Article 19

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The Tamman team talks about the biography of Judith Heumann, known as the Mother of the Disability Rights Movement.

Host Kristen Witucki and additional members of the team chat about Heumann's upbringing, how her public protests directly led to immense gains for the lives of people with disabilities, and her legacy after she has passed away.

Show notes are in the transcript and on the Tamman website. 

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We are thrilled to have two leaders and colleagues in the digital document accessibility space on Article 19! They are Chad Chelius and Dax Castro, hosts of the Chax Chat podcast and co-founders of Chax Training and Consulting. 

Join Tamman President Marty Molloy and Article 19 Podcast Host Kristen Witucki as they talk with Chad and Dax on a thrilling announcement, the origins of Chax Training and Consulting, and what they anticipate for the future of digital documents and digital accessibility as a whole. 

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Chad Chelius is an Adobe Certified Instructor, Trainer, and Expert, he is an  Accessibility Document Specialist (ADS), author, consultant, and has spoken at the InDesign Summit, M-Enabling, CSUN, Tech Access, Creative Pro Week, Adobe MAX, and the Design + Accessibility Summit. As an Adobe Certified Instructor and consultant he teaches and advises on all Adobe print and web products, specializing in InDesign and InCopy workflows, Illustrator, automation, and PDF accessibility using InDesign, Word, and Adobe Acrobat.

Dax Castro is an award-winning, Adobe Certified PDF Accessibility Trainer and certified Accessible Document Specialist (ADS) with more than two decades of experience in the marketing and communications industry. He has more than 200 hours of training, is an online influencer, trainer, speaker, and accessibility advocate that pushes the envelope of technology to produce more robust accessible documents. He has spoken at Creative Pro Week, Adobe MAX, Design + Accessibility Summit, CSUN, Assistive Technology Conference, and the SMPS (Society for Marketing Professional Services).

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Kara Gaulrapp: Senior Web Accessibility Analyst at University of Pennsylvania

Kristen Witucki: Accessibility Specialist and Content Creator

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Oftentimes, digital documents are created for people who are completely able-bodied. In this episode of Article 19, we speak with members of our team who either have lived experience in navigating digital document using assistive technologies, and a team member who specializes in editing digital documents. 

Today's accessibility champions are: 

Kristen Witucki, CPACC - Accessibility Specialist 

Leah Mattern, CPACC - Digital Accessibility Engineer

Liza Grant, ADS - Document Accessibility Specialist Lead

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Longtime friends and colleagues Marty Molloy and Michael Mangos catch up and discuss the state of current affairs in digital accessibility. Joining them is Kristen Witucki, Tamman's Accessibility Specialist and Content Creator. Listen in as they cover the state of artificial intelligence, what Mangos has been up to, and an update on a loose thread dating back to one of the first episodes of Article 19.

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Put in your earbuds, grab a warm beverage, and settle in. Our podcast hosts Marty Molloy and Kristen Witucki have a lovely early morning coffee chat with Tamman's co-founder and CEO, Jeff Tamburino. We cover what Tamman's recent history has been, what's coming up in the near future, and what Tamburino is most thrilled about in digital accessibility.

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What is an overlay? An overlay is a short snippet of code that claims it makes a website legally compliant with accessibility laws and usable by people with disabilities once plugged in. That’s the goal on paper. How does it work in practice? That’s what today's podcast is all about. We're talking website accessibility overlays. 

This podcast is led by our co-hosting dynamic duo: 

Marty Molloy - President, Article 19 Co-Host

Kristen Witucki - Accessibility Specialist, Content Creator, Author, Article 19 Co-Host

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This Article 19 Mini Episode is a quick discussion with Tobias Morrison, one of our top Mac Enterprise Engineers. Join Tobias and Marty as they discuss Tobias' journey from an artistic film major to an experienced Apple Store Manager to a guest speaker at the MacAdmins conference on July 18-21 in State College, PA.

At the MacAdmins conference speaks on shifting From Engineer to Manager: The Journey From Doing to Delegating. 

In the near future, we will have content from Tobias' talk on our website; "www.tammaninc.com/learn" so be sure to pay attention to our blogs and social media!   

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Today's podcast is the recording of our company book talk discussing Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design by Kat Holmes.

Mismatch is the second book we are reading in 2023. This conversation goes over forming a business case for inclusive design, multiple examples of billion-dollar products that began as accessible technology (such as the iPhone), common myths in inclusive design, and much more. The accessibility champions leading today's podcast are:

Harper Yatvin, Tamman's Marketing Specialist and Article 19 Associate Podcast Producer

Kristen Witucki, Tamman contributor, author, and teacher

We highly encourage you to read this (non-sponsored) book, especially if you are a designer, CEO, or product developer. We also invite you to share your insights with us on social media. As usual, this episode's links and show notes are found on this podcast's page on our website, Tammaninc.com.

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Today on Article 19, we are covering how the Americans with Disabilities Act is often implemented in Universities, colleges, and other organizations of higher education. The inclusive web is filled with accommodating different types of disabilities. These disabilities may be permanent, and they can also be temporary or situational. The higher education world is filled with students learning to speak up about their disability while living with it in their daily life.Our guests on this episode speak about their lived experience, either accommodating these disabilities on the administrative side or living with accommodation experience. We are joined by:Erin Leuthold - Director of the Rutgers University-Camden Office of Disability Services