I think it is #resistance when a long time US Accessible media leader turns down the FCC’s chairman‘s award for #Accessibility advancement because of that chairman‘s attacks on public media in the US. Guest post from Larry Goldberg here. www.lflegal.com/2025/07/larr... #disability #access #NPR #PBS

Attacks on Public Broadcasting Lead US Accessibility Champion to Reject Prestigious Award

Lainey's Introduction As the republican attacks on rights, benefits and democracy continue in the United States, resistance takes many forms. One problem in the country right now is that main stream ...

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jul 14

Yes she was.

Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jul 11

Advocacy works! US agency delays trump proposed rollback of access rules for new buildings. Why? 20,000 comments were filed opposing the rule! Update here. #disability #advocacy www.lflegal.com/2025/06/ener...

July 11 Update! New Attempt to Roll Back Accessibility Requirements - Comments Needed

For over forty years the United States has had regulations that say new buildings must be accessible to people with disabilities if the building is built by an organization that receives federal funds...

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Andy C. Wood @woodac.bsky.social · Jul 4

In our reading of Lainey Feingold's (2021) Structured Negotiation 2nd ed, we are discovering that “the Right Thing to Do” may be established in relational rather than in legal space.

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A pull quote on a square, mottled, grey background: "- the right thing to do is not always self-evident. It can be buried beneath tecvhnical exclusions, discretionary silences, historical blind spots, or out-of-scope policy framings. Often, no one in the system feels authorised to name it, let alone act on it." Andrew C Wood. Reading Lainey Feingold's (2021) "Structured Negotiation: A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits" - 2nd Edition (Cont'd.)

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 27

It's the eve of the European #Accessibility Act! Here's my article -- Dreams and Gratitutde for the #EAA #disability #EU www.lflegal.com/2025/06/euro...

The European Accessibility Act: Dreams and Gratitude

Tomorrow, June 28, 2025 is the implementation date for the European Accessibility Act and the laws of 27 EU member states making it a reality. These laws are poised to fundamentally advance digital ac...

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 27

Important read by the wonderful @nhannahjones.bsky.social on how trump has initiated “the broadest and most significant assault on civil rights and racial integration in this country in more than a century.” Gift article. #Resist

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How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 22

This is fun! The Spanish edition of my book will be officially announced tomorrow at a gathering in Basque Country Spain. I'll be on zoom. Reps of the Basque government will be there. Structured Negotiation is mentioned in their Universal Accessibility Strategy #a11y www.lflegal.com/2025/06/span...

Structured Negotiation Book Makes its Spanish Debut

My book, Structured Negotiation, a Winning Alternative to Lawsuits (2d ed 2021) is now available in Spanish thanks to translation done by The Collaborative Law Association of the Basque Country (Asoci...

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 14

@berkeleyscanner.com Big turnout in Albany (not the NY one) #NoKings #Resist

Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 14

#NoKings rally in Albany California. Lots of people of all ages in this little town next to Berkeley California. #Resist. Cc @meidastouch.com

Crowd of protesters. Closest sign reads “hell hath no fury like a country scorned”

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 14

#NoKings rally in Albany California. Lots of people of all ages in this little town next to Berkeley California. #Resist. Cc @meidastouch.com

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Victor Shi @victorshi.bsky.social · Jun 14

The most Los Angeles sign ever. And it’s true.

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 10

Digital #accessibility is a global community, not just an industry, not just a job. I got a beautiful taste of that during a recent trip to Japan. Today I share a guest article by @makotoueki.bsky.social about how he built/is building that community in Japan. #a11y www.lflegal.com/2025/06/japa...

Japan Celebrates Digital Accessibility All Year Long

Lainey's introduction On April 17, 2025 I joined 60 people in Tokyo for their monthly digital accessibility MeetUp, A11y Tokyo. (A-eleven-Y is short for accessibility because there are 11 letters b...

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 9

I forgot the hashtags. Recent updates on the LF Legal website are about #disability #accessibilty #a11y #overlays #healthTech And for the one about commenting on trump’s effort to roll back new construction requirements—I’m calling that #Resistance.

Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 9

New updates to articles on the LFLegal website: New info about how to object to trump administration proposed rollback of new construction rules: www.lflegal.com/2025/06/ener... The million dollar fine against accessiBe overlay company was finalized in April: www.lflegal.com/2025/01/ftc-.... And ..

Beware of AI Accessibility Promises: US Federal Agency Fines an Overlay Company One Million Dollars

The new year brought weclomed digital accessibility news from the United States Federal Trade Commission, known as the FTC. The FTC is a federal (national) government agency whose mission is "protecti...

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 9

And an update from the U.S. Supreme Court in a case about #kiosk #accessibility in healthcare settings: www.lflegal.com/2018/01/kios... #HealthIT #HealthTech

Kiosk Accessibility: The Law is Paying Attention

[Latest UpdateJune 28, 2022] Digital accessibility is not just about websites, and the law is taking notice. This post, updated with new developments, highlights cases about kiosk accessibility. I us...

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 9

New updates to articles on the LFLegal website: New info about how to object to trump administration proposed rollback of new construction rules: www.lflegal.com/2025/06/ener... The million dollar fine against accessiBe overlay company was finalized in April: www.lflegal.com/2025/01/ftc-.... And ..

Beware of AI Accessibility Promises: US Federal Agency Fines an Overlay Company One Million Dollars

The new year brought weclomed digital accessibility news from the United States Federal Trade Commission, known as the FTC. The FTC is a federal (national) government agency whose mission is "protecti...

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 9

#earthquake #Berkeley. Kinda tiny here #BerkelekyEarthquake

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 8

Thanks @caztcha.bsky.social I’m glad for the chance to amplify @makotoueki.bsky.social and the great work of all of you who are growing the #accessibility community in #Japan. #disability

Kaz Tsuchiya @caztcha.bsky.social · Jun 8

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Great guest article from Makoto ( @makotoueki.bsky.social )! And I am glad to know that Lainey ( @lflegal.bsky.social ) watched some of the sessions at GAAD Japan 2025, from the United States. How wonderful !

Japan Celebrates Digital Accessibility All Year Long

Lainey's introduction On April 17, 2025 I joined 60 people in Tokyo for their monthly digital accessibility MeetUp, A11y Tokyo. (A-eleven-Y is short for accessibility because there are 11 letters bet...

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 3

And then there’s this: if trump has his way, they will eliminate the legal service corporation. It provides free legal aid to millions of Americans in civil cases (not criminal). Since 1974. www.lsc.gov/press-releas... #AccessToJustice #resist

White House Budget Proposes Eliminating LSC, Defunding Civil Legal Aid for Millions of Low-Income Americans

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 3

Another thing. Trump team trying to roll back 40+ year old regulations saying new construction has to be accessible. Here’s my piece today about how to file comments against this attack on #DisabilityRights: www.lflegal.com/2025/06/ener.... Will digital #accessibility be next?

New Attempt to Rollback Accessibility Requirements - Comments Needed

For over forty years the United States has had regulations that say new buildings must be accessible to people with disabilities if the building is built by an organization that receives federal funds...

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