Between September 1997 and January 2023, Judy was Director of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

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She was a Principal Research Scientist at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).

Judy is the recipient of a RESNA Certificate of Appreciation for efforts related to assistive technology policy development during national health care reform; an Equality of Access and Opportunity Award from the American Foundation for the Blind for advocacy to increase the accessibility of the Windows 95 operating system; and an Access Advancement Award from the Association of Access Engineering Specialists for efforts related to Web accessibility. She was named in the August, 2000 issue of Internet World as one of the "Net's Rising Stars." She was awarded the Harry J. Murphy Catalyst Award at the CSUN 2002 Conference; the Roland Wagner European Award for Computers Assisting People with Special Needs in 2002; the Susan G. Hadden Pioneer Award from the Alliance for Public Technology in 2003; SXSW's Dewey Winburne Community Service Award in 2012; the Newell Perry Award from the US National Federation of the Blind in 2014; the Migel Medal from the American Foundation for the Blind in 2015; the ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium Social Impact Award in 2016; the UN G3ict 10th Anniversary Digital Accessibility Leadership Award in 2016; the 2018 SIGACCESS Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computing and Accessibility, and the ACM 2021 Policy Award.

Prior to joining W3C, Judy worked on several US-based initiatives to increase access to mainstream technology for people with disabilities, and to improve dialog between industry and the disability community. These initiatives included work on Section 508 of the Workforce Investment Act, Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act, accessibility of the Windows 95 Operating System, and access to durable medical equipment for people with disabilities. Judy has background in management, technical writing, education, applied linguistics, disability advocacy, and biotechnology.

Last updated 6 July 2023.