Access at Tech Conferences

[sasha_feather]

Liz Henry at Model View Culture: Unlocking the Invisible Elevator: Accessibility at Tech Conferences.

I’ve been speaking at tech conferences for the last ten years. I’m usually the only wheelchair user at the conference. Every time, I tell conference organizers how to improve access. It takes years to make minor improvements. The culture is hard to shift.

Comments

[badgerbag]

A lot of what I learned about this came from you sasha_feather and your awesome WisCon team(s). <3

[sasha_feather]

Aw shucks!!

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[jesse_the_k]

And in gratifying Ourobos, much of my WisCon access was made possible by Liz's awesome example of: so, this stinks, let's fix it!