My name is Alexander Howard. I am legally blind and am passionate about all facets of the entertainment industry. I’m offering my consulting services to help make the entertainment landscape more accessible and inclusive for blind and low-vision patrons like myself.
What I can do for you:
Website Accessibility
Help make your website accessible to blind and low vision users by ensuring it is compatible with screenreaders, all images have proper alt. text and navigational tools are in an easy to read color scheme
In-Person Event Accessibility:
Advise on physical signage and how to make signs accessible to the blind/low vision community with easy-to-read fonts, colors, etc.
Advise on venue navigation and accessibility in terms of ramps, stairs and overall layout of event
Audio description:
How to get audio description on your projects and how to utilize it
Quality Control services for existing audio description tracks
Interested? Contact me.
Where I’ve Been
California State University, Northridge Class of 2015, with a degree in Cinema and Television Art
Admin Assistant at DC Entertainment
Coordinator in the legal department at NBCUniversal
2020 RespectAbility Summer Lab for Entertainment professionals with Disabilities Alumni
Entertainment/Media fellow and Jewish Inclusion fellow at RespectAbility
Creator and Host of “The Dark Room” Podcast, to advocate for audio description and normalize blind movie fandom
Consulted with All Senses Go on various aspects of film festivals such as the physical signage at Sundance FIlm Festival 2022
Periodicals I’ve Written
My Podcast
The Dark Room Podcast is hosted by two blind cinephiles, including Alex, who illuminate the sighted about audio description and blind moviegoing. We do interviews, reviews, rankings and disability inclusion advocacy. One major goal of the podcast is to make people more aware of audio description; what it is and how important it is to blind movie patrons.
Main Site: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2123548
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/26KbUYPIDZO7fsf8ek377P
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dark-room/id1669336527
