San Diego Accessibility & Inclusive Design April Meetup

Come talk accessibility with us at Novo Brazil Brewing Mission Valley! We'll have some amazing lightning talks and time for networking and hanging out. We'll start the lightning talks around 7:00pm. Food and drinks available for purchase! *** **Speakers & Topics** **From Code to Inclusion: Using Free Tools and AI to Improve Web Accessibility** [(Tre') Lewis Grisby III](https://www.linkedin.com/in/trewaters/) is a community-focused front end React developer passionate about making technology accessible and human-centered. In this talk, he shares how to improve keyboard navigation and focus management so websites work better for everyone. Let’s use a keyboard instead of a mouse. **Lessons from Scaling Accessibility User Research at Google** [Austin Hertell](https://www.linkedin.com/in/austinhertell/) has been working in the accessibility and disability inclusion space at Google for 10 years, and is currently a Program Manager on the Products for All (P4A) UX Team. During his Google career, Austin has built and managed teams, programs and processes that aim to ensure Google’s products and services work well for as many people as possible, including those with disabilities. Austin lives in San Diego with his rescue Greyhound, String Bean. *** Please let us know if you have any needs we can accommodate. Whether you're an accessibility guru or are just curious about what exactly web accessibility and inclusive design are, this event is for you. This group is for designers, developers, project managers, execs... really anyone involved in building and supporting IT products. Let's get together, network, collaborate and learn from one another! Special thanks to our sponsors [Deque](https://www.deque.com/) and [Evinced](https://www.evinced.com/)!