Whether you consider him a lumberjack, or the Training Director at The Paciello Group, Billy Gregory certainly has an unique way to make a point.
5 Questions with Jeannette Washington, M.Ed.
Jeannette is a former Speech Language Pathologist with nearly a decade of experience working with students that exhibit special abilities. Her expertise in the field of dyslexia has been solicited for articles in The Washington Post and The Detroit Free Press. After attending a coding boot camp and working as a back-end developer, Jannette began boasting the importance of accessibility, inclusivity and neuro diversity in the tech industry. She currently work with Microsoft Philanthropies and Detroit Public Schools Community District teaching high school students how to code.
Meet The Paciello Group – our diversity ticket sponsor
The Paciello Group (TPG) is an accessibility solutions provider passionately dedicated to helping government agencies, technology vendors, corporate firms, and educational institutions make their technology equally accessible to all people. They enable clients to achieve end-to-end accessibility in their digital assets and assist in embedding accessibility into processes and procedures.
The company offers professional consulting, technology solutions, and services to ensure that clients reach all audiences effectively and efficiently while meeting commercial, governmental and international standards such as Section 508 and WCAG.
Accessibility Camp Chicago is excited to have The Paciello Group sponsor a limited number of diversity tickets to the camp for individuals in under-represented or marginalized groups within tech. Individuals are encourage to submit their information to potentially win one of these tickets.
If you haven’t already registered for Accessibility Camp Chicago, register today!
Jeannette Washington, M.Ed. Joins the Speaker Lineup at Accessibility Camp Chicago
We are happy to announce that Jeannette Washington, M.Ed. will present “The Dyslexic Code” at Accessibility Camp Chicago.
Liz Davis Joins Accessibility Camp Chicago as a Speaker
We are happy to announce that Liz Davis will speak at Accessibility Camp Chicago on Saturday, September 8th.
Accessibility Camp Chicago Website Launches
This website, the Accessibility Camp Chicago site, just launched. Check out all the available information regarding the event, including location, speakers and sponsors.
We will be adding more information leading up to the event on Saturday, September 8th. And we will continue combing the site for any accessibility issues that we introduced to the site. If you happen to find an issue, please let us know as soon as possible so we can ensure the most accessible, inclusive website possible.
Meet STATS – our venue sponsor
Several of the A11YChi organizers visited several potential sites for our Accessibility Camp Chicago. After plenty of deliberation, our chosen venue was the offices of STATS LLC.
“The venue is completely accessible, large, bright and offers the flexibility we need,” stated Dennis Deacon, organizer of the Chicago Digital Accessibility & Inclusive Design Meetup. “There are several rooms designated quiet rooms, for individuals who need a break for the inputs of conversations and presentations. We’re really looking forward to putting on this event at this location.”
