Author name: Monika Tomczak

Paul is a 56 yr old married father of four young children and an award winning photographer, who has late onset Full Blown Tourette Syndrome plus, which started out of the blue 10 years ago. Paul has severe motor Tic’s and vocal tic’s inc coprolalia (swearing & cursing ) accompanied with ADHD,OCD, Sensory processing disorder. […]

Anna Dixon is the Chief Executive of the Centre for Ageing Better, an independent charitable foundation that brings about change for people in later life today and for future generations. Anna joined Ageing Better from the Department of Health where she was Director of Strategy and Chief Analyst. As Director of Policy at The King’s

Pedro Omedas studied computer engineering at Universidad Simón Bolívar in Caracas, Venezuela (2002) and moved to Barcelona, Spain in 2004 to study a Master in Digital Audiovisual Communication and Production at Universidad La Salle – Ramón Llul (2004) and a postgraduate course in Videogames creation and design at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (2006). Since 2012

This week on AXSChat we were focusing on the International labour organisation global business disability network conference on making the future of work inclusive of persons with disabilities in Geneva. We have recorded a number of short interviews with some of the amazing participants at the conference. It has been a privilege to have conversations

Abi James is a researcher of assistive technology and digital accessibility and senior accessibility consultant at AbilityNet.  Diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of nine, Abi has used computers and technology to help her succeed throughout her education and in employment. Her work at AbilityNet focusses on helping organisations such as schools, universities, public sector

Juan Rico holds a degree in Telecommunication Degree (2006) and a Masters degree in Communication in Mobile Networks and ICT (2009). He started his career as researcher at the Network Planning and Mobile Communication Laboratory at University of Cantabria working on M2M and wireless communication. He has been working on M2M and IoT projects applied

My name is Jonathan Attenborough I am registered blind from Scotland. I am a very active disability campaigner and activist who has ran very successful campaigns, one of which resulted in changing a local councils policy on street design. I am an access technology expert and enthusiast with a particularly keen interest in Machine Learning

Adrián Bolonio is an experienced Spanish Frontend Developer and Web Team Lead, focused in Web Accessibility. Since 2012 living in Vienna (Austria), and currently work as Web Team Lead at willhaben, Austria’s largest classified advertising marketplace. When he is not at the office he enjoys a good read, working his way through any delicious recipe,

Clare Kennelly is the founder and principal consultant at Inclusive Cork.  A graduate of UCC with a BA in Spanish and Sociology and Higher Diploma in Education. She worked for 26 years in varying teaching roles: TEFL, post primary, further and third level education. In all these roles she worked with students with varying disabilities and

Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Billy Gregory is the Director of Training with The Paciello Group. Before joining TPG, and after failing to realize his dream of becoming a rock star, Billy focused his attention on front-end development working at small agencies, and at large corporations. It was during this time that he discovered his true