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Demand Our Access
by Jonathan Simeone
This podcast educates people with disabilities about our legal rights and how to enforce them.
Episodes
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Our Experience with an Inaccessible Local Government Website
In this episode, Desiree and I discuss the issues we are facing because the child support web page run by the attorney general of Texas and documents required by the child support program are inaccessible to those of us with disabilities. When we recorded this episode, we were hopeful it would...
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Advocating for Accessible Emergency Alerts
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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My Journey into Emergency Preparedness
This is a special episode of the Demand Our Access podcast. In this episode, I describe my journey with emergency preparedness for those of us with disabilities. I also describe my personal advocacy to ensure my local area has emergency preparedness plans and operations that are accessible to and...
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Interviewing Erin Taylor From Upstream Access
This episode was a very special one in the history of the Demand Our Access podcast because it was the first time I was joined by a guest. Erin Taylor from Upstream Access joined me to discuss emergency preparedness for those of us with disabilities. I was thrilled to have Erin join me because…
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Emergency Preparedness With Scenarios
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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Advocating in Private Housing Situations When the Property Manager Doesn’t Understand Our Rights
This is the recording from the October 18,2025 live episode. In this episode, we had a good discussion about how to advocate for our rights in private housing situations when the landlord or property manager knows nothing about the rights we have under the Fair Housing Act. To make this easier to...
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Advocating in Private Housing Situations
In this episode, I tried something new. I began with a brief recap of our rights under the Fair Housing Act in private housing situations. Then, I posed some scenarios to the people listening live in Zoom and we had interactive discussions as to how we could advocate for our rights under the...
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A Brief Introduction to the Fair Housing Act
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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A Deep Dive Into Complaints Under Title II
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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Maintenance of Accessible Features, Assistive Mobility Devices, and Existing Facilities Under Title II
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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Accessibility Overlays
In this episode, Desiree and I discuss those terrible accessibility overlays that promise to make websites more accessible while actually doing little to improve accessibility. As Desiree's demonstration shows, these overlays are hard to use, don't behave consistently, and provide little in the…
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Continuing Our Revisited Look at Title II
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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How You can Advocate for Section 504
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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The Lawsuit Threatening Section 504
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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Title II Revisited
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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Advocacy Updates and Playing the Blind Card
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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How You Can Comment on the Proposed Fine of AccessiBe
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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Advocating During These Politically Challenging Times
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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What do do When You Face Discrimination at Work
My Mastodon Handle In case anyone is interested, I joined Mastodon. My handle is @[email protected]. All of the posts I make to the Demand Our Access website will automatically be shared to my Mastodon account. I look forward to meeting you on Mastodon. Disclaimer The information...
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Using AI to Advocate and Learn About the Law
Introduction As the title indicates, this episode is about using artificial intelligence (AI) to advocate for our legal rights and to learn more about the law. Specifically, I demonstrate using AI to find who to contact when you need to make an ADA request of your local government, having AI…
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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
About Me It has been more than two years since I shared a little about me in one of these episodes. So, I am going to do it here for the benefit of people who have started listening since I last shared a bit about myself. Education and Certifications I have a law license from Massachusetts. I am…
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Advocating for the Rights of Disabled Parents
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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Advocating for Our Rights Under Title III
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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paratransit
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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Advocating for Our Rights Under Title II of the ADA
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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Able Accounts
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal or financial advice. Applying the law and/or...
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Basics Under Title I Continued
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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Basics Under Title I
This episode is our first of at east two episodes dedicated to Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Title I is critical to those of us with disabilities, because it covers employment. This episode focuses on important definitions under Title I. Some of this will be review for those of...
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Rideshares and People with Disabilities
In this episode I cover using Uber and Lyft with a disability. Although the focus of the episode is service animals, what is covered applies to other issues of disability discrimination too.
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Demoing the Website and Recapping a Year of Demand Our Access
In this episode I demonstrate the Demand Our Access website to show people how to use it. I also recap our first year of Demand Our Access and look ahead to next year. This episode was recorded live during the live broadcast done on ACB Media. This version has been lightly edited from what…
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A Complaint Against Movers and Parents’s Rights Under the ADA
The Episode In this episode, Desiree and I discuss a terrible experience we had with two moving companies while Desiree was moving to Oregon from Texas. We also discuss the rights parents with disabilities have to be accommodated by their children's schools and provide tips in getting...
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Filing Complaints Under Title III
Introduction In this episode, Desiree and I discuss filing complaints under Title III of the ADA (Title III). Specifically, we walk through filing a complaint with the Department of Justice against Chase bank because of the inaccessibility of its online mortgage services. This is the text of what...
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Basics Under Title III Continued
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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Basics Under Title III
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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Commenting on the Proposed Title II Web Accessibility Rule
Episode Information This episode is a demonstration of me commenting on the Department of Justice's proposed rule on web accessibility under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you're interested in commenting, please visit this page on Regulations.gov. Note, comments must be...
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Introducing Section 508
Note on This Recording Thanks to technical difficulties, this episode was recorded from the live version of the podcast played on ACB Community. So, it could not be edited to the usual standards of the episodes presented here. Still, the information is accurate and useful. ! Section 508 Here are…
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Proposed Title II Web Accessibility Rule
Proposed Rule Introduction to the Rule On July 25, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a proposed rule that if adopted would clarify what state and local governments must do to have their web content be considered compliant with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (Title…
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Introducing The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Introduction Before giving a brief history of WCAG and describing its technical components at a very high, hopefully easy to follow level, I'm going to discuss what I believe is the most important thing people need to know about the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines--the reality that their...
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Disability Justice
Introduction It is impossible to discuss disability justice without referencing American politics and American history. People have very different views of many aspects of American politics. Most people don’t really know American history. So, it will be impossible to discuss disability justice in…
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Disability Equity
Introduction During our last episode of Demand Our Access, we had a brief discussion of disability equity and disability justice. Since so much of how I see the ADA and the other laws we have and will cover through the Demand Our Access project is influenced by how I view disability equity and...
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effective communication Under Titles II and III of the ADA
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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Service Animals Under Titles II and III of the ADA
Disclaimer The information presented in any of the Demand Our Access podcast episodes, on the Demand Our Access website, or otherwise shared in conjunction with or through association with the Demand Our Access project is expressly not individual legal advice. Applying the law depends on the...
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How to File a Complaint Under the Air Carrier Access Act
n this episode, we are filing our first complaint. Join by Desiree Sturdevant, we file a complaint with the Department of Transportation under the Air Carrier Access Act against Alaska Airlines. This episode was recorded in two sessions. So, the audio levels are not quite the same.
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About the Air Carrier Access Act
About Me This will be the last time I begin an episode with information about me. I'm sharing this information at the beginning of the first three episodes so you can learn a little about me and my qualifications to present on matters of disability law. Basic Bio I was born blind. I am a member…
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Demand Our Access Episode Two
In episode two we begin discussing key concepts under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act including: notice of rights, complaints; and ADA coordinators. This link goes to the PDF for episode two. The PDF has all of the most important information discussed in the episode.
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Demand Our Access Episode One
Welcome to the first episode of the Demand Our Access podcast. In this episode, I will describe the podcast, the website for the show, and briefly discuss basics of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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This podcast educates people with disabilities about our legal rights and how to enforce them.
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Demand Our Access is created and hosted by Jonathan Simeone.
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