NWU๐ฎโฟ @nothingwithoutus.bsky.social NWU is a non-profit aimed at building community, awareness and inclusion for accessibility and disability within the gaming industry and gaming communities.
Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social Academic. Pleasure activist. Author of Bodyminds Reimagined & Black Disability Politics. Both open access from Duke University Press. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/samischalk
Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain (Penguin 2023)/An Alternative History of the British Empire (HUP 2024). Is Free Speech Under Threat? (2024).
https://linktr.ee/charlottelydiariley
repped by Carrie Plitt @FBA
views are all mine ๐ซ
Saad Hassan @saadhassan.bsky.social Assistant Professor at @tulaneu.bsky.social. Researches Accessible Computing, HCI, and Computational Social Science. he/him.
Website: saadh.info
Ashlee ๐ค๐ป @ashleemboyer.com Deaf, ND, multiply disabled.
W3C Invited Expert participating in WCAG 3.
Software eng. & consultant:
@ashlee.semanticfish.com
Blog:
ashleemboyer.com
More writing:
@semanticfish.net
Interests: crip theory & critical access/disability studies.
Darrell Gibson @soundsculpting.bsky.social Academic, computer-based musician, composer, sound designer and audio programmer using a wide range to technologies. Senior Lecturer at Bournemouth University.
Dr Ruby (she/her) @paperwhispers.bsky.social Mango eating, sunshine loving, data research and question asker. Immigrant.
AltTextAidan @alttextaidan.bsky.social ๐ฎ Bug-eyed salamander in Silicon Valley. Accessibility UX research lead @ YouTube by day. Streamer, weeb, and game nerd by night. She/they
If it's not accessible it's not equitable.
Dr. Daniel P. Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social Crip-queer disability scholar + creative practitioner | Tourette Syndrome, Creative Research Methods, Public Space (+ more) | Assistant Professor (Research) @durhamimh.bsky.social + durhamsociology.bsky.social | Co-Lead @ndhumanities.bsky.social |
IllegallySighted @illegallysighted.bsky.social Hello, my name is Jesse Anderson, a.k.a. IllegallySighted on many areas around the Internet. By day, I am an assistive technology specialist. I am also a technology, game, and XR Accessibility advocate and consultant.
Harriet Cannon @harrietcannon.bsky.social University Disability Practitioner and Manager, NADP Senior Accredited member, NADP Director, AAPHE founder. Accidental competence standards nerd. Pronouns: she/her. Views entirely my own.
Alicia DeVrio @uhleeeeeeeshuh.bsky.social Incoming assistant professor of digital media @ Georgia Tech
HCI PhD @ CMU studying resistance to harmful AI systems
also enjoys weaving, musicals, grammar, ice cream, libraries
--> all the other whatever at uhleeeeeeeshuh.com
Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social Married, three kids. White, cishet, he/him. Deaf in one ear. Math, disability, chess, LFC. "Brain-only." In Illinois via Texas but born and raised in Cornwall ใใ
Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social ๐ HCI Professor, UW CS
๐ ๏ธ Director, makeabilitylab.cs.washington.edu
โฟ๏ธ Co-founder, projectsidewalk.org
๐ค Visiting Researcher, Google Research
Lucy Lu Wang @lucylw.bsky.social Asst Prof @uwischool.bsky.social; #NLP #healthinformatics #accessibility #scholcomm
๐ด๐๏ธ๐โ๏ธโท๏ธ๐งถโซ๏ธโช๏ธ๐๐ธin Seattle; llwang.net; she/her
Crystal Lee @handle.invalid Writing about tech, power, data visualization, social media, disability. Assistant prof of computational media @ MIT. ๐น๐ผ
crystaljjlee.com
Jeffrey P. Bigham @jeffreybigham.com Professor of HCII and LTI at Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science.
jeffreybigham.com
Frank Elavsky (he/him) โ @frank.computer Assistant Professor of Data Science @ Cal Poly SLO
Phd in accessibility, tool-making, visualization ๐ @hcii.cmu.edu. Prev: Adobe, Highsoft, Apple, Visa.
Move slo and repair things.
