Accessibility

Lauv stands on a hillside with the ocean in the distance. He crouches to look into the camera, wearing a black hoodie with gold letters on the front, spelling “BEACH.”

Breaking Modern Loneliness with Lauv

Musician Lauv brings together artists and creators to talk about mental health in times of isolation.

Coding for a more equitable world

What would it look like to live in a world that’s accessible to all? Where constantly hearing “no, you can’t” is replaced with a persistent “yes, you can”? That’s 11-year-old Anna Miller’s dream. And she plans to get there with coding.
Sporting sunglasses, musician Lauv sits in the driver's seat of a convertible, door open and legs on the ground as he looks to the camera.

My blue thoughts

Mental health conditions are quietly affecting a growing number of us worldwide. Now more than ever, we have the opportunity to remove the stigma of asking for help. Musician Lauv is tapping into technology to help break that stigma.
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Finding independence in the blink of an eye

The promise of technology is to make life easier. But for the nearly 1 billion people worldwide living with a disability, that hasn’t always been true.
A GIF featuring X Ambassadors keyboardist Casey Harris, former NFL player Steve Gleason, snowboarders using adaptive gear, and kids play video games with adaptive controllers.

Creating an inclusive world

Thanks to purposeful engineering and technology, experiences that were once closed off to people with disabilities and from different backgrounds are now open to all.
Members of the rock band X Ambassadors stand in the recording studio holding Microsoft Surfaces while using the BOOM app.

X Ambassadors reimagine the music video, without video

Inspired by keyboardist Casey Harris, who was born with low vision, rockers X Ambassadors set out to create an audio-only music video.

At Burton, ‘we are all riders’

Burton Snowboards lives by its mission, harnessing inclusive design and creativity to explore adaptive technology in a way that helps riders—and the sport at large—achieve their full potential.
The rock band X Ambassadors plays for a group of high school students.

Teaching inclusion with WE and X Ambassadors

X Ambassadors teamed up with WE and Microsoft to teach West Creek High students about tech as a tool for inclusivity and accessibility.

Easton LaChappelle builds robotic technology with heart

21-year-old Easton LaChappelle has spent six years creating artificial limb technology that could change the lives of people around the world—and it all started with the story of one girl.