Podcasts by AXSChat Podcast
Podcast by Antonio Santos, Debra Ruh, Neil Milliken: Connecting Accessibility, Disability, and Technology
Welcome to a vibrant community where we explore accessibility, disability, assistive technology, diversity, and the future of work. Hosted by Antonio Santos, Debra Ruh, and Neil Milliken, our open online community is committed to crafting an inclusive world for everyone.
Accessibility for All: Our Mission
Believing firmly that accessibility is not just a feature but a right, we leverage the transformative power of social media to foster connections, promote in-depth discussions, and spread vital knowledge about groundbreaking work in access and inclusion.
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Join us for compelling weekly interviews with innovative minds who are making strides in assistive technology. Participate in Twitter chats with contributors dedicated to forging a more inclusive world, enabling greater societal participation for individuals with disabilities.
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Our conversations span an array of subjects linked to accessibility, from technology innovations to diverse work environments. Your voice matters! Engage with us by tweeting using the hashtag #axschat and be part of the movement that champions accessibility and inclusivity for all.
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AXSChat Podcast with Darryl Adams from Intel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
He works at the intersection of technology and human experience helping discover new ways for people with disabilities to work, interact, and thrive.?
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AXSChat Podcast with Candi Castleberry Singleton & Andrew Hayward from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Candi Castleberry Singleton is the Vice President of Diversity Partnership Strategy & Engagement at Twitter. She is also the founder of the award-winning Dignity & Respect Campaign, which has helpe...
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AXSChat Podcast with Debra, Ruh, Neil Milliken and Antonio Santos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Antonio Santos is a Social Media Business Evangelist and Senior Data Intelligence Expert, at Atos, focusing on Digital Inclusion, Social Media Engagement, and Social Business. He is a Sociologist ...
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AXSChat Podcast with Esther Dakin-Poole from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Esther Dakin-Poole is a Council member and Coordinator of the current UK Assistive Products List (UK APL) initiative for The British Assistive Technology Association (BATA) and WHO-GATE Programme, ...
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AXSChat Podcast with Andy Black - Tech Accessibility Evangelist from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andy as a dyslexic dyspraxia diagnosed in his 50’s but writ large through his whole life experience. Passionate about tech for inclusion be that SMS for deaf learners in further education or specia...
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AXSChat Podcast with Robert Scoble from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How VR can help people with a disability.
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AXSChat Podcast with Tim Sutton is a 31 year veteran Law Enforcement Officer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tim has been deemed a subject matter expert by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services and The International Association of Chiefs of Police on Alzheimer’s as it relates to Law Enfor...
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AXSChat Podcast with Darren Rowan Global Program manager and Accessibility Lead at Lilly UK from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Darren works at Lilly UK (Pharmaceuticals) as a Global Program manager and Accessibility Lead He leads a program called Access Lilly, focused on improving accessibility across the globe, in both p...
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AXSChat Podcast with Gareth Ford Williams, David Bailey & Bruno Maag from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
AXSChat with Gareth Ford Williams David Bailey & Bruno Maas 25th August 2020 Q1 As we discovered in our interview there is more to creating typography than meets the eye do you have a favourite fo...
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AXSChat Podcast with Susan Mazrui – Director, Global Public Policy, AT&T Services, Inc. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Susan Mazrui began work in Communications in 1994 at Pacific Bell in Disability Marketing. In 1998, she moved to the wireless field, where she developed corporate strategies for state and federal l...
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AXSChat Podcas with Sophie Morgan, TV Presenter, Disability Rights Campaigner and Board member for Ofcom. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sophie is an award-winning disability advocate & social entrepreneur who was paralysed in a car crash when she was 18 years old. Determined to channel her adversity into opportunity, she sees her c...
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AXSChat Podcast with Wendy Mandell Geller the DisabledCEO from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hosted by Antonio Santos, Debra Ruh and Neil Milliken.6 years ago, at age 35, Wendy became the Queen of Social Distancing when she became a disabled chronic Lyme disease fighter. Feeling exhaustion...
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AXSChat Podcast with Lorena Julio, human rights advocate and Co-Founder of Comparlante from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lorena worked for the Government of Argentina as Head of Press in the Human Rights Secretariat of the Province of Buenos Aires as well as in the Coordination Team of the Vulnerable Groups Assistanc...
