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Accessibility overlays bring promises of accessible sites in one line of code, but experiences from users tell us the opposite. At a previous A11yNYC Meetup, Adrian Roselli looks at the guarantees, the marketing efforts, the code efforts, and lived experiences of users.

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 disabilities to communicate better with others, and interact with their Google Assistant.

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.

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

Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled "Accessible SVGs: Pattern, Color Contrast, and Motion Considerations."

On October 7, 2021, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled "Billion Strong: A Global Identity and Empowerment Nonprofit."

On September 14, 2021, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled "Voice Content, Multimodal Accessibility, and the Story of Ask GeorgiaGov."

On July 13, 2021, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled "I Heart CC: Why and How to Caption Videos Folks Love."

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."

On April 27, 2021, Accessibility New York City hosted a Meetup entitled "Accessing Innovation."