Quadriplegic’s latest mission: making the web more accessible for persons with disabilities

Meet Josh Basile, a 35-year-old disability rights advocate, lawyer, mentor, adventure seeker and a C4-5 quadriplegic when in 2004, while on a family vacation, a wave picked up and slammed him headfirst against the ocean floor, breaking his neck. And as if he didn’t have enough on his plate (did we mention being a husband and a dad?), Josh is now working as the community relations manager within accessiBe to help advise and execute strategies to properly address the web accessibility gap on the Internet, and accessFind, a search engine for only accessible websites.

For Josh, who has limited function below his neck, it is important that the voices of disability-focused organizations and persons with disabilities are heard from the beginning while accessFind is being built. He is excited for accessFind to change how accessible websites are searched for persons with disabilities which would lead to a more inclusive world filled with opportunity and freedoms. You can read more about him and this initiative HERE.