Imagine an event centered around people with disabilities that has absolutely nothing to do with charity! Imagine that same event being completely fun, engaging, enlightening (And did we mention fun?)
Such is Independence 2011, an event created specifically for the Yahoo! community (including family members and friends). Independence 2011 has one primary goal: to open your eyes to the reality of disability…which is likely different from the stereotypes many of us carry around.
Independence 2011 has been planned for Yahoo! employees and selected guests from around the Bay Area.
- When:
- October 6th
- What Time:
- 11:30am – 2:30pm
- Where:
- Outside URLs cafe on the main Yahoo Sunnyvale campus
- View the location on Yahoo! Maps
Activities planned for Independence 2011:
- Able Gaming
- See how gamers who can’t use traditional controllers still play the same video games as you.
- Art of Possibility
- Artists with disabilities will exhibit their work. Phenomenal paintings, fabric, photography, and more.
- Cooking Without Looking
- Learn a culinary thing or 2 from a well-known chef who happens to be blind.
- Institute for Human Centered Design
- Exhibit of non-technological designs for accessibility
- Wheelchair basketball
- Think you’re a player? Get on the court with these guys and find out for real.
- Local Resource
- Organizations and Associations that provide helpful information to individuals and families with disabilities.
- Mobile Apps
- Mobile applications that make life easier for people with disabilities
- MoPix
- Personalized captions for first-run movies that only you can see and which you can place anywhere on the screen.
- NCAM
- WGBH’s Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media was Yahoo!’s partner in planning Independence-2011. NCAM’s innovations can be experienced in the large hexagonal tent. Visit their site for more information: National Center for Accessible Media
- No End in Sight
- A band headed by Yahoo! Superstar Victor Tsaran who will reunite with 3 other blind musicians to come together to rock the Yahoo! Sunnyvale Campus
- Press Here
- Look out for sound chips throughout campus. “Press Here” to hear audio descriptions of where you are.
- Raffle
- Win dinner for 2 at OPAQUE in San Francisco…the dining-in-the-dark restaurant experience.
- Yahoo! Accessibility Lab
- Simulations of online experiences of individuals with disability
Independence 2011 is a first for Yahoo! and promises to be sensational. It’s an occasion that you and your family members won’t want to miss.
Tags: accessibility, Blind, disability, Independence 2011, No End in Sight, Sunnyvale, Yahoo!
