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Good evening! I’m Jay from Philadelphia!

Joan Davis from Durham, NC. Hi!

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Hi from the DC area !

Reno, NV

Hello from Denver!

sam from philly. thanks for hosting!

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Margie from Chicago!

Lainey Feingold here from Berkeley

So I am going to be squinting at the screen a lot because I don’t have my screen reader settings set up on this new Macbook

will it be ok to watch from my phone?

I recognise so many names among attendees! Hi Laney!

Hi EJ!

Hi Aurelia! Yes, you should be just fine watching on your phone!

Adrian Roselli from Buffalo!

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Kiebpoli (kay-po-lee) they/them - occupied Lenape land (Brooklyn)

<3 Natalie!!!!

Yes Natalie! Thank you for the invitation ❤

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AMAZING

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👏🏼yes neopets

omg, I loved neopets 😍

I have your book!

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Regine was my first talk I ever saw on a11y :D

I added Regine’s book to my Goodreads list

@Danise Olague shared: “If anyone is interested in AR/VR accessibility, check out XR Access: https://xraccess.org/“

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I agree with Natalie’s point: All too often, we talk about the “market share” to drive our requirements and expectations. “Do we have enough users who need this?”

From Me to All panelists: (7:21 PM)
And during this pandemic, even more so. My local office to pay my energy bill is now closed.

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/infographic-disability-impacts-all.html

BUT I WANNA

+1 to the XR Access comment. We also have groups within the W3C working on accessibility in AR/VR/XR and lean on and share between XR Access.

https://miro.medium.com/max/649/0*DCeyuYufpoYVH5cJ

It's also impactful to get people w/disabilities into user testing so that the product people can SEE how difficult their web/app is to use

those "how many blind people" arguments tend to be harder to make in front of a blind person ;)

^beautiful

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From Danise Olague: “A great org wokring to bridge industry with higher education is Teach Access: https://teachaccess.org/“

there's no real diversity and inclusion without disability inclusion, and we can't be disability-inclusive without accessibility

+1 to that!

What is wild is higher ed has to follow accessibility laws to make their stuff accessible for students, but they do not bother teaching this stuff to students

::enthusiastic snapping::

It is so weird

Quite interesting to think about asking for help as a barrier. Thanks Aisha.

@Danise Olague - On the VR/AR/XR front worth also checking out https://equalentry.com/ & the VR workshops that Thomas has organized.

Yes Regine!

I am getting chills now!!!

^ Sepiedh: Re higher ed not teaching a11y in CompSci. Yes, that’s such an “opportunity” as we say in higher ed. I was thrilled to hear at the beginning of this webinar the work that Regine is doing at NYU. She may be one of only a few educators addressing the issue! Thanks for doing that, Regine.

Thank you, Regine!

I highly recommend Regine’s book. https://www.amazon.com/Inclusive-Design-Digital-World-Accessibility/dp/148425015X

<3 so happy to here and for all of you to be sharing your wisdom and hard won knowledge with us

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QA manager here! I hear you, Aisha!

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👏🏼Thank you all for sharing your experiences and expertise!

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Appreciate you all for your wisdom and authenticity!

Yes! Thank you all!!!

Thank you!!

thank you!

fantastic panel!

Thank you!!

This has been so inspiring. Thanks to you all!

That’s such a good point about small biz

https://a11y.coffee/a11y-testing-making-coffee/

Yes! For U of Minnesota

SKIUMAH!

https://accessibility.umn.edu/

is that it?

https://webaim.org/

https://www.a11yproject.com/

We’ll get a list of resources and share them in the follow-up email!

Awesome, thanks Emily!

Incredibly helpful and inspiring. Thanks so much for sharing.

And the rest of us can do a better job of amplifying your voices.

Yes ^

Right, they BEEN here!

Pay them :-)

You are the shit. Indeed.

yes you are Natalie!

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Thank you ladies for such an inspiring evening. My reserves are filled again, fighting for the right thing is tiring sometimes.

thank you!

Thank you all. Nice work!

do it again!

Thank you all! This has been wonderful and inspiring!!!

Thanks to all of you!

Thank you!

Thank you all so much!

Looking forward to hearing more from you all in the future.

Thank you all!!

Such a great session. Thank you all!

This was wonderful, thank you!

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wonderful

Thank you all! This was so great!

Thank you

Thank you

!!! wonderful panel - thank you so so much everyone!

We’ll send out panelists’s LinkedIn profiles in the email!

Thank you all for sharing your expertise and perspectives with us!

Amazing talk! Such great info.

Thank you all! Wonderful panel.

I love and follow you all. This was epic.

Enjoy your vacation!

Excellent discussion. Thank you!

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Thank you!!!!

This is has inspirational and delightful. Thank you for your thoughts and for holding this space

Thank you!

Thank you all for your time and perspective.

Thank you!!!

Thank you! This was so wonderful and inspiring.

thank you all!

And I just love all the laughing and giggling, makes my day.

yes Lindsay thanks!!!

Thank you!