Denis Boudreau – Senior Web Accessibility consultant and strategist for Simply Accessible

YouTube Video – Captions Available. An audio only version is also available on Soundcloud. Follow Denis on Twitter using his Twitter handle: @dboudreau Denis is a senior Web Accessibility consultant and strategist working for Simply Accessible, and an invited expert of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in various working groups. He has been advocating social […]

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Sean Douglas – Dyslexia and The CodPast

YouTube Video – Captions Available. Follow the CodPast on Twitter using their Twitter handle: @TheCodpast Sean is an internet broadcaster with a background in broadcast TV news, PR, corporate comms and podcasting. After battling through the UK education system and being launched into the world of work. Although successful, Sean always knew something was different. Finally in

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Cathy Dalton – Responsive environments, healthcare environments and affective computing

YouTube Video – Captions available. Cathy is Associate Lecturer at Cork Centre for Architectural Education (UCC/CIT) Her work straddles the boundaries of accessibility, interaction design and architecture. Her PHD  thesis was entitled: “MyRoom: A user-centred model of affective responsive architecture.” Areas of interest include; Responsive architecture, computationally-enabled architecture,environment and well-being, user-centred design, Inclusive Design, the

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David Lepofsky from the AODA Alliance, disability consumer advocacy group

YouTube video – Captions available. An audio only version is also available on Soundcloud. Follow David on Twitter using his Twitter handle: @DavidLepofsky David is the Chair of The AODA Alliance (This will open in a new Tab) and a long standing campaigner and accessibility advocate. The AODA Alliance is a disability consumer advocacy group that

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Andrea Pregel and Rolando Villamero from Global Observatory for Inclusion

YouTube video – Captions available. An audio only version is also available on Soundcloud. Follow the DrawDisability Project on Twitter using their Twitter handle: @GLOBI_inclusion In 2015, the Global Observatory for Inclusion (GLOBI) teams up with the UN Secretary General’s Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) and the GEFI Youth Advocacy Group in a global art campaign to

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Ian Hamilton – Accessible Gaming

YouTube Video – Captions are available. An audio only version is also available on Soundcloud. Follow Ian on Twitter using his Twitter handle:@ianhamilton_ Ian Hamilton is a contributor to the Game Accessibility Guidelines Below are some quite astounding snippets on why access to gaming is so important: The games industry generates 82billion/year, a figure that is

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Alastair Somerville – Accessible communication consultant from sensoryUX.com

YouTube video below – Captions are available An audio only version is also available on Soundcloud. Follow Alastair on Twitter using his Twitter handle: @Acuity_Design We  finally managed to sit down with Alastair and record an interview which we will post in the next couple of days We are delighted to be talking with Alastair Somerville of

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G3ict – Global Initiative for Inclusive Technologies

YouTube – Captions are available. Antonio, Debra & Neil talk with Axel Lebois Axel Leblois is the Founder and Executive Director of G3ict – the Global Initiative for Inclusive Technologies, an Advocacy Initiative of the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development www.g3ict.org .  G3ict is a public-private partnership dedicated to facilitating the implementation around

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Lisa Seeman – Chair for Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force

YouTube video – Captions are available. Follow Lisa on Twitter using her Twitter handle: @SeemanLisa Antonio Debra and Neil talk with Lisa Seeman Lisa is currently lead editor and chair for Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force (COGA TF) at the Web Accessibility Initiative at the W3C . The Taskforce has just published the 1st draft

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Abi James from British Dyslexia Association New Technology Comittee

YouTube video – Captions are available. Neil & Antonio chat with Dr Abi James Abi James is a researcher and consultant on how technology can help overcome dyslexia, special educational needs and disabilities. Diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 9, Abi used computers and technology throughout her education to enable her to successfully complete

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