Associates
Associates
Alan Cantor, President
Alan Cantor, B.Ed., M.A. is a researcher, writer and educator with expertise in making workplaces, schools and services fully accessible to people with disabilities. He and his talented associates develop comprehensive employment accommodation plans; advise on accessibility; script macros; provide one-on-one assistive technology training; and facilitate corporate seminars.
Alan currently serves as the Chair of the RESNA Special Interest Group (SIG) Committee; the Co-Chair of the Consumer Perspectives of Assistive Technology SIG; and a member of the W3C User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (UAWG).
Sandy Feldman
Sandy Feldman of sandyfeldman.com is an award-winning web developer, graphic designer, and illustrator with a keen interest in accessibility and usability.
Sandy and Alan have collaborated on web remediation projects since 2004. Sites that they have redesigned include Balance for Blind Adults, Toronto Trailblazers, and Cantor Access Inc.
In addition, Sandy and Alan have conducted usability studies of web sites with blind and low-vision users.
Daniel Hilton Chalfen
Daniel Hilton Chalfen, Ph.D., is a pioneer of adaptive computing services in higher education, beginning with the UCLA model program he established in 1984. He advised and nurtured AT programs at colleges and universities throughout the United States and internationally, including as Chair of EDUCOM's project EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information).
Alan and Danny have been "sounding boards" for each other's assistive technology ideas since the mid-1990s.
Melissa Monty
Melissa Monty, Ph.D., has been a senior human factors engineer and researcher in corporate settings for over 20 years. She has developed user interfaces for Honeywell, Xerox, and Hewlett-Packard. She has also extensive experience in evaluating the accessibility of electronic and information technologies.
Melissa, Alan, and Dena have worked together on accessibility projects since 1998.
Barbara Roberts
Barbara Roberts, B.A. (Hon) (Queen's), M.Sc. OT (Boston) has worked as an Occupational Therapist for more than two decades. Barbara has expertise in vocational rehabilitation, adult mental health, and pediatrics as well as accommodation issues in education. Since 1992 she has been the Disability Services Advisor at Queen's University, and is currently running a mediation service for students and institutions with accommodation questions.
Barbara has been a Board member of provincial and national organizations, working on issues of human rights implementation in education. She is currently working on her Ph.D. degree at Queen's University, exploring policy issues regarding students with disabilities in professional education.
Since the mid-1990s, Alan and Barbara have combined their expertise to implement complex accommodations for university employees and students with disabilities.
Dena Shumila Wainwright
Dena, who runs her own consultancy, En Vogue Access, is an authority on assistive technologies, user interface design, and software evaluation pertaining to people with visual impairments. She has worked for the Adaptive Technology Resource Centre at the University of Toronto, Sun Microsystems, Burson-Marsteller, and SAP Labs. Dena holds a Masters of Rehabilitation Psychology degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Since 1996, Dena and Alan have conducted accessibility studies of hardware, software, and web sites, delivered technical and non-technical courses on accessibility, and advised organizations about universal design and accessibility standards. Their clients include Hewlett-Packard, Sympatico, and the Government of Ontario. They have presented together in Canada, the USA, Spain, and Singapore.