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Dicapta: Spanish Audio Description Services and Technology for Accessibility (Including Emergency Alerts) 

Cartoon of tornado, a person with dark glasses and cane and a cell phone that has the message - Local Area Emergency Warning. Desde 1:51 p.m. 22/11/2021 Hasta 2:50 p.m. 22/11/2021 Urgencia Inmediata. Severidad Extrema

Are you or a loved one a Spanish speaker who is blind, low vision, or deafblind? Read on to learn about an organization that makes audiovisual content and emergency alerts accessible to Spanish speakers with sensory disabilities.  Have you ever wondered how people who are blind or low vision watch television shows and movies? Or maybe you’ve […]

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Meet Satauna Howery: Voice Actor and Small Business Owner Who is Blind

Hold on to your hats and be prepared to be wowed! You’re about to become acquainted with the spirited and engaging Satauna Howery, a skilled voice actor and small business owner who happens to be blind. We’ll dive into Satauna’s early life—the experiences that shaped her career trajectory—and hear her advice for other individuals who […]

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Dr. Heidi Joshi, Manager of Integrated Behavioral Health, Shares Her Career Journey 

Dr. Heidi Joshi is the Manager of Integrated Behavioral Health at John Muir Health’s Family Medicine Residency Program in Walnut Creek, California. The fast-paced, core faculty position is comprised of managing a team of mental health providers, educating medical residents on patient-centered communication skills and mental health issues, supporting physicians who have patients in mental […]

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Meet Lucy Greco, Web Accessibility Evangelist with the University of California, Berkeley

Career Conversations is a monthly Zoom interview of an individual who is blind or low vision and gainfully employed. Meet our first guest, Lucy Greco and watch her Career Conversation episode at the bottom of the page.  Lucy Greco, on what shaped her  Lucy, blind since birth, grew up in Canada with her mother and […]

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Kiran Kaja, Accessibility Lead for Instagram, shares what ignited his passion for accessibility

Kiran Kaja has a rare form of Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP); while most with RP begin losing their vision in their teenage years, Kiran has been blind since birth. Thankfully, Kiran’s parents understood early on that blindness is but one characteristic of an individual and that he was and is fully capable. Blindness did, however, uniquely […]

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