Disabled & making a ttrpg.
www.frank.computer
Emeline Brule @emeline.bsky.social Round glasses and crazy hair, spends too much time in a workshop Human-Computer Interaction Researcher, Wikipedian, designer, mother- J Jen Mankoff @jcmankoff.bsky.social Personal views on disability and accessibility. Disabled, chronically ill academic @UW. make4all.org
jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com information science prof at cu boulder
https://jonathanzong.com/
https://www.data-and-design.org
@data-and-design.org
Christian Vogler @krischi.bsky.social Technology Access Program at Gallaudet. Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Tech for Deaf/HH. Next-gen accessibility. Perpetually vacillating between โthis tech is a game changer for accessโ and โthis tech will exacerbate unequal access.โ
Katta Spiel (they/them) @katta.bsky.social queer crip in tech research, hearing sign language enthusiast
Krzysztof Gajos @kgajos.bsky.social Professor of computer science at Harvard. I focus on human-AI interaction, #HCI, and accessible computing.
Kristen Shinohara @kristenshino.bsky.social Associate Professor. Accessibility and HCI Researcher.
CAIR Lab | RIT
ASSETS 2025 General Co-Chair: https://assets25.sigaccess.org/
Dr. Kate Ringland @kateringland.bsky.social Assistant Prof at University of California Santa Cruz in Computational Media. PhD. HCI & Accessibility. I study the intersection of people, play, & tech. she/they, opinions own
https://kateringland.com
Makeability Lab @makeabilitylab.bsky.social Human-AI research lab directed by Jon E. Froehlich in the UW Allen School of Computer Science. We specialize in HCI & applied ML for high-impact problems in accessibility, computational urban science, & augmented reality. makeabilitylab.cs.washington.edu
Garreth Tigwell @garrethtigwell.bsky.social Assistant Professor in the iSchool at RIT. Research interests cover accessibility, design, HCI, and UX. http://www.garrethtigwell.com
Ben Shapiro (he/him) @benshapi.ro Prof @ University of Washington
Rachel F. Adler @rachelfadler.bsky.social Research in HCI, Accessibility, and Computing Education
Associate Professor at the iSchool at UIUC
Dylan Thomas Doyle, PhD. @dylantdoyle.bsky.social Director and Podcast Host @AI for All Tomorrows. Post-Doctoral Researcher @CU Boulder. TEDx Speaker. Researcher of AI safety, mental health, and end-of-life care. Former Co-Host @Radical AI Podcast
Amy Pavel @amypavel.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UT Austin CS | Human-AI Interaction, Accessibility, Creativity | https://amypavel.com/
Erin Buehler @notferris.bsky.social is this where we are now? 
DJ ๐ณ @djain.bsky.social HCI Assistant Professor at UMich researching accessibility, audio AI, sound interaction, XR, and health. Director, Soundability Lab. Previously, Google, Apple, Microsoft, UW, and MIT Media Lab.
https://dhruv-jain.com
Nicolai B. Hansen @nbhansen.dk Expert on cool software for cool people, and systems that do cool things. Looking for a new job, check nbhansen.dk and lets have a coffee. Lover of anything #pchardware and #pcgaming.
Dr Abi Roper @abracabadger.com Speech and Language Therapist and Techy Researcher at City St George's, University of London. UK.
Based in Dundee ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
#Aphasia #Accessibility #CoDesign #BSkySpeechies
#LimbDifferent ๐ฃ
AbiRoper.org
Blogs.city.ac.uk/BAS2025
Hari Subramonyan @subramonyam.bsky.social Faculty at Stanford | HCI+ Cognition| Learning Sciences | Artist | Canned seafood enthusiast.
Grace Stangroome @gracestangroome.bsky.social She/Her, PhD in HCI @ University of Bristol's Bristol Interaction Group. Passionate about accessibility. Cymraes ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
Elaine Czech @elaineczech.bsky.social Research Associate in HCI at Bristol
Topics of research interest: healthcare, accessibility, AI applications, older adults
Brooke Morris @b-morris.bsky.social โจ PhD Student @ Diverse-Ability Interaction Lab (Bristol Interaction Group) โจ
| she/her | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ| https://brooke-morris.github.io |
Sharon Heung @sharonheung.bsky.social Information Science PhD Candidate @ Cornell Tech. Thinking about ableism on social media, platform moderation, accessibility, and AI. www.sharonheung.com
Andrew Begel @abegel.bsky.social Associate Professor, S3D, SCS, Carnegie Mellon University
Earl Huff, Jr., Ph.D. @earlhuffjr.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UT Austin iSchool. Co-Director, REALITY Lab. Researches equity and inclusion in online learning, integrating AI into education, and broadening participation. #a11y #HCI #Elearning #CompEd #STEMEd
https://www.earlhuffjr.com
Shaun Kane @shaunkane.bsky.social AI for Accessibility
Arnavi Chheda-Kothary @arnavick.bsky.social PhD student @ University of Washington CSE | Engineering Manager @ Allen Institute for AI | Previously @ MSFT, Columbia, UW
Interested in accessibility, HCI, AI โจ
Chu Li @chimichurrichu.bsky.social PhD student @UW CSE๐๐ปโโ๏ธAdvancing urban science through interactive technology๐
#urban-accessibility #hci #human-ai #dataviz
http://chu-li.me
Xia Su @xiasu09.bsky.social PhD student at UW CSE. Working on AI for creativity and accessibility.
