Remembering Alice Wong: A Legacy That Shapes Our Future
At Pryntd, we honour the life and work of Alice Wong, a visionary advocate whose impact continues to resonate across every effort to build a more inclusive world. Alice was not only a powerful voice for the disability community, she was a catalyst whose courage, creativity, and insistence on equity transformed how society understands access, culture, and participation.
Alice founded the Disability Visibility Project with a clear mission. She wanted disabled people to be seen, heard, centred and valued in every conversation. Through storytelling, she showed the world that disability is not a footnote or an afterthought. It is culture, identity, power, and community. She championed disabled artists, writers, technologists, organisers and leaders who too often existed in the margins, and she helped bring their work into the spotlight.
Her refusal to settle for performative accessibility set a new standard. Alice pushed institutions, platforms, and movements to design with disabled people rather than for them. She understood that true access is an act of imagination. It is the will to create systems where everyone can participate fully, without compromise and without apology. This philosophy shapes the heart of Pryntd’s mission. We believe in shared reality and the right of every person to feel present, connected, and included wherever they are.
Alice spoke openly about interdependence and the many ways disabled people support one another. She reminded the world that accessibility is collective work and that innovation must be guided by lived experience. Her writing, her activism, and her presence made space for the next generation of disabled creators and technologists who continue to build on her foundation.
As we advance our work at Pryntd, we carry Alice Wong’s legacy with deep respect. Her insistence on access as culture, access as justice, and access as imagination is a guiding light for the future of hybrid and shared reality experiences. She showed that technology can either widen gaps or bridge them, and she called on all of us to choose the path that brings people together.
Alice Wong changed the world. Her voice, her laughter, her sharp insight, and her relentless pursuit of inclusion will continue to shape the work of communities, movements and innovators for years to come. We are grateful for the path she carved and remain committed to building the accessible future she fought for.
May her memory continue to inspire boldness, compassion, and a world designed for everyone.
