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Empowering Accessibility
We can’t wait for the American Council of the Blind’s 2025 AD Awards Gala, celebrating outstanding achievements in audio description. Join ACB on their YouTube channel, website, or on Peacock. Thurs. Nov.13 at 7:30 ET. Learn more at ADAwardsGala.org #accessibility #audiodescription
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Bridge’s Dr. Wendy Sapp & Matt Kaplowitz are honored to participate in UNC at Chapel Hill’s innovative disability employment advancement project, IDEAL, being funded by the National Institute on Disability. Happy NDEAM! #a11y #accessibility #UNC www.bridgemultimedia.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Happy Halloween from everyone at Bridge! Check out Treat Accessibly, a group dedicated to ensuring that Halloween is inclusive and accessible for all children.
Learn more at www.treataccessibly.com #a11y #accessibility #AccessibleHalloween
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Bridge Multimedia was thrilled to participate in the first ever Audio Description in Africa Symposium, Oct 13-14. Matt Kaplowitz delivered a virtual presentation about a tool to integrate ASL into PDF content. Visit www.bridgemultimedia.com #a11y #accessibility #audiodescription
October 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Jonathan Thurston and Marcie Roth, of Infinite Access, will present at the 2025 M-Enabling Summit, taking place Oct. 6-8 in Arlington VA. Learn more at www.m-enabling.com #a11y #accessibility #DisabilityTech #mEnabling25 www.bridgemultimedia.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
As we come to the end of National Emergency Preparedness Month, Bridge Multimedia looks into the near future of emergency readiness and AI. Learn more at bridgemultimedia.com/ai-emergency... #a11y #accessibility #emergencypreparedness
September 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Congratulations to the team behind Netflix’s exceptional autism-related "Love On The Spectrum" streaming series, which won two Creative Arts Emmy awards on Sunday. #a11y #accessibility #neurodivergent #autism www.bridgemultimedia.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Bridge’s Sr. Project Director, Dr. Wendy Sapp, presented at the 2025 Serious Play Conference, an event dedicated to gaming and learning. Her 2-hour workshop was titled Accessible Games Through Universal Design. #a11y #accessibility #accessiblegaming www.bridgemultimedia.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
July 26 is the 35th anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities. Bridge Multimedia commemorates this day and urges everyone, everywhere, to constantly stand up for disability rights. #a11y #accessibility #ADA35
July 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Bridge Multimedia’s sister company, Infinite Access, was honored to be included in the first-ever Forbes 2025 Accessibility 100 list, highlighting the most important innovators and impact-makers in the fields of accessibility and software development. #a11y #accessibility www.bridgemultimedia.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Bridge Multimedia is excited to be providing live audio description for the 78th annual Tony Awards, recognizing excellence in live Broadway theatre. Tune in this Sunday, June 8th at 8:00 PM (ET) on CBS. #a11y #accessibility #tonyawards #audiodescription www.bridgemultimedia.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Bridge’s friends at World Institute on Disability and Infinite Access are presenting on accessible emergency communications at The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s 2025 Global Platform in Geneva this week! @UNDRR #a11y #accessibility @WID_org www.bridgemultimedia.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Bridge celebrates having produced OSEP-funded accessibility for 7,000 episodes of children’s educational TV shows available across the major networks, cable channels, and free streaming platforms. For more info visit: bridgemultimedia.com/7000-shows/ #a11y #accessibility
May 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Please consider what updates might make your online content more accessible to people with disabilities. For more information visit accessibility.day #a11y #accessibility #GAAD www.bridgemultimedia.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The New York Hall of Science offers free sensory sensitive playdates for neurodiverse children, ages 4-8. Every Saturday from 10:00 – 11:00. For more info, phone 718-699-0005 or visit them online at nysci.org/neurodiverse.... #a11y #accessibility @nysci #Neurodiversity www.bridgemultimedia.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We hope everyone had a great Autism Acceptance Month. Let’s keep the message alive all year! In that spirit, we’re giving a shout out to The Epic Players, a neuro-diverse theater troupe. They’ll be performing Seussical this May. For more info visit: www.epicplayersnyc.org
April 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The ACB People’s Choice Awards for audio description is accepting nominations from April 12 to 27. Find out the results at the virtual 2025 ACB Audio Description Awards Gala, Nov. 13th. Cast your vote at: www.surveymonkey.com/r/AD-Awards-... or phone 202-467-5081. #accessibility #a11y
April 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Check out the American Foundation for the Blind’s overview of the iPhone 16e on the AFB website. While you’re there, explore the range of useful content they post. Visit: afb.org/blog/entry/i... #a11y #accessibility @AFB1921
April 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Bridge will be moderating a panel discussion, “The Future of At-Home Accessibility: Breaking Barriers in Digital Media” at the ReelAbilities Industry Summit. It’s Tuesday at 4:10 - online & at 334 Amsterdam Ave, Manhattan. For more info visit: w.reelabilities.org/summit/
April 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Bridge Multimedia will be following the Global Disability Summit, taking place on April 2-3 in Berlin, Germany where international heads of state will discuss and make commitments for a disability inclusive future. Visit globaldisabilitysummit.org #a11y #accessibility #disabilities
March 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Bridge Multimedia is at the Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description in Barcelona this week. We’ll be presenting our work with image description for emergency weather maps and charts. #a11y #accessibility #audiodescription bridgemultimedia.com webs.uab.cat/arsad/
March 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
For the first time, an astronaut with a disability has been cleared for a mission to the International Space Station. His name’s John McFall, a British surgeon and former Paralympic with a leg amputation. Let’s celebrate McFall’s accomplishment! #a11y #accessibility #space bridgemultimedia.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It’s National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Let’s foster awareness of this disorder, which will affect over 28 million Americans in their lifetime. For more information visit: womenshealth.gov #eatingdisorder @EDCoalition #a11y www.bridgemultimedia.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Bridge Multimedia is developing AI tools that provide universally designed STEM-based learning activities. We’re looking forward to another year of great innovation in the edtech space. #accessibility www.bridgemultimedia.com #a11y #edtech
February 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Bridge Multimedia was excited to produce audio description for Yahoo’s commercial Contact Bill, that aired during the Super Bowl. We also produced extended description for the YouTube version of Google’s Super Bowl Commercial, Dream Job. #accessibility www.bridgemultimedia.com #a11y
February 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM