Meryl K. Evans is a Digital Marketing Pro, and author of Brilliant Outlook Pocketbook and the co-author of Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites. How did you get your start in accessibility? You could say I was born into it! I entered this world profoundly deaf or as I call it […]
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On October 6, 2020, Accessibility New York City hosted a meetup entitled “5 Things I Learned from the Accessibility Community.” Presenter Marcy Sutton, freelance web developer, accessibility specialist and founding member of the Accessibility Seattle Foundation, offered her unique perspective and professional experience surrounding the realities of working in the field of inclusive design. She […]
Q&A With Sarah Pulis, Co-Founder, Intopia
Sep 30, 2020Sarah Pulis has worked in digital accessibility and inclusive design for over 10 years. She co-founded Intopia over 4 years ago which is now the largest digital accessibility consultancy in Australia and New Zealand. How did you get your start in accessibility? My accessibility “ah-ha” moment happened in 2003. I was at a conference, and […]
On July 16, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled “From Hack to Product Feature – How to Leverage R&D at Work Through Hackathons.” Presenter Roland Dubois, Lead Product Designer at Virtual Facility, outlined how product teams in companies can take advantage of the hackathon ecosystem to incorporate XR technology and exploratory concepts into their […]
August 27, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled “The Way for the VR World : FOR EVERYONE!” Presenter Nicolas Perret, 3dRudder Senior Principal Software Engineer, outlined a new technology from France that allows you to interact in the virtual world using your feet instead of your hands. This technology is very exciting to consider […]
On July 14, 2020, Accessibility New York City hosted a meetup entitled “Using Task-Oriented Walk Throughs for Accessibility Reviews.” Presenter Sarah Pulis, digital accessibility and inclusive design expert and co-founder of Intopia, described a novel process to use when evaluating tasks in the user interfaces of various information technologies. Here are some of our highlights […]
Bill Curtis-Davidson is a Senior Consultant – Emerging Tech Accessibility at Wheelhouse Group, supporting PEAT’s Future of Work Initiative. In this role, he works to advance accessible emerging technologies to increase the employment of underrepresented populations, including people with disabilities. How did you get your start in accessibility? I began my accessibility journey around 1996 […]
On June 9, 2020, Chicago Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design hosted a Meetup entitled Professional Testers with Disabilities. Presenter Heather Burns, an Accessibility Consultant at Equal Entry, described how she works collaboratively and remotely with people with disabilities. Presenter John Samuel, the Chief Innovation Architect from LCI Tech explained how he is creating new opportunities […]
On June 18, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled Ideas for A11y Programs in XR Tech Companies. Presenter Bill Curtis-Davidson, former Sr. Manager of Accessibility at Magic Leap and current Sr. Consultant for Emerging Technology Accessibility at the Wheelhouse Group, outlined how XR technology companies can put in place accessibility programs to help make […]
On July 2, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled Improving Mobility by Assisting Cognition: A Case Study. Presenter Romain Delgrange, cognitive psychologist and researcher at the Lab of Applied Psychology and Ergonomics at the Institute of Psychology of Paris showed a super innovative test case using Grand Theft Auto V. Here are some of […]