Heather Burns is a program manager at heart, passionately curious, always looking for ways to improve anything she can. After a 20-plus-year career at Microsoft, she’s excited to work in the field she loves — accessibility! Heather provides training, project management, as well as software and hardware testing to improve the ability of individuals with […]
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In this talk, Ashley Coffey shares PEAT research on making immersive hybrid workplaces more inclusive and accessible. She reflects on themes explored in an “Inclusive XR in the Workplace” white paper co-authored with the XR Association. Tim Stutts shares his design experience with multi-modal inputs and sensory feedback for augmented reality head-mounted displays, touching briefly […]
For millions of people, being able to speak and be understood can be difficult as a result of conditions that can impact speech, including stroke, ALS, Cerebral Palsy, traumatic brain injury, or Parkinson’s disease. At a previous A11yNYC meetup, Pan-Pan Jiang introduced an Android app called Project Relate, which aims to help people with speech […]
How anyone can advocate for virtual reality use in healthcare? How can they go about doing it in simple ways? In this presentation, Heather Bucalos covered how the advocate of VR for healthcare can do the following: Identify uses for VR in different healthcare settings. Find solutions by identifying barriers to use. How to increase […]
Lori Samuels is the Senior Director of Accessibility at NBCUniversal. She leads strategic accessibility programs to institute best practices in inclusive design, provide training for software development teams, drive cultural maturity in disability inclusion, and fortify executive sponsorship. Lori has had career roles in software engineering, engineering management, technical program management, and accessibility consulting — […]
Conversations about digital accessibility are predominantly centered on the technical and monetary expenses of implementation in products and applications. Missing from these conversations are socioeconomic factors faced by people with disabilities that can be significant blockers to digital access more than any design or technical inaccessibility. In this talk, Crystal Preston-Watson discussed the economic realities […]
Lainey Feingold is a disability rights lawyer who has worked in the digital accessibility space since 1995. She helped negotiate the first web accessibility agreement in the United States (in 2000) and has worked with the disability community and dozens of private and public sector organizations on their accessibility initiatives since that time. Lainey is […]
TourismForAll is a travel agency and tour operator that specializes in accessible tourism. Its mission is to provide quality services and accommodations to anyone with a disability who travels to Portugal. It has customized packages and trips to meet customer needs and expectations. A team of specialized professionals will ensure travelers receive the help and […]
Alycia Anderson is an accomplished TEDx motivational speaker, published writer, corporate inclusion consultant, and founder of The Alycia Anderson Company. Alycia’s authenticity and charisma draw others to her and she naturally connects them to inspire, mentor and support. Alycia holds a European Masters Degree in Adapted Physical Activity emphasizing the benefits, practices, and principles of […]
Zoom has thrived since March 2020. Obviously, COVID-19 prompted an interesting fundamental change in how to socialize and network with people remotely. But what about the 3D virtual space? Professor Wendy Dannels will point to some challenges and opportunities deaf individuals using American Sign Language as their primary language have faced when navigating and interacting […]