Article 19 Tamman-Article 19 Team

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Tamman's Article 19 podcast speaks with long-time accessibility strategist and stroke survivor, Robert Jolly. 
Host Kristen Witucki chats with Robert about how his career started, what led to his stroke, and why he returned to the cause of accessibility with even more conviction after his stroke.
 











Robert Jolly is an accessibility-focused product manager working on the delivery team for 10x in the Technology Transformation Services (TTS) at General Services Administration. Robert has previously been co-lead for the TTS Accessibility Guild, and was a member of the W3C’s Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Education and Outreach Working Group.

Full Transcript"Our only limits are the ones we think we have." - Daniel Kish
Tamman's Article 19 podcast speaks with accessibility icons Daniel Kish, the President for the World Access for the Blind and Derrick Twene, a Consultant, Coach, mobility trainer, and motivational speaker who retrained himself to navigate the world after losing his sight as an adult.
Daniel Kish is the lead founder and President of World Access for the Blind. This 501(c)(3) non-profit organization uniquely combines a self directed, no limits approach with expertise in perceptual development, positive psychology, person-centered instruction, and public education to develop and mobilize innovative. Daniel holds Master's degrees in both Developmental Psychology and Special Education. He also holds two national certifications in Orientation and Mobility, COMS and NOMC. Daniel is the first totally blind individual to obtain both certifications. He has maintained employment in this capacity since 1996 as an itinerant instructor for many school districts, rehabilitation agencies, and private persons throughout the world. He believes in a strong interdisciplinary education model, making a point to work in close collaboration with all professionals and other supports in relation to each student. Daniel has worked with nearly 1000 blind students of all ages and backgrounds, and from many cultures, as well as tens of thousands of professionals and members of the blindness community.
Derrick Twene is a charismatic, highly skilled business leader with extensive commercial experience within the chemical industry. He determined that his loss of eyesight in 2018 would not prevent him from leading an independent life, and has retrained himself to continue his professional career. He now shares his journey and insights with the visually challenged of all ages as a trainer, coach and motivational speaker. Derrick's aim is to inspire & encourage people to overcome adversity by developing and channeling their skills in order to reach their full potential.
Article 19 is created by Tamman Inc., hosted by Kristen Witucki, and is produced by Markus Goldman and Harper Yatvin.

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The Tamman team talks about the biography of Judith Heumann, known as the Mother of the Disability Rights Movement.
Host Kristen Witucki and additional members of the team chat about Heumann's upbringing, how her public protests directly led to immense gains for the lives of people with disabilities, and her legacy after she has passed away.
Show notes are in the transcript and on the Tamman website. 

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We are thrilled to have two leaders and colleagues in the digital document accessibility space on Article 19! They are Chad Chelius and Dax Castro, hosts of the Chax Chat podcast and co-founders of Chax Training and Consulting. 
Join Tamman President Marty Molloy and Article 19 Podcast Host Kristen Witucki as they talk with Chad and Dax on a thrilling announcement, the origins of Chax Training and Consulting, and what they anticipate for the future of digital documents and digital accessibility as a whole. 
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Chad Chelius is an Adobe Certified Instructor, Trainer, and Expert, he is an  Accessibility Document Specialist (ADS), author, consultant, and has spoken at the InDesign Summit, M-Enabling, CSUN, Tech Access, Creative Pro Week, Adobe MAX, and the Design + Accessibility Summit. As an Adobe Certified Instructor and consultant he teaches and advises on all Adobe print and web products, specializing in InDesign and InCopy workflows, Illustrator, automation, and PDF accessibility using InDesign, Word, and Adobe Acrobat.
Dax Castro is an award-winning, Adobe Certified PDF Accessibility Trainer and certified Accessible Document Specialist (ADS) with more than two decades of experience in the marketing and communications industry. He has more than 200 hours of training, is an online influencer, trainer, speaker, and accessibility advocate that pushes the envelope of technology to produce more robust accessible documents. He has spoken at Creative Pro Week, Adobe MAX, Design + Accessibility Summit, CSUN, Assistive Technology Conference, and the SMPS (Society for Marketing Professional Services).

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Digital accessibility has a huge footprint in Higher Education. Each website, professor's coursework, and student with disabilities have unique digital accessibility circumstances needed to make the experience equitable. Join our conversation with: 
Kara Gaulrapp: Senior Web Accessibility Analyst at University of PennsylvaniaMarty Molloy: President of Tamman Inc.
Kristen Witucki: Accessibility Specialist and Content CreatorResources, books, and more are found in the show notes section on this podcast's page on our website.

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Oftentimes, digital documents are created for people who are completely able-bodied. In this episode of Article 19, we speak with members of our team who either have lived experience in navigating digital document using assistive technologies, and a team member who specializes in editing digital documents. 
 
Today's accessibility champions are: 
 
Kristen Witucki, CPACC - Accessibility Specialist 
Leah Mattern, CPACC - Digital Accessibility Engineer
Liza Grant, ADS - Document Accessibility Specialist Lead