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Awaiting Quality Captions Please note that there were problems with the connectivity during the interview as it was streamed over a 3G network – we apologise for the poorer than usual quality. Follow Ita Mirianashvili on twitter Ita’s responsibilities include promoting and implementing Council of Europe standards and activities in the area of the rights […]

Awaiting Quality Captions Felipe was chosen as the social innovator of the year in Colombia by MIT. His mission is to develop tools and aids so that people with physical disabilities can make use of technology. He was awarded the social innovator of the year by the publication ‘MIT Technology Review’. He creates low-cost devices

Awaiting Quality Captions Kate Nicholson served in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice for more than 20 years, practicing health-related civil rights law and securing powerful victories including in the U.S. Supreme Court.  She is currently writing a book about her personal experiences with severe chronic pain.  Kate is also an

Awaiting Quality Captions The 19 Stories Project tells the story of 19 individual Australians living full lives in their communities. The project explored what it means for people with disabilities to be “socially included”, and what it means to exercise the right to live independently and be included in the community. This right is set

Awaiting Quality Captions   Since 1998, Sharron has been a leader in raising awareness and skills around the issue of access to technology for people with disabilities. Her work at Knowbility includes policy review, performance analysis, technical consultation, and training development for private and public companies, government agencies, and schools. Her technical expertise, understanding of

Awaiting quality captions Rob Price  is COO for Worldline UK&I, the European leader in the payment and transactional services industry. He was previously Head of Digital for Atos UK&I, is a member of the Atos Scientific Community and was a founder of the award winning CIO/CTO Atos blog, the predecessor to Ascent. He successfully melds

Awaiting quality captions Dr. Vanderheiden has been active in the area of Technology and Disability for over 45 years.  His early work was in Augmentative Communication, a term taken from his writings in the late 70’s.  Starting in 1979, his focus shifted to personal computers and he worked inside Apple, Microsoft and IBM on increasing

Awaiting Quality Captions Prime Candidate was founded by Steve Anderson. Frustrated with the inequity of employment opportunities for the more mature worker, Steve brought together a senior team to formulate an approach that would create a more level playing field for mature job seekers – the result is a Social Enterprise using the name, Prime

Léonie Watson, Communications Director and Principal Engineer at The Paciello Group and Patrick Lauke, Accessibility Consultant at The Paciello Group. Awaiting Quality Captions Léonie Watson Léonie (AKA Tink) began using the internet in 1993, turned it into a web design career in 1997, and (despite losing her eyesight along the way) has been enjoying herself

Awaiting Quality Captions Kevyn Eva Norton is a “portfolio worker” – employed as digital transformation consultant at Atos Consulting and member of the Atos Scientific Community – and working as independent in the “Shadow’s Edge” team that is launching the mobile game  www.shadowsedge.com  for teenagers facing serious health issues on 21 October 2017. Her focus