Microsoft celebrating United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Microsoft is raising awareness and celebrating United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities, reminding us that there are over a billion people with disabilities around the world.

This year’s IDPD theme, “Empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality,” is especially relevant to Microsoft’s efforts to weave accessibility into the fabric of what we design and build for every team, organization, classroom, and home.  

Maayan Ziv, Founder and CEO of AccessNow, a mobile app and website that collects and shares information about the accessibility status of places worldwide, sat down with Ricardo Wagner, Marketing and Operations Lead at Microsoft, to discuss creating a more accessible world.

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