Daniel Campos Zamora @dcz.bsky.social PhD Student at @uwcse.bsky.social
danielcz.xyz
HCI, Fabrication, Robotics, Art, Design
Previously: Disney Research | ArtCenter | Carnegie Mellon
Aditya Vashistha @imadityav.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Cornell. Research in HCI4D, Social Computing, Responsible AI, and Accessibility. https://www.adityavashistha.com/
Johann Wentzel @johannwentzel.ca ๐ป Interaction prototyping @ Apple โข ๐ VR Accessibility PhD @ UWaterloo โข He/him โข ๐จ๐ฆ/๐ฟ๐ฆ
johannwentzel.ca
Sehi L'Yi, PhD @handle.invalid Assistant Professor at HKUST CSE / HCI, Data Visualization, AI, Biomedical Informatics / sehilyi.com
Arvind Satyanarayan @arvind.bsky.social Asst Professing at MIT CSAIL. Data visualization, ML interpretability, accessibility, cognitively convivial information.
Dominik Moritz @domoritz.de Visualization, data, AI/ML. Professor at CMU (@dig.cmu.edu, @hcii.cmu.edu) and researcher at Apple. Previously @idl.uw.edu. Also sailboats โต๏ธ and chocolate ๐ซ.
www.domoritz.de
Dr Chris Norrie @chrisnorrie.bsky.social STEM PhD | Inclusive Design Technologist & Researcher | Photographer of Photographs | Climber of Mountains - Literal/Figurative | #AugComm #AAC #a11y #AI #HCI #AssistiveTechnology #ComputerVision #DynamicAssessment #ClimateAction #Politics #Inclusion
jaylin herskovitz @handle.invalid โช~ แ(แ)แ PhD student @ umich researching accessibility, diy tech, AR
she/her
jayl.in
Jeremy Huang @jzh2o.bsky.social PhD Student @ University of Michigan researching Human-Computer Interaction and Accessibility
Dylan R. Fox @dylanrfox.com Director of Operations for XR Access at Cornell. Accessibility, XR, tech enthusiast. I support systems that work for everyone, be they technical or political. Proud nerdy Californian. Gamer. ๐ฎ๐ฒโ๏ธ
https://drfoxdesign.com
Xinyun Cao @xinyc.bsky.social UMich PhD student in HCI, working on Multimodal, AI-driven accessibility in 3D spaces.
https://xinyun-cao.github.io/
Gaurav Jain @gauravjain13.bsky.social CS PhD Candidate @Columbia / HCI, Accessibility, Computer Vision / Prev. research intern @apple
๐ http://gaurav1302.github.io/
Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social Raze & Rebuild Studio Founder | BAFTA US Member | Ex-Monolith Prod. | Twitch Partner | LogitechG Partner | Rivals of Waterdeep & Black Dice Society Alum |TakeThis Board Chair| She/They
https://linktr.ee/cypheroftyr
twitch.tv/cypheroftyr
Arevya - Gaming is for EVERYONE ๐โฟ๏ธ @arevya.bsky.social Elisabeth Sivertsen | Disabled streamer | Accessibility advocate | She/Her๐Bisexual๐ | Gaming is for everyone | http://Arevya.tv | โ๏ธ Arevya@gmail.com #a11y
James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social Gamedev - Research & Accessibility
(Prev. Research @EA, Accessibility @EA/Xbox)
Disabled (ADHD, Autistic, TBI, Aphasia, etc)
He/Him
Chris Goodyear @cgoodyear.bsky.social Many Cats person.
@manycatsstudios.bsky.social
Accessibility, solving it for publishers and devs.
Disability Advocate. Deaf/Hard of Hearing. MS person.
