Accessibility inclusion for visual impairment

N8-CIR and Open Life Science event to help increase awareness around visual impairment and ways to increase accessbility inclusion

Improving our tools, processes, and software which we develop for accessibility benefits not only individuals with a disability, but can be beneficial to more people in our research community. Additionally, we want to enrich our research community by enabling more people, and a more diverse range of people, to be part of it.In this workshop we will have three accessibility experts with lived experience of visual impairment who will share their experience and advice with us.Speakers will include: <ul><li>Teresa Loftus and Alex Barker from Ability Net </li><li>Chris Owen (<a href="https://twitter.com/blind_backpack" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@blind_backpack</a>)</li></ul>After the talks, a panel discussion will invite all participants to ask questions. Please let us know any specific questions that you might have already now, so that we incorporate them in our planning. Of course you will have the opportunity to ask any new questions coming up during the event.<h3>About the speakers:</h3>Chris Owen is a visually impaired writer and advocate, passionate about highlighting the struggles many disabled people face and promoting simple and practical solutions that everyone can do to make the world more accessible via his social media channels (Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/blind_man_with_a_backpack/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@blind_man_with_a_backpack</a>, Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/blindmanwithabackpack/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@blindmanwithabackpack</a> and Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/blind_backpack" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@blind_backpack</a>). He publishes longer thought pieces both on his website ww.blindmanwithabackpack.uk and his regular blog spot for the Vision Foundation. Chris was also involved in a recent media campaign for Guide Dogs where he talked about macular disease (you can watch the video here - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBmImMmS8YA" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBmImMmS8YA</a>).For 20 years, Chris has worked in numerous project roles as a business analyst and, very recently, as product owner. As well as a wealth of experience in delivering solutions in the Financial Services, Automotive and Utilities sectors, Chris has become a vocal advocate of accessible solution design since being diagnosed with degenerative macular disease in 2018. As Chris’ sight continues to degrade, his lived experiences with increased zoom levels, speech recognition and text-to-speech have become an integral part of his solution designs.

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