ABSTRACT
This chapter provides the manifesto to explore the changing nature of disability rights and accessibility in relation to digital communications technology and internet enabled media. It explores disability in a digital world, and how disability rights are represented, developed and maintained in this type of environment. In the case of accessible digital media this often means that a person with disabilities will have to complain about something that, by definition, they are unable to directly access. YouTube is one of a number of social media platforms owned by Alphabet, Google's parent company. Along with fellow digital media company, Facebook, these platforms again serve to illustrate the trend for improving accessibility. Social media also has a history of inaccessibility particularly from early market leaders such as Myspace and in earlier versions of the current market leader, Facebook. The chapter concludes with a hopeful outlook for this continuing trend and a manifesto for disability rights campaigners to embrace these opportunities.
