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Episode 007 - a11y Cocktail

In this episode, we have a special guest joining us to talk about digital accessibility, Jennison Asuncion who is a leader in the accessibility community and has a lot of information to help us improve our websites and applications be more accessible for all users. We also talk about Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) coming up on May 19th. Find out how you can participate.

Items mentioned in the episode:
Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Using VoiceOver to Evaluate Web Accessibility, AccessLint, axe Core, Tenon, Chrome Accessibility Developer Tools, list of Meetups on accessibility, Apps For All: Coding Accessible Web Applications eBook, International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN Conference), Accessibility Camp Bay Area (Fall 2016), Boston Accessibility Conference (Fall 2016), Accessibility Camp Toronto (Fall 2016)

Guests:
Jennison Asuncion - @Jennison

Panelists:
Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan
Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers
Sarah Federman - @sarah_federman

Picks:
Jennison Asuncion - Square Cash
Jennison Asuncion - The Points Guy
Jennison Asuncion - Jazz FM
Ryan Burgess - React a11y
Ryan Burgess - The Gaslight Anthem
Ryan Burgess - Sweet Jesus Ice Cream
Derrick Showers - A11y Command-line Tools
Derrick Showers - YNAB
Sarah Federman - Wakatime
Sarah Federman - Hackster.io
Sarah Federman - Losant (previously Structure)

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