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Crystal Preston-Watson Senior Digital Accessibility Analyst at Salesforce.

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Crystal believes that accessibility is a civil and human right and is passionate about building accessible and inclusive applications. Crystal takes us on her fascinating journey from self-taught coder and journalism dropout to becoming a Senior Digital Accessibility Analyst at Salesforce’s Office of Accessibility. With refreshing honesty, she shares how her own visual impairment and […]

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Interesting Yet Inaccessible: To Share Or Not To Share?

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I frequently get faced with a dilemma when someone posts content that is not accessible yet I find interesting and worthy of sharing. Do I share? When I make content I strive for it to be accessible but a lot of stuff on social media is not created by me but I may think people would

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Darryl Adams – Assistive Technology Innovation Program Manager

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Darryl is an Assistive Technology Innovation Program Manager in the Accessibility Office at Intel.​ He works at the intersection of technology and human experience helping discover new ways for people with disabilities to work, interact, and thrive.​ Darryl’s mission is to connect his passion for AT innovation with Intel’s product development pipeline to make accessible

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Is Accessibility Middleware Really The Equivalent Of Snake Oil?

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Photo Credit Mark Gunn One area where this laissez-faire attitude has significant impact is web accessibility. The impact of poorly written code and technology implemented without adherence to accessibility standards makes it difficult or impossible for users of assistive technology to make use of many of the things that the Internet has to offer. This

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Paradigm Shift Futher Discussions

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Phill Jenkins “I think GPII.net has some potential, I just wonder what the AT vendors are saying and how the policy makers and grant funders are getting involved?” Neil Milliken “Hi Phill, There is at least one AT vendor involved (TextHelp). Hopefully more will get involved as well as people like the guys behind NVDA

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Judy Heumann

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Judith (Judy) Heumann has most recently been a Senior Fellow at the Ford Foundation. She formerly served as the Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the US Department of State from 2010-2017. She is now building an online presence under The Heumann Perspective through social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. This

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Corinne Weible – Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT)

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Corinne Weible is the Deputy Project Director for the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT), an initiative funded by DOL’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) to help employers, IT companies, and others to understand why it pays to build and buy accessible technology, and how to go about doing so. She holds over

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