It's Disability Pride Month: Get Ready For Demo Day, Attend an Accessibility Workshop and our Next Disability Tech Talk!
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July is Disability Pride Month and we hope you'll follow along as we continue to share some more content from our community. As always, we've got a lot going on and we want to share it with you so you stay in the know!
Coming Up: A Disability Tech Talk With HominidX
On Wednesday, July 26, we'll chat with Thane Hunt , Founder and CEO of Hominid X about his company, what brought him into the assistive technology space, take questions from the audience, and learn more about the products that they're developing to help people with cerebral palsy and other hand disabilities.
July 26 also marks the 33rd anniversary of the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Learn more.
You’re invited to attend the #RA23 Demo Day!?
Our friends at Remarkable Tech are getting ready for a virtual showcase led by the 12 disability tech startups in this year's accelerator cohort on Friday, August 4th!
This event marks the conclusion of this year's 16-week accelerator, which provided these startups with seed funding, expert coaches and mentors, access to user feedback, and the skills needed to take their startup to the next stage.
Hear pitches from each company and to connect with the founders who are looking for investment, user testing, new customers, future partnerships and more. We're proud to support the US-based startups and we can't wait to witness their innovation solutions alongside you!
To accommodate the time zones of Remarkable’s global cohort, they’re hosting two virtual screenings of the 2023 startup pitches at 12pm AEST and at 1pm ET.
Accessibility features will include captions, sign language interpretation and audio descriptions. We hope to see you there!
Join our next Accessibility in Action Workshop
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Wednesday, August 23, 2023 — 12:00 pm ET – 1:00pm ET
There are a lot of assumptions of what disabled people can and can’t do at work — and those assumptions often rely on an old understanding of how assistive technology helps in the workplace. The landscape is evolving and allowing disabled people to access the tools of work in unprecedented ways.?
In this session, we’ll identify practices your organization might be unintentionally implementing that signal to the community that you don’t value inclusion. We’ll also delve into things you can do or change to be more inclusive. Then, the team at Remarkable US will share highlights of the assistive technology space and the different types of tools employees with disabilities can use.
Worth a Watch: Our Latest Disability Tech Talk With XR Navigation
We're so glad? Brandon Biggs , CEO and Founder of? XR Navigation ?could join us last month for a conversation about his company that's making maps, virtual reality, and other vital information more accessible to blind people. Take a look.
ICYMI: Changing What's Possible: the Disability Innovation Podcast
Have you tuned into Season Two of our show yet? We've got a handful of great episodes for you to listen to and new ones coming every other Friday. We hope you'll subscribe and let us know what you think by leaving us a review wherever you stream new episodes!
In honor of Disability Pride Month, we think you'll especially enjoy Episode Five featuring disability innovation thought leader, Forbes columnist, and consultant, Jonathan J Kaufman .
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