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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Convinced that talent has no boundaries, Karine has dedicated her career to developing people and pushing the diversity and inclusion agenda forward. In her 25+ year career, she notably served as global talent lead for Capgemini Invent, where she was a strong advocate of gender parity and promoting women’s programs. As Head of D&I for
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Shlomit Shteyer is a Director of Technical Program Management at Salesforce with over a decade of experience driving software programs from strategy to successful delivery across multiple countries and organizations of all sizes. Her passion for accessibility began during her time at Twitter, where she was first introduced to the product accessibility space. Since joining
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Heather Hepburn is a passionate accessibility evangelist who kick-started the accessibility programme at Skyscanner. Now as Head of Accessibility, she’s leading the charge in making Skyscanner a flagship of disability inclusion, their products accessible to all, and travel planning easier for people with disabilities. She also lectures on accessibility, is on the Teach Access Europe steering
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