Tina Schneider is media scholar in the science programme Collection Future at the Natural History Museum Berlin (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin), Germany, where she coordinates projects with the industry, the education and creative sector, and other stakeholders. As lead of Mediasphere For Nature, the museum’s application lab for digital media, Tina supports the re-use of […]
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WARM is the brainchild of Dr Georges Petitjean. Georges is Clinical Director at Inclusion Drugs and Alcohol Treatment Services (part of Midlands Partnership NHS University Foundation Trust). The perspective he brings is threefold: frontline clinical experience, insight into senior leadership and decision-making, and a personal appreciation of what addiction can mean in real life. He
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Dr. Julie Eshleman, PhD, MEd, BCBA, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a LEND Fellow at Georgia State University. With a background in behavior analysis and organizational psychology, Julie takes a systems-level approach to disability inclusion. Her current research focuses on the intersection of AI and disability, including scoping
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This week we interview the co-founder of AXSChat Podcast, Debra Ruh, to explore a critical question: if we can identify every brand that gets accessibility wrong, why do so many disabled people still hesitate to work for disability organizations? We unpack what makes this index different from the many corporate scorecards already out there. The
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Isaac Zablocki is a co-founder and CEO at ReelAbilities. He is also the Director of film programs at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan. He attended film school at Columbia University and went on to work at Miramax films. Previously, he produced and directed feature films and developed film educational programs for the Board of Education.
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A dance class can be a mirror or a wall, and too many families know what it feels like to be shut out. We sit down with filmmaker and former dancer Dan Watt to unpack how his Emmy-winning documentary Everybody Dance came to life, why he searched for months to find the right inclusive ballet
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Jeff is an inventor, or co-inventor, on seven issued patents that utilize ergonomic design and universal design. These inventions advance inclusion opportunities for people with physical limitations who use computer keyboards and hearing aids. For their development of the Comfort Keyboard System, Jeff, along with his brother Bill, received the first place award in the
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Rylin Rodgers serves on Microsoft’s Accessibility Team as a Disability Policy Director. She strives to impact disability policy in the areas of technology, workforce and fundamental right. Rylin’s work is influenced by her lived experiences with disability. She is dyslexic and has idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and the mother of two young adults with physical disabilities and medical
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Mike Hazlewood is the Co-Founder & CEO of SensePilot, a pioneering startup dedicated to redefining how individuals with mobility and dexterity impairments interact with the digital world. By leveraging standard webcams to enable hands-free control for PCs and gaming, SensePilot aims to disrupt the traditional cost and hardware barriers associated with Assistive Technology. The company
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Andreas Schachl is a seasoned tech leader with decades of experience steering international software teams through every stage of product and project development. He believes that people are the true engine of any successful organization, so he pairs hands‑on mentorship with rigorously crafted processes to turn ambitious ideas into proven results. Together with his friend Hans‑Peter Kranewitter, Andreas
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