Living In An Accessible World: Madison Russell

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On today's episode of The Ramp. It. Up! Podcast I sit down with advocate, athlete, dancer, techy, Madison Russell, and we discuss her journey as a wheelchair user and her career in digital accessibility. With Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) right around the corner we also discuss the importance of making the digital space universally accessible.
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Madison is a T5 incomplete paraplegic, and her injury was caused by syringomyelia, a cyst within the spinal cord. She is originally from Atlanta, GA. She is a recent graduate from Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in Human-Centered Computing focusing on digital accessibility, and is a published accessibility researcher. She is a member of the United Spinal Tech Access Group and currently works for Elsevier as a digital accessibility intern. Outside of school, Madison is a dancer focusing mostly on hip-hop and lyrical dance, as well as jazz and modern. She takes classes with the Rollettes, a wheelchair dance team based in Los Angeles, Madison also received a grant from the Kelly Brush Foundation in summer 2021 to purchase a custom racing handcycle to compete in national races.

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Resources

https://accessibility.day/about/
https://www.thespruce.com/special-days-and-observances-in-may-4176574
Join some TAG members for a GAAD Livestream on Facebook on Thursday, May 19th at 2p (est) / 11a (pst). https://www.facebook.com/unitedspinalassociation

Click the link below to register for the United Spinal Association's TechTalk

• https://unitedspinal.org/events/techtalks/

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1. Living In An Accessible World: Madison Russell (00:00:00)

2. [Ad] Power in Chaos (00:18:16)

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