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Blessed by The Dark Tangent, handed down to me , with a mission to help change the word .... DEF CON HDA : Hackers with Disabilities
Traditionally HDA stood for head disk assembly. This made up the mechanical components of a disk drive such as the actuators, access arms, read/write heads and platters. Today in our community we have hackers with physical disabilities all around us. Every year we see hackers around us who rise every day to meet physical challenges of daily life before the challenges that technology places before us. These members of our community come to DEF CON not only to show their skills to the world, but to show how they can take hacking to the next level augmenting their assistive devices and bringing a unique skill to be shared globally.
The goal of the HDA is to provide pre-con information, at con assistance , and to act as advocates to each other to make the DEFCON experience as excellent as we possibly can. In the coming weeks we will be releasing maps and information on how to get around DEF CON and the hotels that (try to) contain it, points of contact for each DEFCON hotel for people with concerns or needs during their stay, and to provide help should it be needed during DEF CON. The HDA team will be on the lookout to make sure that all DEFCON activities are as accessible as possible, and to make an effort to recognize and to help resolve issues that arise for DEF CON attendees with ADA needs.
Heading this effort will be A.P. Delchi ( cDc Ninja Strike Force, 303 , The Dorsai Embassy ) a 20 year veteran of attending and working with DEFCON and arrives on wheels due to spinal stenosis. Delchi will be working behind the scenes and on site during DEF CON and will be communicating with the community at large through the DEFCON forums.
WE NEED YOUR INPUT!
It has been said that there are concerns in the community about the accessability of DEF CON. This is where to bring those concerns. If you have questions, if you want to know how to take advantage of services available to you but you don't know how ... THIS is the place to ask. We will do our level best to ensure that you get answers and to help make your DEF CON experience the best it can be.
WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HERE :
- Maps of the DEF CON areas with routes between spaces and hotels that are accessable.
- Information on renting accessability devices from the hotels and locally in Vegas
- Information on accessable rooms in all DEF CON hotels
- Open Q/A
- Possibly a gathering / meetup for us if there is interest.
- An all inclusive, all welcoming, safe and open space to talk about the challenges we face every day and to exchange ideas and as all hackers strive to do - improvice , adapt and overcome
This space will be updated as things develop.
https://youtu.be/mDcl75xZSaQ
Traditionally HDA stood for head disk assembly. This made up the mechanical components of a disk drive such as the actuators, access arms, read/write heads and platters. Today in our community we have hackers with physical disabilities all around us. Every year we see hackers around us who rise every day to meet physical challenges of daily life before the challenges that technology places before us. These members of our community come to DEF CON not only to show their skills to the world, but to show how they can take hacking to the next level augmenting their assistive devices and bringing a unique skill to be shared globally.
The goal of the HDA is to provide pre-con information, at con assistance , and to act as advocates to each other to make the DEFCON experience as excellent as we possibly can. In the coming weeks we will be releasing maps and information on how to get around DEF CON and the hotels that (try to) contain it, points of contact for each DEFCON hotel for people with concerns or needs during their stay, and to provide help should it be needed during DEF CON. The HDA team will be on the lookout to make sure that all DEFCON activities are as accessible as possible, and to make an effort to recognize and to help resolve issues that arise for DEF CON attendees with ADA needs.
Heading this effort will be A.P. Delchi ( cDc Ninja Strike Force, 303 , The Dorsai Embassy ) a 20 year veteran of attending and working with DEFCON and arrives on wheels due to spinal stenosis. Delchi will be working behind the scenes and on site during DEF CON and will be communicating with the community at large through the DEFCON forums.
WE NEED YOUR INPUT!
It has been said that there are concerns in the community about the accessability of DEF CON. This is where to bring those concerns. If you have questions, if you want to know how to take advantage of services available to you but you don't know how ... THIS is the place to ask. We will do our level best to ensure that you get answers and to help make your DEF CON experience the best it can be.
WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HERE :
- Maps of the DEF CON areas with routes between spaces and hotels that are accessable.
- Information on renting accessability devices from the hotels and locally in Vegas
- Information on accessable rooms in all DEF CON hotels
- Open Q/A
- Possibly a gathering / meetup for us if there is interest.
- An all inclusive, all welcoming, safe and open space to talk about the challenges we face every day and to exchange ideas and as all hackers strive to do - improvice , adapt and overcome
This space will be updated as things develop.
https://youtu.be/mDcl75xZSaQ
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