Language Justice

A framework that advocates for the equal valuing and inclusion of all languages in social, educational, and technological contexts, challenging the dominance of English and other majority languages. In accessibility research, language justice highlights how reading support technologies have disproportionately focused on English and Western languages (only 6 of 101 studies in a systematic review explored other languages like Spanish), potentially excluding disabled people who read in other languages or writing systems. Language justice connects to disability justice by recognizing that linguistic barriers compound disability-related access barriers.