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Commemorating Disability Pride Month with TIE and Choice Content
Blog posts, upcoming reads, and book reviews on disability studies and accessibility
Posted on July 2, 2026 in Blog Posts
Commemorating Disability Pride Month
The Toward Inclusive Excellence team once again gathered pertinent TIE and Choice content from the past year to commemorate Disability Pride Month. Choice, the publisher of TIE and a publishing unit at the Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, provides book reviews to help librarians identify academic sources and professional development tools like webinars, podcasts, and white papers.
Disability Pride Month recognizes the efforts of disability rights activists, celebrates people with disabilities, and acknowledges the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 1990. We hope you find this page useful to further your exploration and understanding of disability studies and rights.
TIE Blog
These selections include TIE blog posts and upcoming reads in disability studies. To keep up with upcoming TIE content, subscribe to the TIE newsletter.
Sensory Rest: Finding Stillness in Academia
Over the past couple of years, I’ve turned to the wisdom of Tricia Hershey’s nap ministry, which has challenged me to see rest beyond my amazing naps but as a necessary act of care. I’ve also learned, through advice that was formally shared by the Shine app, about the various forms of rest we need to thrive, including physical, mental, creative, and, yes, even sensory. More recently, I found myself reflecting more deeply after attending a lightning talk on quiet at the ACRL 2025 Conference. All of these touchpoints have nudged me to reconsider what quiet looks like in my own life, and how I might begin to carve out more intentional moments of stillness. Read the full blog post, “Sensory Rest: Finding Stillness in Academia.”
TIE Preview of Upcoming Reads in Disability Studies, 2025
Find more posts on the TIE Blog, including:
- More Than a Study Spot: How Libraries Foster Belonging
- TIE Talks with Crystal Yin Lie
- A Selection of Titles to Commemorate Intersectionality Awareness Month
- Crip Time in the Academic Library
- Hybrid Conferences Are an Accessibility Issue
- Videoconferencing in the “Post-Pandemic” Era: Accessibility across Difference
- Cultivating a Sense of Belonging: What Does “Belonging” Mean for Libraries in the Era of Loneliness?
- Resources for Understanding the Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Disability and AI
Webinars
Industry experts lead these sponsored, 60-minute interactive presentations, which cover topics like library technology, DEIA, leadership and management, and open access and OER. This webinar explores building accessible digital collections.
Advancing accessibility in digital collections
Accessibility is reshaping how digital collections are designed, delivered and experienced. This webinar brings together experts in UX design, editorial practice and archival work to explore practical, real‑world approaches to building more inclusive digital environments. Watch the webinar recording.
Reviews of the Month
Reviews of the Month (formerly Reviews of the Week) highlights reviews that address topical issues, events, or holidays—or simply, reviews we believe deserve more attention. These picks discuss arts-based approaches to health care, disability theory, and curating accessible art exhibitions.
LibTech Insights
LibTech Insights (LTI) is a content vertical that examines the day-to-day impact of library and education technology on the higher education community. The channel provides practical guidance on technology trends and products as they relate to opportunities and challenges involving issues such as productivity, accessibility, discovery, operations, and content management. These picks provide information on web accessibility requirements and design.
How to Find and Fix Hidden Accessibility Issues
So you’ve heard about the upcoming new accessibility requirements for US state and local government websites, and you’ve implemented an automated accessibility checker and fixed all the issues you found. You’re done, right?
Read “How to Find and Fix Hidden Accessibility Issues.”
How Can Libraries Design Web Spaces for Neurodiverse Users?
Accessibility is a key value of librarianship and crucial for student success, but it can be difficult to implement, particularly in online spaces. What do students need? What can libraries offer, and what constraints do they face? In their chapter, “Designing for Neurodiversity in Web Spaces” in the new edited collection, Supporting Neurodiverse Students in Academic Libraries (ACRL, 2025), librarians Kelly Getz and Kimberly Shotick review the Social Model of Disability before getting into their findings from conducting usability tests with neurodivergent students and their plans for implementing this research. Read a chapter of Supporting Neurodiverse Students in Academic Libraries.
Find more posts on LibTech Insights, including:
- Creating Alt Text for Digital Collections with AI: A Case Study
- 5 Quick Tests to Run on Your Library Website
- Ready for It? Ensuring Web Content Accessibility in Libraries
- How to Get Statistics about Your Institution’s Accessibility Needs
- Getting Started with Accessible User Experience (UX) Research
- Advocating for eResource Content Accessibility
- Digital Accessibility in Libraries: A Primer
- From Environmental Scan to Action Plan: A Case Study in Accessibility
Check out last year’s Disability Pride Month round-up.
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