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On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, Equal Entry Owner Thomas Logan presented "Why Wait? Let's Make Virtual Reality Accessible Today!" at #a11yTOConf 2018. The premise of the talk was that we can apply a lot of existing accessibility guidelines to make virtual reality accessible.

With 948,208 people with disabilities living in the five boroughs of New York City as of 2014, the availability of accessible transit options is of immense importance in order for us to remain active, engaged members of our community and take advantage of everything the city has to offer. Although I've been living in NYC for over 10 years and have had my disability my entire life, I only began exploring accessible transportation options a few years ago

Jonathan Paul Katz is a civil servant and writer in New York City. For his job, he writes content and makes accessible communications for a City agency

My passion for accessible technology was ignited sixteen years ago at the University of North Carolina when I was a Computer Science undergraduate.  I worked on a small team software project with a graduate student, Jason Morris, who was blind and needed access to maps of the ancient world for his research in the Classics Department

[caption id="attachment_4048" align="alignnone" width="949"] Photo of Thomas Logan beside a photo of the NYC Bar Association lobby[/caption]

Thomas Logan, Equal Entry CEO, recently delivered a presentation at Princeton University about APS technology.

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This month's installment of our Accessibility Activists column is an interview with John Huth, Young Adult Librarian for The Child's Place in Brooklyn. He collaborates with partners, including schools and community-based organizations, to provide high quality information services to underserved young people, including those with disabilities.

This month's installment of our Accessibility Activists column is an interview with Tiffany Yu, the Director of Business Development at REVOLT Media & TV. Yu is also the founder of Diversability, an award-winning social movement to rebrand disability