Championing Accessibility: Technical and Non-Technical Tips - Kai Wong & Asha Sachdeva

Описание: Accessibility NYC Meetup - May 8, 2025

TRANSCRIPT
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Whether you are a product manager, engineer, or QA, change happens when people make it happen.

In this session, Asha Sachdeva and Kai Wong from Teladoc Health's Accessibility team will motivate you to champion digital accessibility through personal commitment, strategic action, and tools — no fancy job title needed. Discover practical strategies, including engineering-specific tips, to make a meaningful impact on accessibility within your team or organization.

Attendees will:

Learn ways to build a network and gain credibility as an influential accessibility champion in tech.
Gain technical and non-technical tips on driving accessibility change in your work and teams.
Get motivated to integrate accessibility in software development.

Presenter bios
Kai Wong (she/they), believes in the transformative power of accessible technology for a better world. At Teladoc Health, the global leader in health and whole person care, Kai is a Principal of Digital Accessibility, founder of Accessibility Champions for Change, and serves on the leadership board for their disability-focused Business Resource Group (BRG).

They are an inventor of a U.S. patent pending, a recipient of the 2021 DC FemTech Award, and hold certifications in accessibility, health education, and quality assurance. Dubbed a presenter who “could make stale bread interesting,” Kai's strategy for advancing accessibility is simple: make it fun and inspire action.
  / kwong4a11y  

Asha Sachdeva is a seasoned senior manager of engineering with a specialization in accessibility, bringing over two decades of experience in leading cross-functional engineering teams to deliver high-quality, accessible, and user-centric digital products. With a strong passion for creating technology that empowers individuals of all abilities, Asha operates at the intersection of technical innovation and social responsibility.

Sasha leads a team of engineers and accessibility experts in developing solutions that adhere to accessibility standards such as WCAG, Section 508, and ADA. Sacha collaborates closely with product, design, and QA teams to integrate accessibility across every phase of the product development lifecycle, from ideation through to implementation and testing. Sacha has a Master’s degree in Computer Science.
  / asha-sachdeva-9505681b  


MEETUP
https://www.meetup.com/a11ynyc/events...

LIVESTREAM
Provided by Internet Society New York Chapter Accessibility SIG.

ACCREDITATION
All A11yNYC meetups are pre-approved for IAAP Continuing Accessibility Education Credits (CAEC).

SPONSORS
Thanks to AKQA, Deque, Evinced, Equal Entry, Fable and AIRA for sponsoring. Want to be a sponsor? Contact [email protected]

ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY NYC
New York City is home to virtually every type of person and every type of company on earth. Our group exists to advance accessibility and inclusive design. Our goal is to bring together NYC's accessibility community to share ideas, best practices, and our experiences. If you're interested in accessibility and inclusive design then we want you in this group. We meet monthly, our previous presentations are archived on this YouTube channel -    / a11ynyc   Follow us on Twitter @A11YNYC   / a11ynyc  

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