Narratives around diversity and inclusion in the advertising landscape have largely focused on race, ethnicity, and gender. Influencer agency Purple Goat is adding people with disabilities to the conversation with an aim to erase tokenism and push for more accurate representation.

Amid calls for inclusion, media outlets are taking steps towards better representation of people with disabilities, but representation isn’t everything - accessibility is crucial, too. To make podcasts available to people who are hard of hearing, Spotify is introducing automatic transcriptions.

From typewriters to screen readers to closed captioning, technological innovation has long been driven by the needs of people with disabilities. But how can businesses ensure that new platforms and devices are inclusive? Canvas8 spoke to Reginé Gilbert about how digital accessibility is evolving.

Since the death of George Floyd and BLM protests in 2020, the representation of diversity in ad campaigns has soared. But Black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups still find that diversity in media entrenches rather than dismantles stereotypes. In 2022, how can brands get diversity right?