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Be #PeopleSmart persona Sky, sharing her story of having dyslexia and dyscalculia.

Be #PeopleSmart persona Sky, sharing her story of having dyslexia and dyscalculia.

Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Absolutely. My name is Luci, I’m from South Africa but have been living in The Hague, in the Netherlands, for 7 years now. I’m 42 years old and I’m married to Martijn, who I met in the Netherlands. We are expecting our first child, which will probablyContinue reading “5 Minutes with Luci”

Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Yep, hello there. My name’s Brian, I’m 58 and I’m from London in England. I live in Kent now, to be near the family, but I’ll always be a Londoner at heart. I’m divorced, with 2 grown up sons of 26 and 21 and a granddaughter ofContinue reading “5 Minutes with Brian”

Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Hi, I’m Jacob. I’m 21 and currently studying Political Science at Toronto University. I am Canadian, although I consider myself Can-Asian, as my mother is Canadian but my father is from India. I grew up in Vancouver, where my parents still live and love getting home wheneverContinue reading “5 Minutes with Jacob”

Can you tell us a bit about yourself? My name’s Clara, I’m 26 and I’m a freelance journalist from Australia. I was born in Sydney and now live just outside the city.I absolutely love animals and would happily have an apartment full, however my lifestyle doesn’t really allow for it as I also really loveContinue reading “5 Minutes with Clara”

We have created 5 personas from various backgrounds, with a wide range of experiences and requirements. We hope these personas can help drive human factors and enable disability inclusion and accessibility improvements in multiple sectors. Over the coming week we will introduce each persona to you individually and then share more of their stories toContinue reading “Meet the Be #PeopleSmart Personas”

There have been many times when it has either been noted that a solution is not fully accessible, or it has been specifically brought to the product owner’s attention; yet there has still been hesitance to be open and honest and to include accessibility in first level communications. Our founder, Jodie Greer, shares a shortContinue reading “Honesty is the best policy”

Does your diversity & inclusion (D&I) strategy and agenda demonstrate intent for disability inclusion? Do your D&I visuals do the same? Hear what our founder, Jodie Greer, has to say about many of the D&I visuals she comes across on social media. A video transcript is available.