How to Empathize With Disabled People

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Sally Kohn: What are the major obstacles to accessibility? You still see needing to be addressed. For those of us just getting our feet wet into accessibility, what are some quick when things we can try to better empathize with disabled folks that we may not currently be considering in our work? She says one easy thing you can do is unplug your mouse for a day and just use the keyboard to navigate. "Empathy is like, go and sit with them and learn about their lived experience," she says.

I had the great honor of being invited back to An Event Apart Denver (2019) to record a live podcast episode with Mina Markham, Farai Madzima, & Derek Featherstone on the important topics of Accessibility, Design Inclusion & Ethics, Hiring & Retaining Diverse Talent and Landing a Job in UX. Amazingly, we were able to cover all of this in just under an hour!

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Thanks to Jeffrey Zeldman + Eric Meyer for letting me share a stage I've revered for over a decade now, thanks to Toby, Marci, Mike & company for the amazing work behind the scenes at every AEA event. Also, very special thanks to Todd Libby for capturing this amazing 4K video on his new iPhone he got just to do this for me.