Many Cats Studios @manycatsstudios.bsky.social Socially responsible studio all about disability inclusion and accessibility in games. More info: www.manycats.uk
Email - hello@manycats.uk
Support us on https://ko-fi.com/manycats
The Games Accessibility Knowledgebase @thegak.bsky.social Your one-stop resource hub for games accessibility! - Managed by @wonderpusgospel.bsky.social
#TheGAK http://bit.ly/TheGAK Tips: http://ko-fi.com/thegak
Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social Helping you better understand web accessibility for people with disabilities. Created by @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social.
melody | Stenography VTuber @melodywisp.bsky.social 27 | English ๐ต๐ท
VA | #VTuber
Disabled | ND
Trans | Queer | Intersex | AroAce
3D ๐จ: Me
Live2D ๐จ: NymoiraVT
Caribbean Connection
#VTuberClips | #StenoSky | #AwesomeAltText
MelodyWisp.carrd.co | twitch.tv/melody_wisp | youtube.com/@MelodyWispVODs
AccessibleDan @accessibledan.bsky.social He/Him | Accessibility Advocate, Disabled wheelchair Legomancer 
Mila Pavlin - Accessibility Game Dev @missfire.bsky.social Director, UX Design at Wizards of the Coast #WotCStaff. Previous:Zenimax Online Studios - Design Director UX, and accessibility for Monolith Productions on Wonder Woman - UX Lead, God of War Ragnarok. Opinions expressed are my own.
Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social Play-Ability Cognitive Expert. Accessibility (LiS: Double Exposure / Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy) / Cultural Consultant (DA: The Veilguard). Podquisition. 2024 WIG Journalism Impact + 2024 GAConf Best PR / Comms Winner.
LauraKBuzzOfficial@Gmail.Com
Anna E. Cook @annaecook.com Bog hag, platform & systems designer chasing tech thatโs actually good for people. Proudly antifascist + neurodivergent ๐
Posts self-destruct.
Website: https://annaecook.com/
Newsletter: https://annaecook.com/newsletter
Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social ๐งฌ Co-Founder, Lore + Wiki Manager @ dnacreative.ca
๐ฎ Producer of video games
๐ Archivist + Caretaker of dnacreative.notion.site/codex
โจ Notion template creator
โ๏ธ Semi-retired #cosplay lady
๐ค๐ฉถ๐ค๐ she/her
Celia Hodent @celiahodent.com Author #TheGamersBrain & more books on games / cog science โข Indie consultant, ex-dir. #UX @ EpicGames Fortnite, LucasArts, Ubi โข Phd psych โข She/Her ๐ซ๐ท ๐บ๐ธ
celiahodent.com
Franรงois Sava @francoissava.bsky.social UI Design & Art Direction | Game Dev Consultant
Heavy Metal๐ค
Prev. Snr UI Designer at Supermassive Games ๐, Head of Design working in Film/TV ๐ฌ๐๏ธโฝ๐๐๏ธ
http://linktr.ee/francoissava
chloe "oe" hodgson ๐ยฐโ @chloehodgson.bsky.social freelance UX designer and artist for video games
working on Denshattack! ๐ and other things ๐
โธ prev. Duskfade, Atomhawk, Ubisoft
โถ accessibility specialist
โท bi, butch, straight edge
๐ the north, uk (she/he)
David Tisserand @tisseranddavid.bsky.social Director of #a11y @Ubisoft | Former #GamesUR on
@AssassinsCreed and @PlayStation games & hardware | Trust the process | DMs open | Words are mine | He/Him
๐ aderyn ๐ชถ @aderyn.bsky.social [he/him] smol bird. accessibility design lead 4 cool team on big games (ubisoft) โข game designer โข artist. existentialist. curious. compassion+
welsh. autistic โข ๐
Dani Marie (she/her) @danimarieauc.bsky.social Visually Impaired, accessibility advocate/consultant, writer, streamer, creator, curious dreamer, & in progress.
Safe place for:
๐ง Mental Health
๐ฆฏ Disability
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ LGBTQIA+
๐ซ Body Positivity
https://albinismupclose.com/social-landing-page/
Victor Branco @victorbranco.bsky.social Passionate gamer. Low Vision Editor for @GameA11yNexus. Doing my best to improve accessibility for people with visual impairments.
www.gameaccessibilitynexus.com
X @victorandre87
CapGame @capgame.bsky.social Bรขtisseurs de l'accessibilitรฉ des jeux vidรฉo ๐ฎ et de l'inclusion des joueurs et joueuses handi โฟ since 2013 ๐
#esport #formation #test #recherche
#TousGamers
Tara Voelker @tarav.bsky.social Chaotic Neutral Game Dev | Co-Director of Award-Winning GA_Conf | BAFTA Member | Micro-brew beer slinger | Museum Docent | be accessible, do crime
Tara Windwalker @tarawindwalker.bsky.social #accessibility #gaming #spoonie adult disabled social activist reviewer w/#CPTSD #TBI. Became gamer to make new pathways in brain. ad astra per aspera ๐
Michael @jetuser.bsky.social Deaf | Senior software engineer @ Microsoft | Game accessibility ninja | avid hobbyist | somewhat funny | opinions are mine alone
Steve Morton - ๐ AdvX, London, 7-8 November @pvbuk.bsky.social Retired QA for Inkle Studios, Tributary Games, Failbetter Games, etc.
