Working from Within: Having a Disability and Working in Digital Accessibility
summary
Panelists who are blind, who stutter, and who use prosthetic hands describe concrete wins: converting a community college to regular screen‑reader testing that shifts faculty behavior, putting an assistive‑tech database online in the 90s, getting evacuation wheelchairs after a fire‑drill near‑miss, and persuading organizers to redesign events for accessibility. Chat activity spikes—78 then 250 messages—as attendees share lived examples and specific coaching techniques like keyboard‑only demos and alt‑text workflows.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:50Meet Justin and Trudy
- 2:40Introduction
- 3:25What attracted you to working in accessibility
- 9:35Does having a disability help you relate
- 17:38How has disability shaped your professional experience
- 24:03When you see accessibility being omitted or proprietary
- 30:57If you got two evacuation chairs
- 38:24Selfcare
- 39:33Separating the workplace and home
- 41:08Creating a worklife balance
- 43:24Unplug
- 44:25Working in Digital
- 46:02Culture Shift
- 48:00Its Worth It
- 49:31Outro
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