Interview

John Robinson

Quality Captions Available In 2014, John Robinson was named one of ten national White House Champions of Change for Disability Employment and honored with the Excelsior College President’s Award for Advocacy in 2010. Since 2011, he’s served as managing partner, CEO and Founder of Our Ability, which provides inclusive workforce and employment consulting, mentoring, workshops, […]

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Jonathan Hassell – Accessibility Consultant, Author, and Keynote Speaker

Quality Captions Available   Jonathan Hassell is a thought leader in digital inclusion, with over 14 years experience of embedding accessibility and inclusive design into digital production teams, which he regularly shares at international conferences and summarised in his book ‘Including your missing 20% by embedding web and mobile accessibility’. He is an internationally recognised

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Katja Engelhardt

Captions Available Katja Engelhardt has joined the Knowledge Building Team of European Schoolnet in September 2012. She supports several projects (MENTEP, TASK) and regularly prepares reports and studies, e.g. currently the study “An analysis of educational approaches to developing Computational Thinking (CompuThink). Previously, she was involved in the ‘ICT4IAL’ project, the ‘Creative Classrooms Lab’ and

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John Kemp – President & CEO of The Viscardi Center

Quality Captions Available      John D. Kemp is the President & CEO of The Viscardi Center, a network of non-profit organizations that provide a lifespan of services that educate, employ and empower children and adults with disabilities, based in Albertson, NY. He is widely respected for his many achievements, both in the corporate and non-profit

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James Rath – Filmmaker

Awaiting Quality Captions James Rath is a legally blind filmmaker. Born with non-correctable conditions Ocular Albinism and Nystagmus. He became passionate about filmmaking at a young age when he was able to see clearer through a viewfinder of a camera. His film work has been featured on CNN, Huffington Post, Aplus, iClarified, Mac Stories, and

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Erin Hawley – Digital Content Producer and Manager at Easter Seals

Awaiting Quality Captions Erin Hawley is the Digital Content Producer and manager of Easterseals Thrive, an online community for young women with disabilities. She is a self-identified disabled Latina, diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy as a baby and anxiety as an adult. Erin is working on the final project for her Master’s degree in Multicultural and

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Heather Moore and Linn Vizard – Designers at Usability Matters

Awaiting Quality Captions Heather Moore and Linn Vizard are designers at Usability Matters, a user experience research, strategy and design firm that specializes in designing accessible user interfaces that work for everyone. About Heather Moore: Heather Moore is a visual designer at Usability Matters, where she focuses on designing accessible experiences. Before finding her true

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Malin Rygg – Head of the Norwegian Authority for Universal Design of ICT

Awaiting Quality Captions Malin Rygg is head of the Authority of universal design of ICT in Difi. She has a Master’s degree in Law. She has a varied background from different areas of law. She has worked as a lawyer and judge, and in the Competition Authority, and worked in Difi since 2010. Before she

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Rama Gheerawo – Director at The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design (HHC), Royal College of Art

Awaiting Quality Captions Rama Gheerawo is Director of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design and the RCA Reader in Inclusive Design. With nearly two decades in the design industry, his interest is in people-centred and socially inclusive design. He leads the Centre’s Age & Ability research lab which creates design that improves the lives of people of

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Paul Smyth – Head of IT Accessibility at Barclay’s

Awaiting Quality Captions Paul Smyth is the Head of IT Accessibility for Barclays, responsible for identifying, anticipating and addressing technological barriers faced by disabled and older customers and colleagues in doing business with or being employed by the bank. He has worked for Barclays for the past 13 years after joining as a Finance graduate,

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