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Designing with accessibility in mind: a conversation
At TechCrunch Sessions: Justice, we examined the importance of ensuring products are designed to be accessible from the beginning. And how building the expertise of disabled technologists and advocates into the DNA of your company from the start is vital not only to produce better products but also in the pursuit of a functioning and more equitable society.
On the panel were Cynthia Bennett of Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute; Srin Madipalli, who founded accessible travel marketplace Accomable (which exited to Airbnb); and Mara Mills, associate professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University and a co-founder and co-director of the NYU Center for Disability Studies.
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As many Pennsylvanians continue to struggle through a decentralized system in their search for COVID-19 vaccines, some have called for a statewide resource to lighten their load.
The Department of Health has said it remains open to adjusting its decentralized approach, but that no statewide appointment managing resource is being developed.
A new bill in the state House could force the department’s hand.
The “COVID-19 Vaccine Registry Act” would require the department to host a database where Pennsylvanians would register to be put on a waiting list for an appointment. Vaccine providers would then be required to use the registry and contact registrants for appointment scheduling. The Department of Health would be tasked with maintaining the database.
90.5 WESA s The Confluence for Tuesday, February 9, 2021
On today s program: Designer and Carnegie Mellon University instructor Karen Kornblum explains how the state’s COVID-19 website could be improved as more and more people seek vaccines; Those with Phase 1A eligibility are having a hard time scheduling their vaccination, and reporter Kiley Koscinski explains how they’re enlisting family and friends to make an appointment.
Despite its appealing design, the state COVID-19 website could be improved to help with vaccinations
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The state’s coronavirus vaccine rollout caused a lot of confusion, from figuring out what phase someone is in, to the struggle of scheduling an appointment online.