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Joseph Karr O’Connor, Accessibility Champion (1953 – 2020)

Posted on February 17, 2020

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This is a post about Joseph Karr O’Connor. Joseph died on January 3, 2020. He was a kind and generous person. He was an expert in making the web work for disabled people. Joseph generously shared his expertise to help make technology accessible. He helped Lainey Feingold when she needed a new website. People all over the world posted their love for Joseph on Twitter, and he now has a deserved Wikipedia entry.

Joseph Karr O’Connor died last month at the age of 65. As I get ready to attend the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference next month — for the 20th time — Joseph is on my mind and in my heart. He was a regular attendee and presenter at the conference, using the in-person gathering to cement friendships, like ours, that had been born online.

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