whoami
But first, who am I?
I’m a disabled, decorated military veteran who served as an intelligence analyst in the US Navy.
Right now, I work as a senior software engineer and accessibility SME at Linkedin, where our vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce.
I work directly on the accessibility of Ember.js, the front-end JavaScript framework that powers all LinkedIn apps, and a framework committed to providing an accessible experience for everyone that uses an Ember app.
As a member of the Ember.js core team, I am helping make that idea happen. In the last year, we’ve added an accessibility guide as part of our main documentation guide, and improving accessibility across the board is one of our primary goals for the next edition of Ember.
I also am a judge for CSS Design awards- and yes, I do check the accessibility of the sites as part of the design.
I write articles, tweet a lot – my twitter handle is melaniersumner, and you’ll see it in the bottom-right corner of all of my slides – and talk about accessibility at conferences.
After this talk, my slides will be available online at https://noti.st/melsumner/6VELRY