Laura Wissiak

@laura-wissiak.com

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Assistive Tech R&D at HopeTech.vision | A11y News - Accessibility in Tech & UX | part of IAAP DACH & the Disabled Leaders Network https://www.Laura-Wissiak.com/links #ForbesUnder30 #WomenTechmakers #CPACC

close up of my speaker badge, featuring my sparkly red manicure: DevFest Vienna, 15 November 2025, Speaker Laura Wissiak
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"
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).
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.
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.
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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!
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
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.
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.