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Laura Wissiak
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UX researcher HopeTech.vision | weekly newsletter A11y News | writing for AccessibilityFirst.at | Disabled Leaders Network

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Save the Date: Emerging Technologies and Human Experience Livestream on #WUD Nov 13 at 6 PM GMT+1

Topics: AR, wearables, hardware & software

Register to get reminded on GDG community: gdg.community.dev/events/detai...

Or LinkedIn: linkedin.com/events/world...

#UX #Dev #WorldUsabilityDay #a11y
A blue circle with hands holding up a heart shaped earth with a human icon and a checkmark in it, between the headings "World Usability Day November 13" and "Emerging Technologies and Human Experience"
October 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Do you use assistive products, or support someone who does?

Luke Thompson, Pete Barr, and Ryan McClure are doing research to improve those products, and offering up to £120 for your time!

Take the survey: form.typeform.com/to/eYmD6QP5

Questions or alternative access: hello@human-sauce.com
Recruitment poster with yellow background and bold black text asking if people use or support users of assistive products. Offers up to £120 for taking part in research to improve tools like jar openers and screen readers. Targeted at disabled people, carers, and professionals. Includes a QR code and photos of three team members with names and roles: Luke Thompson (OT), Ryan McClure (Designer), and Pete Barr (Designer).
July 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Hope Tech is on the #ForbesUnder30 Europe list for Social Impact!

Assistive Technology is rarely highlighted as an economic factor. It is not a sexy topic, but an impactful one!

I am honored to be part of the Class of 2025.

#accessibility #inclusion #HopeTech
Laura Wissiak on the Forbes Under 30 Europe list of 2025. She is a white woman with curly brown hair, wearing round glasses and showing an I love you sign with her left hand. Forbes under 30 logo in the left top corner.
April 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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#PokedexOfAccessibility part 2: a11ynews.substack.com/p/for-the-ad...
The DOM contains objects representing all the markup elements, attributes, and text nodes. Just like Mew’s DNA served as the base for Mewtwo, based on the DOM the respective browser from which your user is accessing your page will sprout an accessibility tree. The accessibility tree is how screen readers and other assistive tech devices navigate through a website. Assistive tech climbs heading levels and document structures to find the desired information.
February 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Mewtwo is the strongest Pokémon in the first generation and we want an accessibility tree to match its strength. To achieve that we need it fully fledged out, not with half the information missing!

The Pokédex of #accessibility on a11ynews.substack.com/p/for-the-ad...
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February 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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As Professor Oak says "You have the ability to become a great accessibility specialist someday!"

Check out the Pokédex of Accessibility: a11ynews.substack.com/p/the-pokede...

#accessibility #A11yNews #WCAG #pokemon #a11y #dev
Professor Oak from the pokemon game series standing next to a quote, above it in Pokemon style is written: WCAG 2.2 Gotta check 'em all!
February 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Am Montag, dem 20. Jänner um 17 Uhr darf ich mein Thema von inclusive Design 24 nochmal bei technica11y aufrollen! Diesmal in der deutschsprachigen Version: Wie behindern Stigmata die UX Forschung?

Alle technica11y Episoden werden live geschriftdolmetscht.

Anmeldung: technica11y.de

#UX #ID24
technica11y.de Ankündigung für Laura Wissiak zu Gast bei Joschi Kuphal zur Frage Wie Stigmata die UX Forschung behindern. Links is Laura mit schulterlangen braunen Locken und ihrer runden goldenen Brille, kleiner darunter grinst Joschi in die Kamera. technica11y wird präsentiert von Tollwerk und Accessibility Club
January 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Heute ist Internationaler Tag der Menschen mit Behinderungen💜

Mit #PositivelyPurple möchten wir heute auf die ökonomische Selbstbestimmung von Menschen mit Behinderungen aufmerksam machen.

mehr zur myAbility Kampagne: www.myability.org/wir/partners...

#IDPD #PurpleHour
Ich bin positively purple, 3. Dezember ist Internationaler Tag der Menschen mit Behinderungen, geschrieben in lila und umgeben von geometrischen Splittern in unterschiedlichsten Lila Tönen.
December 3, 2024 at 9:12 AM
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Tomorrow is World Usability Day! This year's motto: Designing for a Better World.
Map of Austria highlighting the UX Communities in Vienna, Linz, Graz, and Salzburg with the motto Designing for a Better World looming above the map. On the left side is the agenda which is included in the thread.
November 13, 2024 at 1:18 PM