Author name: Neil Milliken

On fonts and dyslexia

Here are samples of the two most common fonts aimed specifically at dyslexia They certainly attract a lot of attention in the press and on social media. I know they are trying to be helpful but I don’t like them or find them helpful. As a dyslexic person I find myself reacting very negatively to them

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Tribal warfare

I admire all of this and subscribe wholeheartedly to this approach. But it is not reflective of the reality in which we currently live and work. What we actually have is a load of different tribes Rather than harmony we have tribal warfare. Let me give some context to my comments: I recently attended a

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Darryl Adams – Assistive Technology Innovation Program Manager

Darryl is an Assistive Technology Innovation Program Manager in the Accessibility Office at Intel.​ He works at the intersection of technology and human experience helping discover new ways for people with disabilities to work, interact, and thrive.​ Darryl’s mission is to connect his passion for AT innovation with Intel’s product development pipeline to make accessible

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Is Accessibility Middleware Really The Equivalent Of Snake Oil?

Photo Credit Mark Gunn One area where this laissez-faire attitude has significant impact is web accessibility. The impact of poorly written code and technology implemented without adherence to accessibility standards makes it difficult or impossible for users of assistive technology to make use of many of the things that the Internet has to offer. This

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Judy Heumann

Judith (Judy) Heumann has most recently been a Senior Fellow at the Ford Foundation. She formerly served as the Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the US Department of State from 2010-2017. She is now building an online presence under The Heumann Perspective through social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. This

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Corinne Weible – Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT)

Corinne Weible is the Deputy Project Director for the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT), an initiative funded by DOL’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) to help employers, IT companies, and others to understand why it pays to build and buy accessible technology, and how to go about doing so. She holds over

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Mei Lin Fung – Co-founder People-Centered Internet

Mei Lin Fung Co-founder People-Centered Internet, Vice Chair IEEE Internet Inclusion, Digital Economy & Society-World Economic Forum. People must be at the heart of the Internet which can be an Internet of the People, by the People and for the People. She co-founded the People-Centered Internet with Vint Cerf so that we all can have

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