Welcome to the Series

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- Well, hello,

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this is digital accessibility, the people behind progress.

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I'm Joe Welnske

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and I'm the creator

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and host of this series,

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where we get chance to meet the amazing personalities,

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helping to make digital products

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and services available to everyone

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across a wide spectrum of abilities.

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The accessibility directorate Blink,

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which is an evidence driven research

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and design organization.

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It was founded

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and based in Seattle,

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but we now have offices in many cities.

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As the accessibility director,

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I get a chance to guide our clients

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into investing in inclusive design

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and accessibility.

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And I also help all of our practitioners understand

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how accessibility fits into their own roles.

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What we're doing here

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with this podcast is simply a relaxed chat,

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a conversation with accessibility professionals,

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from a lot of different areas,

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finding out how their life fan career path

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has brought them to the work that they do today.

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And hopefully you'll find it as inspiring

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as I have to hear their stories.