Dax Castro, ADS

Dax Castro is an award-winning, Adobe Certified PDF Accessibility Trainer and certified Accessible Document Specialist (ADS) with more than two decades of experience in the marketing and communications industry. Not only is Dax an accessibility expert with more than 200 hours of training, he is an online influencer, trainer, speaker, and accessibility advocate that pushes the envelope of technology to produce more robust accessible documents.

His hobbies include blacksmithing, ostrich egg carving and raising 2 alpaca, 10 rabbits, 20 chickens a desert tortoise, 2 dogs, a cat and more than 200 fish.

Certifications

ADS - Accessible Document Specialist
APAT - Adobe-certified PDF Accessibility Trainer
ACA - Adobe-certified Associate in Print & Digital Publications

Organizations

IAAP - International Association of Accessibility Professionals
SMPS - Society for Marketing Professional Services
ACP - Adobe Community Professional

Speaking & Publications

Creative Pro Week
Adobe MAX
Design+Accessibility Summit
CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
SMPS (Society for Marketing Professional Services)
Axe-con
Tech Access
OZ-Wai
IAAP (International Association of Accessibility Professionals
CNIB (Canadian Institute for the Blind)
World Blind Union
Knowbility AccessU
A11yTO
A Future Date Virtual Conference
Access at Home (3Play Media)
The World Bank
Royal Bank of Canada

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