Personal site to archive digital accessibility-related learnings, mostly focused on technical implementations.

Speaking & Events

I've been speaking and teaching publicly since 2015, at least 2-3 times a year, with a little break during COVID. The following is just a small sample of my speaking engagements.

2025

Advancing Accessibility: How to move beyond code to ignite cultural change

This presentation is geared towards senior accessibility leaders, DEI, and HR professionals, or anyone genuinely looking to continue moving digital accessibility past the designer-to-engineer handoff.

IAAP Professional Education Webinar,

2024

Advancing Accessibility

It's time to shift accessibility past the designer-to-engineer handoff & expand further left, up, down, & right into other areas. This discussion is for Accessibility/DEI leaders, or anyone looking to move digital accessibility to higher levels.

#a11yTO Conf 2024,

Accessibility: A Catalyst for Change

I had the privilege of talking to the legend, Mike Paciello, about how accessibility can be a catlyst for positive change when it is prioritized.

HearSay podcast,

The Importance of Semantics for Designers (and Developers)

Semantics are the backbone of digital accessibility. Not just for developers, this is also crucial for designers, especially when expected to provide accessibility annotations.

John Slatin AccessU 2024,

Shifting accessibility lefter

A massive amount of work has been done over the years to shift digital accessibility from an engineering afterthought to better planning in the design stages. However, there are lots of gaps remaining in other directions and areas to truly achieve full digital accessibility. It's time to move past the focus and responsibility being strictly on engineers.

39th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference,

2023

Digital Inclusion: Know who you are working for

As part of Workday's Global Accessibility Awareness Day celebration in 2023, I was invited to speak about the importance of Digital Inclusion. In this presentation, I talk about the importance and impact that companies like Workday and Atlassian have on the disability community.

Workday - Global Accessibility Awareness Day,

2022

ARIA Spec for the Uninitiated

Specs are usually not very fun, but I have learned that reading the ARIA specs is important to fully understand all the various options that are available. In this presentation, I will walk you through the ARIA spec and show you how to make the most out of it to create custom components with ARIA.

TechAccess Oklahoma,

2020

The Secret to Great Innovation

Over the history of time, the most paradigm-shifting innovations have shared a common trait.

Pluralsight Live,

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