r/accessibility rules, stats, and what to post

This community is for links and discussions about access and inclusion. It covers two sides of the same topic. Atoms means the built environment, so think about physical spaces and how people move through them. Bits means digital accessibility, so think about websites, software, and anything on a screen. The people posting here care about making both worlds work for everyone, including people with disabilities. That tells you the room is made up of practitioners, advocates, and people with lived experience, not shoppers hunting for tools. If your post does not genuinely touch access or inclusion, it does not belong here.

Four rules decide whether a marketing-adjacent post survives here. “No AI Tools” removes any tool made with AI that adds no value, so an AI-built product with nothing extra to show is out. “No school projects/surveys” blocks student work and surveys, with one exception, and that exception is compensation, so a survey that mentions payment is fine. “No Overlay Tools” is the big one for founders, because discussion about tools is allowed but promotion of any overlay tool is not, and the rule adds that if you claim you found one and you turn out to be the creator or on the team, you will be banned. “No feedback requests” removes posts looking for feedback, especially free feedback, unless the post mentions testing that has already occurred. Read those together and the shape of an acceptable post becomes clear.

A good post here is a genuine contribution to access and inclusion, not a pitch. Share something you learned, ask a real question about making a physical space or a digital product more inclusive, or discuss accessibility news and practice. If you built something, you can talk about the problem and the approach, but keep any tool out of the post if it is an overlay, and do not ask the community to test or review your work for free. If you run a survey or study, say clearly that participants are compensated, because that is the one condition the rules accept. Write like a member of the field, not a marketer passing through.

Do not post anything made with AI that adds no value, because the “No AI Tools” rule removes it. Do not post school projects or surveys unless you mention compensation, since unpaid ones are removed. Never promote an overlay tool, and never pretend you just found one if you are the creator or on the team, because that gets you banned outright. Do not ask for feedback, especially free feedback, unless your post shows that testing has already happened. The harshest consequence here is a ban for disguised overlay promotion, so honesty about who you are matters more than anything else.

The “No Overlay Tools” rule is the strictest I have seen, because it does not just remove the post, it bans creators who pretend to have stumbled on their own product. That tells me this community has been burned before and the moderators are watching for exactly that move. The compensation exception in the survey rule is also unusual and generous, so if you run paid research, say so plainly. My read is that honesty about who you are is the price of entry here.