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AXSChat Podcast with Sulaiman Khan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The igniter of hearts creatively, a disabled wheelchair user exploratory storyteller and adventurer, he loves to create relationships, stories, and magic. Also, Sulaiman is the award-winning Found...
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AXSChat Podcast with Mike Gifford Susanna Laurin & Timo Stollenwerk from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This Week’s chat is about authoring tools. When we produce content for the web we use authoring tools to publish. How these tools can help produce accessible content can have a profound impact on t...
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AXSChat Podcast with Thea Kurdi, Vice President at DesignABLE Environments from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Thea has participated in the Ontario governments Built Environment forum reviewing accessibility in the Ontario Building Code (OBC) and Accessibility for Ontarian’s with Disabilities Act (AODA), th...
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AXSChat Podcast with Vernon Sankey & Katey Lockwood from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Katey has been working with Vernon Sankey for several years, has taken part with him in international workshops on stress management, life skills and personal transformation and, in 2019, co-author...
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AXSChat Podcast with David Perez, a Political Scientist from Costa Rica. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
David has experience in public policy implementation, development, and evaluation as well as consultancy services for NGOs like UNESCO and others linked to the European Union. David´s professional ...
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AXSChat Podcast with E.A. Draffan trained as a Speech and Language Therapist from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recent research at the University of Southampton includes ‘AI and Inclusion’ as part of the Alan Turing Institute’s work. This work includes AAC symbol set mapping which links to the work of the W3...
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AXSChat Podcast with Marcie Roth – Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer for the World Institute on Disability from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Marcie Roth is Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer for the World Institute on Disability (WID), WID is a highly regarded global public policy center WID works to advance the rights and o...
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AXSChat Podcast with Rajen Nair semi deaf freelance photojournalist and writer from Mumbai. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Past 11 years teaching Photography to deaf, disabled and from 7 yrs to cancer kids. Imparted photography skills to more than several thousand students. Also conducted photo workshop over many place...
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AXSChat Podcast with James Partridge is the Director of Face Equality International from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
James Partridge is the Director of Face Equality International, a Guernsey charity which he launched in November 2018. Face Equality International is an alliance of NGOs and charities around the wo...
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AXSChat Podcast with Zara Gemmell – Accessibility Director HeX Productions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Zara is proud to be Accessibility Director at HeX Productions and Influencer of Accessibility Nottingham. Living the dream and trying to make the world a better place. Nurturing businesses in best ...
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AXSChat Podcast with Sarah Simcoe. Founder of EMBED from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Given Sarah’s belief in collaboration being essential to inclusion and accessibility, Sarah created and founded EMBED last year. This consortium brings together inclusion focused consultants and o...
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AXSChat Podcast with Chris Grant AbilityNet’s Area Coordinator in Scotland from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
He has helped numerous clients. He personally calls every new client to introduce himself, reassure them, and have a good long chat about their IT issues and anything else that’s on their mind. Chr...
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AXSChat Podcast with Cordelia McGee-Tubb, Principal Accessibility Engineer at Salesforce from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When not working on web accessibility or doing her homework, Cordelia can often be found drawing comics. She holds an MFA in Comics from California College of the Arts and loves exploring the inter...
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AXSChat Podcast with Kate M. Sonka & Larry Goldberg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
To foster expansion of accessibility in higher education through approaches such as internships, challenge grants for research and curriculum development and industry partnerships. These initiative...
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AXSChat Podcast with Nabil Eid - Author, Speaker and Specialist in Disability-Inclusive Development Strategies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nabil has held several positions and worked with numerous INGOs, civil society networks, UN agencies, governments, private sector, and grassroots organizations to successfully create positive chang...
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AXSChat Podcast with Mark Bullock – Inclusive Sports Development Advisor from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
About Mark., Former Wheelchair Tennis Manager for the International Tennis Federation. Travelled to more than 80 countries developing wheelchair tennis. Attended four Paralympic Games & two Olympic...
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AXSChat Podcast recorded in 2019 with Judith (Judy) Heumann, a former Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the US Department of State from 2010-2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
She attended Camp Jened, a camp for kids with disabilities, in Hunter, New York every summer from ages 9 to 18. Heumann's experience of camp brought her a greater awareness of the connected of disa...
