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Sarah Lee – Advocate, Writer, and Systems Administrator at Ruh Global Communications

Interview / Neil Milliken / June 5, 2017 / Advocate for Persons with Disabilities, anthropology, Disabilities, disability, disability and inclusion, Epilepsy, inclusion, millennial, millennial's making change, millennials, petit mal syndrome, Petite Mal, Political Science, pwd, Seizures, Social Justice, South Korea, VCU, Virginia Commonwealth University, Writer

Awaiting Quality Captions Sarah Lee received her Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her concentrations include history, political science, and anthropology. Unsure of what to do after completing her undergraduate coursework, Sarah worked as a cook. After backpacking through Alaska, Canada, Europe, and South Korea, Sarah decided to go back to school and […]

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Jake Abma – Accessibility Lead for ING Netherlands

Interview / Neil Milliken / May 29, 2017 / #a11y, Accesibility, Accessibility Guild, Barclays, bbc, CRPD, disability, Dutch ING, G3ICT, inclusion, ING, ING Netherlands, IT, Ministry of Internal Affairs, networking, Product Owner for Team A11Y, Product Owners, Spotify, Team A11Y, UN, UN CRPD, UX, WCAG, Web Guidelines, WEG

Awaiting Quality Captions Accessibility Lead for ING Netherlands For the last four years Jake has set up a raft of initiatives to make sure products and services are accessible to people with the widest range of capabilities. He’s a passionate promoter of accessibility both inside and outside the Bank. Product Owner ING has introduced different

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Rosemary Musachio – CPACC, Chief Accessibility Officer at Ruh Global Communications,

Interview / Neil Milliken / May 22, 2017 / #a11y, Abilities, Ability Age, Accessibile Entertainment, accessibility, adversity, Americans with Disabilities Act, Austria, B.A. in Communications, Belgium, Bit Of A Challenge, Cerebral Palsy, Cleveland States University Magma Cum Laude, CPACC, disability, disability and inclusion, Disability Rights, Diversity, empowerment, France, Germany, hang gliding in Ridgley, Holland, inclusion, inclusive design, Italian Gazette, Italy, Marketing, Maryland, Ohio, Poetry, Pozzuoli, Pozzuoli Italy, pwd, Spain, Sun Newspapers, Sun Newspapers in Cleveland, The Able Informer, The Plain Dealer

Awaiting Quality Captions When Rosemary was born on September 13, 1966 at an American naval hospital in Pozzuoli, Italy, the doctor asked her parents, “What will you do with her?” Her parents looked at each other and thought he was crazy. The ignorant physician asked because she had brain damage, which resulted in cerebral palsy.

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Dr. Flip Schrameijer – Sociologist, Mental health specialist, Novelist, & Founder of Architecture for Autism

Interview / Neil Milliken / April 11, 2017 / #a11y, Ability, adapted architecture, Amsterdam Adolescent Clinic of Amsterdam university, Author, Autism, Autism Centre Dr Leo Kannerhuis, autism spectrum, autistic spectrum, Disabilities, disability, Flip Schrameijer, Global, inclusion, Kannerhuis, Netherlands Centre for Mental Health, psychology, pwd, researcher, sociologist

Awaiting Quality Captions Flip is a Dutch sociologist with a PhD in social psychology who worked for seventeen years at the Netherlands Centre for Mental Health as a researcher and manager. Self-employed since 1996 as a researcher, writer and consultant. Wrote several books on mental health issues (two about the problems and treatment of disturbed

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Stefan Trömel – Senior Disability Specialist of The International Labour Organization (ILO)

Interview / Neil Milliken / April 1, 2017 / Disabilities, disability, Disability Specialist, Global, ILO, inclusion, International Disability Alliance, International Labour Organization, Labour Organization, Persons with Disabilities, pwd, Senior Disability Specialist, Stefan Trömel, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Awaiting Quality Captions Stefan Trömel, Senior Disability Specialist in the International Labour Organization (ILO) since August 2013. His current duties include the coordination of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network. Between 2008 and 2013, held the position of Executive Director of the International Disability Alliance, the global umbrella organization of organizations of persons

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Aurélien Levy – CEO of Temesis

Interview / Neil Milliken / March 20, 2017 / #a11y, A11Y Québec, AccessAbilities, accessibility, Accessible Design, Aurélien Levy, CEO, Confoo Montreal, CSUN, digital a11y, Digital Accessibility, Disabilities, disability, French Government Accessibillity, Funka, Global Inclusion, inclusion, Openweb, Parisweb, Parisweb Conference, Persons with Disabilities, pwd, RGAA 1, RGAA 2, Temesis

Awaiting Quality Captions Aurélien is CEO of Temesis, a French company working on digital accessibility and quality. He works as a consultant and he is one of the main authors of the French government’s accessibility guidelines RGAA version 1 and 2. He is also and international speaker (CSUN, Funka accessibility days, A11y Québec, Confoo Montreal, etc)

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Sharon Spencer and Rob Sinclair – IAAP, a division of the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict)

Interview / Neil Milliken / January 23, 2017 / ATIA, disability, Disability Services Industry, Executive Management, G3ICT, IAAP, Marketing, Sharon Spencer

Awaiting Quality Captions Sharon Spencer is Managing Director of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP), a division of the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict). She has held various sales, marketing and executive management positions at IBM and other organizations ranging from the Fortune 500 to start-ups. She has eighteen years experience in the

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Charlotte V. McClain-Nhlapo

Interview / Neil Milliken / January 3, 2017 / accessibility, developing nations, disability, world bank

Awaiting Quality Captions Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo is the Global Disability Advisor for the World Bank Group. Her work at the Bank is focuses on disability inclusive development under its twin goals to end poverty and promote shared prosperity. As Disability Advisor, she supports operational teams across the institution to ensure that Bank policies, programs and

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John Robinson

Interview / Neil Milliken / July 11, 2016 / Ability, disability, employability, HR, recruiting

Quality Captions Available In 2014, John Robinson was named one of ten national White House Champions of Change for Disability Employment and honored with the Excelsior College President’s Award for Advocacy in 2010. Since 2011, he’s served as managing partner, CEO and Founder of Our Ability, which provides inclusive workforce and employment consulting, mentoring, workshops,

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Becki Morris – Museum DCN

Interview / Neil Milliken / April 4, 2016 / accessibility, disability, dyslexia, inclusion, Inclusive Education, museums, neurodiversity

Awaiting Quality Captions Becki Morris is a Collections Assistant from Heritage and Culture Warwickshire. She has worked in the heritage sector for 18 years. Becki left the sector in 2011 to set up Adult Dyslexia Support which screens adults for risk of dyslexic traits and trains people with strategies. She is particularly interested in

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