Author name: Monika Tomczak

Judy Singer is an Australian sociologist. She is recognized as being instrumental in the development of a the concept of Neurodiversity while an honours student at the University of Technology Sydney in 1997-8. Her study was the first sociological work to inquire into the social context of the emergence of a new kind of disability, […]

Paul Smyth is the founder and leader of the Digital Accessibility team at Barclays, responsible for ensuring that the bank’s digital services work for everyone, including disabled customers or colleagues. His Barclays Accessibility team have been long-standing supporters of the AXSchat community and he’s returning for a third time to have a chat with the

Professor Amanda Kirby is unusual, as she is a General Practitioner, experienced researcher, clinician and most importantly a parent of a neurodiverse adult and has many family members who are neurodiverse.This provides her with an understanding of neurodiversity and co-occurrence from differing perspectives and a drive to raise awareness and champion best practices. More than

Orla Pearson is a director of MyClearText Ltd, trading in both the UK and in Ireland. Orla trained to be a stenographer in Bray, working in London in the courts system before embarking on a long career at the BBC in 1994.  In 2001 Orla was promoted to Assistant Producer in BBC Access Services and

Pip Jamieson is the Founder & CEO of The Dots (https://the-dots.com), dubbed ˜The next LinkedIn?’ by Forbes. The Dots is designed around the networking needs of ‘No Collar’ professionals – creators, freelancers and entrepreneurs. As routine jobs become more automated, these No Collar professionals will represent the future workforce. Delightfully Dyslexic with a distinctive marmite laugh (you either love

When Arran was aged 9 he was diagnosed with dyslexia. He uses the metaphor that dyslexia is like going to the dentist, well that’s how it was for him all the way until he was 14, this was the age when he realised that dyslexia is a difference not a disadvantage. During Arran’s working life

For the last fifteen years, Sheri Byrne-Haber has worked with individuals with disabilities to achieve equal access and reduce barriers to services. As VMware’s Head of Accessibility, Sheri works with the full-lifecycle of accessibility needs from product conception to obsolescence for a Fortune 200 company.  Prior to VMware, Ms. Byrne-Haber implemented accessibility policies and programs

Shilpi Kapoor is a sociology graduate who started her career exporting silk furnishings. But she failed miserably at it. Later, she turned to technology, starting all over again as a remote-hacker for a US-based company. Shilpi recalls the day that transformed her life: I managed to trace the hacker before my mentor (who used to

As a business innovator, Alan Moore’s life mission is to make every business on the planet as beautiful as they can possibly be. He does this by changing the way people think about the world and how their businesses can succeed by being beautiful in everyway. By consciously designing better products, services, experiences: By creating

John R. Macko is director of the Center on Employment (NCE) at Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). In this capacity, he is responsible for developing and enhancing employment opportunities for deaf and hard-of-hearing students and graduates of RIT. Mr. Macko is responsible for a staff of eight employees.