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Resources: The Role of AI in Building Accessible and Inclusive Communities (ODN2024)

Thank you so much to everyone that attended my Friday morning breakout session at the Organization Development Network (ODN) Summit 2024 – “The Role of AI in Building Accessible and Inclusive Communities.”

Please enjoy these collected resources on AI, accessibility, and community. I hope you’ll connect with me to continue the conversations after ODN2024 is over!

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International Disabled Author’s Day

This entry is part 9 of 9 in the series Awareness Days

International Disabled Author’s Day is celebrated on October 2nd to honor the accomplishments, creativity, and hard work of published authors with disabilities. It’s a day to raise awareness of the importance of diversity and inclusion of disabled people in literature. (If you missed Disability Book Week in April, here’s your chance to celebrate in October!)

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The Learning Styles Myth

When you’re working in adult learning and development, it’s only a matter of time before someone brings up “learning styles” as a methodology.

Otherwise content-rich books and articles fall on their face at the mention of this myth – it’s a clear cringe for those of us that have done the real work – and research.

Many adult learning practitioners know this myth well – and we do our best to stop it from perpetuating. Despite the popularity, there’s no credible evidence to support the concept of learning styles. While people may have preferences for how they like to learn, these preferences don’t often translate into better learning outcomes.

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Happy Anniversary, ADA!

This entry is part 8 of 9 in the series Awareness Days

The ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) was signed into law on July 26, 1990. This year marks the 34th anniversary of the ADA.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a crucial piece of legislation in the USA that ensures equal opportunities for people with disabilities. It’s a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.

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Review: The Inclusive Speaker

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Accessible Presentations

The Inclusive Speaker by Denis Boudreau has been on my radar for a bit, and I got to finally finish up reading on my flight back from New Orleans last weekend.

I have to start by saying, I really wanted to be able to recommend this book. I went in with the highest of hopes, imagining myself sharing this book with my speaker’s community and creating a wave of more disability-inclusive speakers. Since I speak on accessibility and disability inclusion, other speakers often ask me what they can do better to reach these audience members. This book has some good wisdom, but is in other places… problematic.

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Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

This entry is part 3 of 9 in the series Awareness Days

May 12 is the International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (CIND). These conditions include Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), and Fibromyalgia. This day coincides with the birthday of Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing. Although ME/CFS was not defined in her lifetime, many historians believe she developed an ME/CFS-like illness. She became chronically ill and was often bedridden later in life. 

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Writing Captions, Transcripts, and Audio Descriptions

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Writing for Accessibility

Welcome to this deeper-dive series of blog posts! I’ll be digging in to some accessibility topics that relate to my presentations on accessibility, with the goal of providing you with information and resources to make your workplace more accessible. The third post in this series is on Writing Captions, Transcripts, and Audio Descriptions. (Did you miss the others on ALT Text and Readability?)

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Accessible Presentation Software

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Accessible Presentations

I asked a question to the collective wisdom of my LinkedIn connections recently, and it sparked a great conversation and research into accessible presentation software. Here’s what I found comparing accessibility features of some of the major presentation software platforms: AhaSlides, Poll Everywhere, Mentimeter, and Slido.

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