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Joe Welinske
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Interviews with accomplished accessibility professionals to learn about their career journeys

  1. The Importance of Being Open and Welcoming to All Kinds of Expertise

    01/14/2024

    The Importance of Being Open and Welcoming to All Kinds of Expertise

    Jennifer Smith, Visa, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Accessibility Jen Smith has worked with accessibility at J.P Morgan Chase, Microsoft, and now at Visa as Director of Strategic Initiatives and Accessibility. She talks about the importance of working with colleagues at different experience levels and backgrounds. She also describes the need in accessibility for better ways to present data. Mentioned in this episode: Info about Accessibility at Blink

    30 min
  2. A Day of Awareness to Learn About Accessibility

    12/31/2023

    A Day of Awareness to Learn About Accessibility

    Joe Devon, GAAD Foundation, AI Futurist Joe Devon has had a long career in both web development and the application of accessibility to the digital world. Joe talks about his earliest days becoming aware of the need for accessibility and building his knowledge. That lead to being a co-founder of Global Accessibility Awareness Day and the GAAD Foundation. Joe describes his interest and excitement about the application of AI to accessibility and how it might transform how assistive devices work. Mentioned in this episode: Info about Accessibility at Blink

    26 min
  3. Being Attentive to Accessibility throughout Design

    12/17/2023

    Being Attentive to Accessibility throughout Design

    Stéphanie Walter, Maltem, UX Research & Design Consultant Stéphanie shares her experience with a motion disability that affects her in her daily life and when interacting with digital games. She talks about upcoming changes to laws in Europe that will require accessibility in public and private web sites. Mentioned in this episode: Info about Accessibility at Blink

    27 min
  4. Looking Forward to European Legislation for Private Sector Compliance

    12/10/2023

    Looking Forward to European Legislation for Private Sector Compliance

    Lars Holm Sørensen, Monsido, Accessibility Expert Lars Holm Sørensen resides in Copenhagen where is works on imrproving a compliance platform for organizations and municipalities. He also helps to build accessibility awareness. Lars talks about his lived life as a person who is blind using a screen reader. It created challenges in his education and early work as a software developer. Now he looks forward to greater attention to accessibility in the digital world. Mentioned in this episode: Info about Accessibility at Blink

    26 min
  5. Open Communication Designers and Developers

    12/03/2023

    Open Communication Designers and Developers

    Tolu Adegbite is Product/UX designer. Her current work includes providing guidance about accessibility to designers and developers, educating others, and creating new experiences. Starting her career as a front-end developer she was introduce to accessibility early on. Tolu talks about how she learned accessibility principles and embraces the importance of communication between designers and developers. She also describes her interest in VR/AR opportunities and the need to consider the intersectionality of our identities. practical work with browser plug-ins, screen readers and keyboard acccess. Accessibility continues to be a central part of her work in helped her make sense of accessibility early on. Mentioned in this episode: Info about Accessibility at Blink

    28 min
  6. A Huge Potential for Artificial Intelligence to Assist with Accessibility

    11/26/2023

    A Huge Potential for Artificial Intelligence to Assist with Accessibility

    Ryan Shugart, Microsoft, Senior Program Manager Rich works as a an accessibility subject matter expert with the cloud and AI teams at Microsoft. He shares his experience being born visually impaired and how that affected his early use of a home computer and technology. Graduating from college in IT, he began his work as a system administrator. As a blind person, he experienced many challenges. Rich talks about some of what is involved in the process of reviewing products for accessibility - from design through to release. He also talks about artificial intelligence, the interaction of applications and assistive technologies, and the limitations of standards. Mentioned in this episode: Info about Accessibility at Blink

    28 min
  7. Knowing What You Should Be Doing and Then Doing It Are Two Very Different Things

    11/19/2023

    Knowing What You Should Be Doing and Then Doing It Are Two Very Different Things

    Erica Ellis, Uber, Head of Product Equity Design Erica Ellis is Head of Product Equity Design at Uber. She explains how accessibility is integrated into the organization through a mindset about service design. Erica shares her early experience with a deaf family member and being an advocate for gender equity for women in technology. As a designer she became familiar with accessibility and helped to build a team to support the development. She talks about the important of top down support couple with grassroots efforts. Mentioned in this episode: Info about Accessibility at Blink

    29 min

  8. 08/20/2023

    We’re Not Going to Design Things That Disable People

    Gareth Ford Williams, Accessibility Consultant, Ab11y.com Gareth Ford Williams describes his current work as an accessibility consultant. He shares some childhood experiences that made aware of disabilties at an early age. Gareth provide a great review of the decades of pioneering work that the BBC has done in making their content inclusive. Mentioned in this episode: Info about Accessibility at Blink

    33 min
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Interviews with accomplished accessibility professionals to learn about their career journeys

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  • Creator
    Joe Welinske
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    71
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    Clean
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    Digital Accessibility