Working for digital inclusion and human rights around the world.
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James Thurston retweeted
Amplifying professionals’ with disabilities voices begins with proactive inclusion. @BillionStrong1, champions mentorship, targeted career development, and ensuring accessibility roles aren’t the only path to leadership. #AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong
Q6 How can we elevate the voices and leadership of disabled professionals firstly in the accessibility field and also in wider senior management roles? #AXSChat
A6 employee resource groups. Spotlighting senior execs who are open about their disabilities. Supporting self-ID campaigns. Reverse mentoring programs. Raising awareness in professional societies for different careers/roles. #AXSChat
A4 We do what we measure. We need the same kind of rigorous metrics to advance ICT #accessibility efforts that we have for privacy and security. Maturity Models can help quantify #accessibility efforts and drive progress in an org. #AXSChat
A5 I often say, and always credit @robert_sinclair now of @Atlassian, the accessible tech of today is the mainstream tech of tomorrow. A11y is innovation. Important to evangelize #accessibility to incubators and accelerators. We are largely missing there. #AXSChat
A3 Policy can be just words on paper without implementation & enforcement. Good #digitalInclusion policy suffers without technical talent to implement. Worked with a country on great web #accessibility policy – but it had no native talent to create accessible sites #AXSChat
A3 Wow that is a big Q. The systems for developing and enforcing policy in the US and EU are very different. That being said we have landed on nearly identical technical standards which has been critical. #AXSChat
A2 Employees are part of all businesses and increasingly are also wanting purpose from their work and company #AXSChat
A2 Definitely not mutually exclusive. Lots of leading companies that think about both. @NeilMilliken I think the way that you are helping to see #Accessibility as part of broader #sustainability efforts is important - including with similar governance systems. #AXSChat
James Thurston retweeted
Shaping an Inclusive Future: James Thurston on Bridging Technology, Policy, & Accessible Innovation.
🌐 Dive into the latest episode of #axschat with @jamesthu, discussing how technology & policy can work together for accessible innovation! #Accessibility rfr.bz/t8y7gxz
James Thurston retweeted
"Inclusive Futures: Disability and Technology" panel organized by
@GlobalFung & @ksvictorzhuang at @PrincetonPIIRS @Princeton.
With @merylalper (@Northeastern), @FractalEcho (@LifeAtPurdue), @jamesthu (@Atos) in person, & @setsukoyokoyama (@sutdsg), @ggoggin (@Sydney_Uni) online
I am looking forward to working closely with my new team and with many partners across North America and the world!
I am really excited to welcome @jamesthu to our growing #Accessibility team here at Atos - I've known James for a very long time and worked with him in various capacities so it's great to be finally on the one team together. lnkd.in/e6W9Mn4V
After nearly 8 years as a VP, this is my last week at @G3ict - later this month I will be joining a global tech company and continuing my work on #accessibility and #DigitalTransformation. I look forward to more collaborations with so many amazing leaders! linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
James Thurston retweeted
Driving disability inclusion worldwide is a top priority. One way we scale our global impact is through our network of country representatives. Today we grow the network says @jamesthu welcoming members for Fiji, Georgia, Lebanon,Republic of Korea & Turkey bit.ly/3Hu2aEl
ALT Logos of G3ict and Smart Cities for All Text NEWS RELEASE G3ict/Smart Cities for All Country Representative Program Announces New Members for Fiji, Georgia, Lebanon, Republic of Korea, and Turkey. Text: Driving disability inclusion progress worldwide is a top priority. One way we scale our global impact is through our network of incredible country representatives.Today we grow that network from 40 to 45 by welcoming each of these disability and accessibility leaders says - James Thurston
EU governments are enormous consumers of #technology and can better use #procurement to drive #DigitalInclusion of people with disabilities. Check out what we have been doing with partners like @MyEDF and @MSEurope
How governments buy and use technology, is key to bridging a significant and persistent disability divide across Europe and worldwide. On #IDPD2022 G3ict recommitted to using procurement to support inclusion in Europe. Read G3ict´s latest blog by @jamesthu bit.ly/ProcuEU
ALT New Blog. Procurement and Closing the Disability Divide in Europe. Read the log at: bit.ly/ProcuEU. Photo of James Thurston. Logos of G3ict and Smart Cities for All
James Thurston retweeted
.@G3ict / Smart Cities for All Global Country Representatives shared insights on supporting greater accessibility and inclusion in their respective regions at the @mEnablingSummit 2022. Watch the recording: youtu.be/Wu9U9mbOya0
@jamesthu @zalmeraj @janitharuki @Atif963 #A11y
James Thurston retweeted
Congrats to @G3ict on receiving award last night for their work on Inclusive Urban Sidewalks. Proud that AI for Accessibility was able to play a small part!
We are honored to be awarded the @SmartCityexpo World Smart Cities Award for our AI for Inclusive Urban Sidewalks project, a collaboration of @G3ict & @TaskarCenter with the support of @MSFTEnable. We look forward to advancing this work with other cities worldwide. #SCEWC22
ALT Winner. Smart City Expo World Congress. Living and _Inclusion Award. AI for Inclusive Urban Sidewalks. G3ict - the Global initiative for inclusive ICTs, Atlanta, US. In the background a photo of a woman on a wheelchair.