Accessibility Testing with People with Disabilities | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap

Jun 7, 2021

On June 1, 2021, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled “Accessibility Testing with People with Disabilities: Tips and tricks from the experts at Fable.” Sam Proulx, an Accessibility Evangelist at Fable, talked about why testing with people with disabilities is so important and described what Fable is doing in order to make this […]

The Past, Present and Future of Accessibility in Mozilla Hubs | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap

Jun 2, 2021

Hubs works towards the Mozilla mission of keeping the internet open and accessible to all by providing an ecosystem for communities, organizers, educators, artists, and developers to easily build and deploy innovative web content in a social, open manner. The Mozilla Hubs team highly values the accessibility community’s voice in helping to make Mozilla Hubs […]

Accessing Innovation | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap

May 4, 2021

On April 27, 2021, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled “Accessing Innovation.” Presenter Cat Noone — a product designer, co-founder, and CEO of Stark — the startup making the world’s software accessible, and in turn compliant, by providing integrated tools that live inside the software designers and developers know and love. Her focus […]

Accessible Virtual Reality for People with Limited Mobility | Accessibility VR Meetup Recap

Mar 31, 2021

Virtual reality (VR) offers new and compelling ways for users to interact with digital content. These include immersive experiences that are beneficial in various domains, such as gaming, training simulations, education, communication, and design. As VR technologies mature and commercial VR systems grow, an opportunity exists to understand how to incorporate accessibility as a fundamental […]

Q&A With Samantha Evans, Certification Manager, IAAP

Mar 25, 2021

Samantha Evans is the Certification Manager at the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP). Her role focuses on promoting, guiding, and developing a series of professional and technical certification programs to establish benchmarks of accessibility skills and knowledge. How did you get your start in accessibility? Like most people in the accessibility community, I came […]

Q&A With Daman Wandke, CEO and Founder, Wandke Consulting

Feb 18, 2021

With a lifelong passion for Disability Advocacy, entrepreneur Daman Wandke has ten years of experience testing IT Accessibility in the public and private sector. He has worked with small local businesses to multinational corporations ensuring that people with disabilities have equal access to websites and mobile apps. In addition to providing access to the digital […]

Providing Remote Services for The Disability Community During The Pandemic | Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap

Feb 3, 2021

On August 18, 2020, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled “Providing Remote Services for The Disability Community During The Pandemic.” Presenter Jonathon Epstein — a community organizer specializing in transition, employment, and volunteer services — outlined how government agencies, non-profits, and cultural institutions are working together to support members of the disability community […]

Q&A With Sharron Rush, Executive Director, Knowbility

Jan 25, 2021

Sharron Rush is the award-winning co-founder and Executive Director of Knowbility, nonprofit advocacy, consulting, and training company based in Austin, Texas. Since 1998, Sharron has been a leader in raising awareness and skills around the issue of access to technology for people with disabilities. How did you get your start in accessibility? In the mid-1990s, […]