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AXSChat Podcast with Mindy Scheier from Gamut Talent Management from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2019, Mindy created Gamut Talent Management to represent people with disabilities and create a marketplace where businesses and industries can connect to this target audience. Gamut is rebrandi...
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AXSChat Podcast with Martyn Sibley from Disability Horizons. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Martyn Sibley, voted Britain’s third most influential disabled person, authoring the travel memoir Everything is Possible, and co founding an accessible travel business which sold to Airbnb.
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AXSChat Podcast with David Bara founder WeCanAccess from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In response to his professional and personal experiences, David, together with his wife, Emma, founded WeCanAccess Ltd and developed WeCanAccess.com. WeCanAccess is a new online platform which has ...
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AXSChat Podcast Joseph Sheridan – Head of ITV SignPost Scotland. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joseph was born Deaf and is a native of Glasgow. He is one of the most widely-recognisable faces within the Deaf community for the work he has done, as a BSL presenter, on flagship television progr...
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AXSChat Podcast with Laura MCLEAN & Tom FORSYTH from The Ramble Tag from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hosted by António Vieira Santos, Debra Ruh and Neil Milliken.The Ramble Tag was invented and designed by two friends and neighbours – Laura 39yrs and Tom 65 yrs, Tom himself is blind.Both Laura and...
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AXSChat Podcast with Al Etmanski - author of The Power of Disability: 10 Lessons for Surviving, Thriving and Changing the World from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Al Etmanski conceived and lobbied into existence the world’s first savings plan for people with disabilities, the Registered Disability Savings Plan. Collective RDSP deposits total more than $4 bil...
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AXSChat Podcast with Sarah Lewthwaite & Angharad Butler-Rees from University of Southampton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How to build an evidence-based understanding of how accessibility can be taught more effectively.
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AXSChat Podcast with LaMondre T. Pough. Chief Sustainability Officer for Ruh Global IMPACT from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Diagnosed before his second birthday with spinal muscular atrophy, LaMondré Pough is a recognized leader and voice for the community of People with Disabilities.
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AXSChat Podcast with Victor Calise Commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As Commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, Victor Calise tirelessly advocates for the disability community in all City decision-making.
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AXSChat Podcast with Caroline Casey, CEO of Valuable 500. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Caroline Casey, returns to Davos to report on the progress that she has made to get global business leaders to engage on the topic of disability.
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AXSChat Podcast with Christine Hemphill, Co-founder and Managing Director of Open Inclusion. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How can open making drive inclusion?
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AXSChat Podcast with Dave Steele. Award-winning poet, author, public speaker, singer, and advocate for the blind. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Blind Poet. Dave talks about misconceptions and stories of injustice experienced by so many blind/visually impaired people all over the world.
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AXSChat Podcast with Paul Stevenson - Award-winning photographer, who has late-onset Full Blown Tourette Syndrome from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Paul has severe motor Tic’s and vocal tic’s inc coprolalia (swearing & cursing ) accompanied with ADHD, OCD, Sensory processing disorder
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AXSChat Podcast with Anna Dixon Chief Executive of the Centre for Ageing Better from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Anna Dixon is the Chief Executive of the Centre for Ageing Better, an independent charitable foundation that brings about change for people in later life today and for future generations.Anna joine...
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AXSChat Podcast with Pedro Omedas - Technical Director at the SPECS research lab - Bioengineering Institute of Catalonia (IBEC) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What do we need to consider when designing immersive VR and MR experiences in order to make them as inclusive as possible?
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AXSChat Podcast with Abi James Senior Accessibility Consultant at AbilityNet. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New European Accessibility Regulation
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AXSChat Podcast with Juan Rico, Head of IoT and SmartHomes at Teka. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Designing Accessible Appliances
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AXSChat Podcast with Juan Rico, Head of IoT and SmartHomes at Teka. from 2019-11-15T14:00
Juan Rico holds a degree in Telecommunication Degree (2006) and a Master degree in Communication in Mobile Networks and ICT (2009), he started his career as a researcher at the Network Planning ...
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AXSChat Podcast with Juan Rico, Head of IoT and SmartHomes at Teka. from 2019-11-15T14:00
Juan Rico holds a degree in Telecommunication Degree (2006) and a Master degree in Communication in Mobile Networks and ICT (2009), he started his career as a researcher at the Network Planning ...
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