AXSChat Podcast with E.A. Draffan trained as a Speech and Language Therapist

Hosted by Antonio Santos, Debra Ruh and Neil Milliken.

E.A. Draffan trained as a Speech and Language Therapist working with those who have complex communication needs and disabilities, before specialising in the use of assistive technologies and issues of digital accessibility. Recent research at the University of Southampton includes ‘AI and Inclusion’ as part of the Alan Turing Institute’s work. This work includes AAC symbol set mapping which links to the work of the W3C WAI WCAG cognitive task force on web-based accessibility for those with cognitive impairments. 

E.A. Draffan
E.A also contributes to an EU project for mobile app choices for those with literacy difficulties (A is for App) and a UNICEF project on AAC and Early Intervention. Ongoing commitments with EU AT linked organisations means that the inbox is rarely empty.