#185: Creating Accessible Education Resources
Jonathan Thurston, Head of Accessibility, Director of Product Management at Pearson, joins the program to discuss the work that Pearson has done to create accessible education resources. Discover industry trends, as well as challenges and opportunities when it comes to creating content and finding partners. This episode was recorded live on Facebook, captioned […]
#184: Overcoming Insecurity, Embracing Ourselves and Finding Acceptance
Kunal Mahajan, Vice President, Leveraged Finance / Financial Sponsors at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, joins the program. As a child growing up, Kunal began stuttering at the age of six and continued to stutter throughout his life. In this episode, Kunal shares his journey of spending much of his life feeling insecure about his stutter […]
#183: Creating a Community of Practice
Nick Corby, Director at Equal International, joins the program to discuss his experience co-creating the Disability Consultant’s Group, and what led him to create the group. Nick shares his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities facing those doing disability inclusion work, and the benefits of creating a community of practice. This episode was […]
#182: Making Technology Accessible and Easier To Use
This episode features an interview with Dr. Gregg Vanderheiden, Professor in the School of Information Studies (iSchool) at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Director of the Trace Research & Development Center at the University of Maryland. Dr. Vanderheiden is the principal investigator of the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Information Technology Access, and […]
Time to Educate and Employ Persons with Disabilities
I had the pleasure to interview Tanya Sheckley of UP ACADEMY located in San Mateo, CA on my Show – Human Potential at Work. UP ACADEMY is an elementary lab school for the inclusion of students with physical disabilities. Tanya’s passion for starting the school was her amazing daughter Eliza Sheckley. Eliza was born with […]