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Makoto Ueki is a web accessibility expert based in Tokyo, Japan. His company Infoaxia provides a wide range of accessibility consulting services with full support for compliance with Japanese Industrial Standards. How did you get started in accessibility? When I joined a web usability consulting firm in Tokyo around 2001, my boss assigned me to […]

On Sunday, July 14, New York City held its Fifth Annual Disability Pride Parade, organized by the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) and Disability Pride NYC. Thousands of people, including those with disabilities, family members, caregivers, educators, politicians and other advocates marched through Midtown Manhattan on a sweltering summer morning, seeking to destigmatize […]

Intro and Overview The M-Enabling Summit Conference and Showcase was held in Washington DC June 17 – 19. M-Enabling is dedicated to promoting accessible and assistive technologies, and is an annual meeting place for people who create and contribute toward accessible ICT products and services. Each year, it draws an eclectic mix of people from […]

Ruth Starr is an arts administrator and educator currently serving as the inaugural Accessibility Manager at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Cooper Hewitt is committed to broadening its audiences and ensuring the museum is welcoming to all. Ruth is also Communications Chair of the Museums, Arts and Culture Access Consortium, a network of cultural professionals […]

Emily Ladau is a passionate disability rights activist and digital communications consultant whose career began at the age of 10, when she appeared on several episodes of Sesame Street to educate children about her life with a physical disability. She is dedicated to harnessing the powers of communication and social media as tools for people of […]

Christopher Hills is a Switch Accessibility and Video Production Engineer based in Brisbane, Australia. He is a passionate storyteller, utilizing the power of video and technology to raise awareness around accessibility issues.  As a developer with Cerebral Palsy, Christopher is committed to exploring innovations in accessible technology through his company HandsOptional. How did you get […]

As smartphones increase in size, they also become increasingly difficult to use with one hand. This has become such a common problem for everyone and not just people with disabilities, that multiple companies have released accessories aimed at allowing everyone to use their smartphones more easily with one hand. These include a variety of cases […]

Léonie Watson is Director of TetraLogical, an inclusive design company focused on emerging and existing technologies, customer experience, and research and development, combined with a mix of traditional accessibility consultancy. She is also a member of the W3C Advisory Board, co-Chair of the W3C Web Platform Working Group and co-organizer of the Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) conference. How […]

In early June 2007, at 33 years of age, Avi Golden was admitted to Columbia Hospital in New York for surgery on an mitral valve prolapse (MVP) repair that was discovered near the aortic valve in his heart. During the surgery, Avi experienced a stroke on the left side of his brain, leaving him with right-sided […]

I’d been looking forward to the release of the Xbox Adaptive Controller (XAC) since it was announced. Like so many other millennials, I loved playing video games as a young child, however, I was never very good because my cerebral palsy leaves me with extremely limited fine motor skills in my right hand. At some […]