RE: brief bio of John Rochford

Thanks John, welcome!

 

 

 

* katie *

 

Katie Haritos-Shea 
Senior Accessibility SME (WCAG/Section 508/ADA)

 

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From: Rochford, John [mailto:john.rochford@umassmed.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:53 PM
To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Subject: brief bio of John Rochford

 

Hi All,

 

I am a new member of the working group. Josh asked me to tell you a little
bit about myself.

 

I have been developing accessible websites, web applications, and online
courses since the early 1990s. In 2009, I started exploring and
experimenting with best practices of web accessibility for people with
cognitive disabilities, particularly intellectual disabilities.    

 

I am a program director and a faculty member of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Center at UMass Medical School, a research, education and service center for
people with intellectual disabilities. I am also a co-founder and a
co-organizer of the Boston Accessibility Group, which hosts annual
unconferences and monthly meetups about information-technology
accessibility.

 

For more information about me and my related work, see
http://clearhelper.wordpress.com/about/ 

 

I look forward to working with all of you.. I am passionate about web
accessibility.

 

John

 

John Rochford

UMass Medical School/E.K. Shriver Center

Director, INDEX Program; Instructor, Family Medicine & Community Health

Twitter: @ClearHelper