Former Highways Inspector, Emergency Callout Highway Engineer & Streetworks Supervisor.
Accessibility and trans ally.
I โค๏ธ Civil Eng, Archaeology & Greenock Morton FC.
Cis, he/him.
BLM, ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Steven Spohn @stevenspohn.bsky.social Speaker. Storyteller. Director @MountSinaiNYC, Philosopher. Writer. Aspiring Iron Man. Guy trying to make the world better. Views my own.
Steve Saylor @stevesaylor.net BLIND GAMER | Creator/Host | Available for Accessibility Consulting | Twitch Ambassador | #AMDAmbassador | Future Class 2020 | Biz: steve@stevesaylor.net
stevesaylor.net/links
Chris R. (DeafGamersTV) @deafgamerstv.bsky.social Black Deaf Diabetic Gamer | ASL | Deaf Awareness | Game Accessibility Consultant | FGC ASL Commentator | TGA Future Class 2021 |
Powered by Elgato, LogitechG, Ubisoft & Capcom Creators
Christopher Leech @chrislpsych.bsky.social He/Him
Lecturer of Psychology.
PhD Psych - video games & mental health.
Person with Albinism.
Friends with: Take This, Safe In Our World, Limit Break Mentorship, and Impact & Many Cats Studios.
Views mine.
https://linktr.ee/BlindPsyche
Shell Little @shellelittle.bsky.social โจOfficially building my 'WCAG for Designers' coursesโจ
Actually 3 Raccoons in a Trench-coat ๐ฆ
Accessibility & Inclusive Design Specialist
#A11y, #GameA11y, #CogDis Educator & Keynote Speaker
AuDHD/hEDS/MCAS (she/they)
Gareth Ford Williams @garethfw.bsky.social Accessibility Old Timer, ex-BBC Head of UX/Accessibility, Web/Mobile/Games/Fonts/Design Systems.
Has #Dyslexia and #ADHD.
Director of Ab11y.com and A11yQuest.com #a11y #UXDesign #accessibility
Aadit Doshi @aaditdoshi.com Senior Technical Designer @HundredStar games.
Previously @RocksteadyGames @2k. personal projects/ things of interest. USC '17 .
Opinions are my own.
Accessibility++
James Kyle @jameskyle.bsky.social Social Action Community Coordinator @RNIB. Abertay University game dev graduate. Loves video games, game accessibility, Marvel comics and learning piano.
Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social Accessibility specialist, helping studios avoid excluding disabled players. DMs are open, if you prefer email i_h@hotmail.com
Saga Jenesis โฟ๏ธ Nothing about us without us! @sagajenesis.bsky.social Jenesis is the name! Just a disabled girl who enjoys cats, puns, cat puns, games and advocating for accessibility. Spoonie. Views are my own. She/Her(s).
Jarvs | Indie Insights ๐ฎโฟ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @jarvdusa.bsky.social ๐กFounder & Director of Jarvs' Indie Insights
โฟ Award Winning Accessibility Advocate & Marketing Hero
๐ @TrekCentral.net Host & Writer
๐ช @playwitchspire.com CM
๐ณ๏ธโ๐LGBTQ+
https://www.jarvsindieinsights.com/
Chloe ๐ @supernatantem.bsky.social She/Her | 27 | Gacha-obsessed, plays too many video games
Former Games User Researcher, current Accessibility advocate working in the education sector ๐โฟ
Paul Amadeus Lane @paulamadeuslane.bsky.social #A11y Junkie, Storyteller, Amb. @android @QuantumRehab & @AbilitiesExpo & 2x Award winning Gaming #a11y consultant
Joanna Blackhart @ #PAXWest @joannablackhart.com ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ โข CW โข They/Them โข Accessibility & DEI Specialist โข Sliding Scale โข Opinions mine โข ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Founder of @chickencoop.bsky.social
For hire.
https://joannablackhart.com
https://ko-fi.com/joannablackhart
Join Date: May 3, 2023
Will ๐ฑ @willmesilane.com I made Cult of the Lamb ๐นAccessibility Advocate ๐คOpinions are mine (and probably bad)
Senior Developer at SMG Studio
willmesilane.com