This video has captions Steven James Tingus is recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts, advocates, and thought leaders for disability, aging, and health and human services policy and programs. He has more than twenty years of experience in managing issues impacting the disability and aging communities, and the health care and medical […]
Captions Available Jenny Lay-Flurrie has a passion for seeing people of all abilities reach their full potential. Jenny is Chief Accessibility Officer at Microsoft leading our efforts to drive great products, services, and websites that empower people and organizations to achieve more. Her team is at the forefront of creating positive experiences that apply technology
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Awaiting Quality Captions Molly is 22 years old and from Maidenhead Berkshire, England. Molly was born with Usher Syndrome, only deafness was evident until she was12 years old when she began to go blind and became registered blind at just 14 years old and became a guide dog owner at 16 years old. Usher Syndrome
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Awaiting Quality Captions In 1990 after completing a 5 year degree program in architecture and ready to embark on an architectural career, Chris Lona was diagnosed with a brain tumor and a subsequent autoimmune condition. The tumor left him with double vision and the Myasthenia Gravis caused various ongoing ocular issues such as drooping eyelids.
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Awaiting Quality Captions Thomas Logan is the CEO of Equal Entry and cofounder of A11yNYC – Accessibility New York City. Thomas has been working in the accessibility field for over 13 years. He got his start at UNC with a student project to make a digitized ancient world map accessible through sound and touch to a graduate student
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Awaiting Quality Captions Heydon Pickering is a UX designer, accessibility advocate and illustrator. He works as an accessibility consultant with The Paciello Group and is the accessibility editor for Smashing Magazine. Most of Heydon’s work involves writing articles, training materials, books, and presentations about inclusive design techniques and best practices. He’s particularly interested in fostering
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Awaiting Quality Captions Abeer Shakweer is the advisor to the Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology for Social Responsibility and Services. She holds a Ph.D., in Engineering, and a M.Sc. in Computer Science, both form the University of Nottingham in the UK. Dr. Shakweer worked as an advisor to Scientific Research and Innovation
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Awating Quality Captions Elizabeth Akua-Nyarko Patterson is the founder and executive director of the Girls education initiative of Ghana, GEIG. GEIG’s mission is to provide academic and financial support for girls including applicants with special needs, so they may access secondary, higher education, and professional opportunities. Ms. Patterson holds an MPA, masters in public
Awaiting Quality Captions Peter Mahoney is the senior vice president and general manager of Dragon for Nuance. He is responsible for all aspects of the Dragon speech recognition business, encompassing the healthcare, enterprise, and consumer markets. Peter joined the company in 2004 as the vice president of worldwide marketing for the speech division. Prior to
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This edition of AXSChat we have not one but three special guests to talk about gaming accessibility. Tara Voelker of Turtle Rock, Bryce Johnson from XBOX & former AXSChat guest Ian Hamilton: Accessibility Specialist During the interview Ian Announced the Gaming Accessibility Conference 27th Feb the Monday of GDC & CSUN The other event that
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