2017 Conference Accessibility Initiative

On July 6, 2017August 18, 2017 By worldinstituteondisabilityIn Conferences

For the second consecutive year, the World Institute on Disability (WID) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are partnering with several civil rights and community development organizations to highlight conference accessibility.

Much like in 2016, this year, WID and JPMorgan Chase are achieving this by providing accessibility enhancements, such as sign language interpreters, open captioning, accessible transportation, rented mobility devices, sighted guides, scholarships for Disability Ambassadors, and a disability concierge desk, as well as support and training for conference organizers, hotel staff, and A/V teams.

WID is delighted to be partnering again with captioner, Deanna Baker, who helped us ensure thousands of people experienced open captioning for the first time in 2016!

Organizations Served in 2017

If you haven’t already, be sure to visit our main Conference Accessibility Initiative page to learn more about our initiative.

Photo Galleries by Conference

Center for Financial Services Innovation
June 14-16, 2017

A group of seven people with varied disabilities and one service dog

WID staff and Disability Ambassadors at CFSI | Photo by WID

A large screen displays a slide about the Conference Accessibility Initiative

WID is grateful for CFSI’s partnership! | Photo by WID

On the desk are several handheld whiteboards with disability-positive writing on them

WID’s newest tool for breaking the stigma around disability. Photo anyone? | Photo by WID

A woman speaks to the audience with captions on the screen beneath her

CFSI’s President & CEO, Jennifer Tescher, talks about “why?” | Photo by WID

Three men sit on stage, large screens with captions on either side of them

A three-person panel speaks to the crowd with open captioning on either side of the stage | Photo by WID

Two WID staff members stand behind a desk

The Disability Concierge Desk at CFSI | Photo by WID

A woman and a man speak to the audience with captions on the screen beneath them

A Chase representative talks about the Conference Accessibility Initiative | Photo by WID

Captions at the bottom of the screen with a slew of words filling the rest of the screen in a polled response to the question "what's the first word that comes to mind when you think of 'back office'?"

Captions play well with all sorts of technology, including polls and word art, as shown here | Photo by WID

A man stands in front of the This Is Disability sign and holds a whiteboard that says the same

Disability Ambassador, Ivan Rivera | Photo by WID

A woman in a wheelchair sits in front of the This Is Disability sign and gestures to the word "quadriplegia" with her coffee cup

Disability Ambassador, Natalie Alden | Photo by WID

A woman on crutches stands in front of the This Is Disability sign and holds a whiteboard that says the same

Disability Ambassador, Susan Wang | Photo by WID

A woman in a wheelchair sits in front of the This Is Disability sign and holds a whiteboard that says "multiple disabilities"

Disability Ambassador, Yolanda Vargas

Photos from additional conferences coming soon
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