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Making Maps Accessible: Interview with Brandon Biggs

Posted on March 7, 2025 - 10:24 am by Ann Chiappetta

Brandon Biggs is a Software Engineer at The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, CEO of XR Navigation, and a PhD Candidate at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Brandon is an inclusive design expert who is blind; he is also an opera singer who loves Italian chocolate. Brandon graduated from California State University – East Bay in […]

Parenting with Low Vision: Through My Mummy Eyes

Posted on May 6, 2024 - 10:17 am by Catherine Riley

Adult wears glasses and poses with two children in front of a swimming pool

I am a partially-sighted, 41-year-old mum of two. My low vision is a hidden disability. Besides wearing glasses, you wouldn’t even know I don’t have perfect vision. This blog takes you into my world. You can understand my daily challenges and future prognosis for a few minutes whilst reading about my pregnancy journey. I hope […]

Unexpected Turns Led Russell Shaffer to a Rewarding, Executive-Level Career

Posted on August 14, 2023 - 8:19 am by Amy Lynn Smith

Person in a dark suit with a white shirt and a patterned blue tie smiles for the camera.

Russell Shaffer is the first to admit that his career has taken a lot of twists and turns, many of them unexpected and unconventional. But it certainly led him in the right direction because today he’s Executive Vice President of Strategy & Programs at Disability:IN. The organization is “the leading nonprofit resource for business disability […]