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Guest Post — Advancing Accessibility in Scholarly Publishing: Building Support

Part two of a three-part series aims to discuss the topic of advancing accessibility within scholarly communication with the focus of digital accessibility.

  • By Sylvia Izzo Hunter, Jocelyn Dawson, Amanda Rogers, Nicola Poser
  • Mar 2, 2023
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Guest Post — Advancing Accessibility in Scholarly Publishing: Fostering Empathy

Part one of a three-part series aims to discuss the topic of advancing accessibility within scholarly communication with the focus of digital accessibility.

  • By Sylvia Izzo Hunter, Kasia Repeta, Amanda Rogers, Damita Snow
  • Mar 1, 2023
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Job Hunting with an “Invisible” Disability: A Conversation

Today’s guest post — the second in a series of two — is a conversation between Katy Alexander and Sylvia Hunter about job hunting with a disability in the publishing industry. 

  • By Sylvia Izzo Hunter, Katy Alexander
  • Oct 28, 2021
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Some Perspectives on Disability Disclosure in the Publishing Industry

Today’s guest post, by Simon Holt and Erin Osborne-Martin, is the first of two looking at the experiences of people with disabilities in scholarly publishing (the second will be published tomorrow).

  • By Simon Holt, Erin Osborne-Martin
  • Oct 27, 2021
  • 2 Comments

Guest Post — Disclosing Disability in the Workplace

Disclosing a disability in the workplace is fraught with difficulty. In today’s guest post, Bruce Rosenblum of Inera shares his experience.

  • By Bruce Rosenblum
  • Jul 22, 2020
  • 26 Comments

On Being Accepted: The Views of Four People with Disabilities Working in Scholarly Communications

What’s it like to be work in scholarly communications as a person with a disability – physical or mental? See our world through the eyes of four individuals with disabilities in this interview by Alice Meadows

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Dec 3, 2019
  • 3 Comments

Guest Post — Why Inclusion Matters to Technology and Technology Matters to Inclusion

Today’s guest post is by Betsy Beaumon CEO of Benetech and keynote at SSP’s annual meeting this year. She shares her passion for technology solutions to accessibility, and for making the scholarly publishing world more inclusive of people with disabilities.

  • By Betsy Beaumon
  • Oct 4, 2019
  • 5 Comments

Guest Post — The Problem Solvers You Don’t Know About Yet: Valuing Disability in the Publishing Industry

In this guest post, Katy Alexander (Digital Science), Becky Degler (Wiley) and Simon Holt (Elsevier) explain why the scholarly communications industry would benefit from being more inclusive in its recruitment and development of people with disabilities, highlighting the particular skills they bring to our industry

  • By Simon Holt, Katy Alexander, Becky Degler
  • Jul 29, 2019
  • 10 Comments

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