Mariano would use the Holman Prize to bring the sport of Beep Baseball to his home country of Argentina.
Accessibility
Danny Thomas Vang & Jeshua Gilbert Aveno
Danny and Jeshua would construct a multi-sensory “escape room” that enables visitors, and visually-impaired users in particular, to gather information and instructions from their environment.
Stacy Cervenka, USA
2018 Prizewinner
Stacy, who works in the disability employment field, would use the Holman Prize to launch an accessible travel forum similar to Yelp or TripAdvisor, geared specifically towards blind users.
Stacy is a 2018 Prizewinner! Read her story on the LightHouse blog.
Social
Twitter: @StaceyCervenka
Articles
Meet Conchita Hernández, teaching blindness across the border with the Holman Prize
Audio
Holman Prize Winner Wants Change – RNIB Connect Radio
2018 Holman Prize: Blind Empowerment in Mexico – Reid My Mind
Chancey Fleet
Twitter!
Jennison Asuncion
“I lost my sight before I was two. So to me, being blind has always felt normal. It is part of me but does not define who I am.”
Jennison Asuncion moved to the Bay Area in November 2013 to lead LinkedIn’s digital accessibility efforts. Originally from Montreal, he has been working in digital accessibility for over ten years. In 2012, Jennison co-founded the annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Held annually on the third Thursday of May, GAAD is dedicated to raising awareness of digital access and inclusion by and for the more than one billion people with disabilities. Jennison sits on the Board of Directors for: the Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired San Francisco, AMI (Accessible Media Inc.), and Knowbility.