Name: DESIGNING for ACCESSIBILITY
Start: 2025-01-30T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-30T13:00:00-05:00
Location: Virtual

DESIGNING for ACCESSIBILITY

How Title II Impacts You

D4A is back with its second event in a series of intimate gatherings that bring together thought leaders, advocates, designers, and organizations dedicated to shaping the future of accessible design. This discussion will explore the impact, risks, and opportunities of the Title II ADA expansion into digital spaces, while breaking down barriers around discussing disability.

Thursday

January

30th

2025

12:00pm

RSVP

Speakers

Tom DiAgostino, MA, MBA

Digital Accessibility Consultant

DiAgostino Consulting, LLC

Jamie Ray-Leonetti

Associate Director of Policy at the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University

David Goldstein

Vice President of the National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania

Adrienne Moore

Executive Director of the Office for People with Disabilities City of Philadelphia

Ricardo Rodríguez

Architect | Global Emerging Tech Strategist | Fractional CIO/CMO | AI Advisor | Artist

Bytes + Mortar

MC

Shawn Aleong

Disability and Civil Rights Activist, Entrepreneur and Temple University Student.

Attendance

This is a free, virtual event that will be recorded for future viewing. Please RSVP to register and use the Zoom link below for the live event.

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ZOOM LINK

Join us for a DesignPhiladelphia fireside chat with people who live + breathe accessibility,

both as designers of accessible products + spaces as well as people with disabilities who navigate designed environments + technologies.

We will gather at Temple’s TechOWL space, PA’s community center for assistive technology that helps people with disabilities explore accessible tools and technologies.

Speakers

CEO

Nelson Agholor is a senior developer, and is currently building a suite of game changing mobile applications. He specializes in Ruby on Rails, but has a crush on JavaScript. He joined Coralient in November after selling his fashion tech startup to Yahoo!

Topics

His journey from the digital ad agency world to Startupville USA.

Three new product features he’s most excited about for Q2.

Why every team member should be a “lighthouse.”

Fun Fact

Agholor won the Bay Area Windsurfing Open last June, and lives in Mill Valley with his wife and twin boys. He organizes Coralient’s annual hackathon every July.

Partners

JEME is a full-service strategic communications and design agency with social impact at its core.

jeme.agency

JEME Instagram

Accessible Pharmacy is a home delivery service & healthcare company specializing in individuals who have disabilities.

accessiblepharmacy.com

A ccessible Pharmacy Instagram

DiAgostino Consulting is working toward making the internet and the world a more accessible and equitable place for all people, regardless of ability, disability, race, socio-economic status, where we come from, or how we experience the world.