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YouTube Video – Captions Available. An audio only version is also available on Soundcloud. Jaisiel is the founder of the social startup Closefunding, you can follow Closefunding on Twitter using their Twitter handle: @Closefunding Jaisiel is an advocate for a mainstream accessibility. In his current role, he is using accessibility to build new common processes, platforms […]

YouTube Video – Captions Available. Ajit Narayanan is the CEO of Avaz Inc, and inventor of Avaz, an affordable, AAC App for children with Autism and complex communication needs. In 2010, Avaz won the National Award for Empowerment of People with Disabilities from the President of India, and in 2011, Narayanan won Innovator of the

YouTube Video – Captions Available. An audio only version is also available on Soundcloud. Follow Frances on Twitter using her Twitter handle:@fwest34 Frances is Chief Accessibility Officer at IBM. In this role, she works to establish IT accessibility standards, shape government policies, and develop human-centric technology and industry solutions that not only create an inclusive workplace environment

Brian is a #1 Best Selling Author, 26-year cancer survivor, adult with Dyslexia, ADHD, and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. He’s also the father of three sons with ADHD and Asperger’s. He is known worldwide for his books and highly engaging presentations that teach the power of connection and collaboration. His strategies empower others to overcome their differences so

YouTube Video – Captions Available. An audio only version is also available on Soundcloud. Follow Denis on Twitter using his Twitter handle: @dboudreau Denis is a senior Web Accessibility consultant and strategist working for Simply Accessible, and an invited expert of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in various working groups. He has been advocating social

YouTube Video – Captions Available. Follow the CodPast on Twitter using their Twitter handle: @TheCodpast Sean is an internet broadcaster with a background in broadcast TV news, PR, corporate comms and podcasting. After battling through the UK education system and being launched into the world of work. Although successful, Sean always knew something was different. Finally in

YouTube Video – Captions available. Cathy is Associate Lecturer at Cork Centre for Architectural Education (UCC/CIT) Her work straddles the boundaries of accessibility, interaction design and architecture. Her PHD  thesis was entitled: “MyRoom: A user-centred model of affective responsive architecture.” Areas of interest include; Responsive architecture, computationally-enabled architecture,environment and well-being, user-centred design, Inclusive Design, the

YouTube video – Captions available. An audio only version is also available on Soundcloud. Follow David on Twitter using his Twitter handle: @DavidLepofsky David is the Chair of The AODA Alliance (This will open in a new Tab) and a long standing campaigner and accessibility advocate. The AODA Alliance is a disability consumer advocacy group that

YouTube video – Captions available. An audio only version is also available on Soundcloud. Follow the DrawDisability Project on Twitter using their Twitter handle: @GLOBI_inclusion In 2015, the Global Observatory for Inclusion (GLOBI) teams up with the UN Secretary General’s Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) and the GEFI Youth Advocacy Group in a global art campaign to