Exploring the intersection between D&I and Digital Accessibility - Episode 14
Digital Accessibility ExpertsShow Notes
Diversity & Inclusion strategies often neglect a focus on accessibility as a way of delivering inclusion for staff with disabilities.
Accessibility strategies often neglect a focus on staff, concentrating just on customers with disabilities.
People in each of the two disciplines often miss their common aims, by not doing enough to understand each other.
Our CEO Jonathan Hassell is joined by Diversity & Inclusion expert Toby Mildon, to explore the overlap between D&I and accessibility and show how together they can help drive a cohesive inclusion strategy.
Jonathan and Toby have worked together frequently over the years. In this webinar each share what they have learned from the other that has shaped the way they approach their jobs. They discuss what the disciplines have in common, the language of D&I, and where accessibility and D&I can support and help each other.
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