John McKenna & Yan Zhang: How WordPress is Empowering Diversity

John McKenna has a disability known as Arthrogryposis since birth. An electric wheelchair is his mode of transport, so naturally he has many views around the challenges this presents . John has been using WordPress as a useful tool in elevating the conversation between both the abled and disabled communities and with government and he is coming to WordCamp to tell us some of his story and how it is that WordPress has proven invaluable.

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1. April 2013 www.johnmckenna.com.au
2. Empowering Diversity Why we got this gig? - Intro WordPress - Vehicle for getting the word out Before our blogs hit the streets www.johnmckenna.com.au April 2013
3. Flashback - Wordcamp 2011 Word cast video 2011 www.johnmckenna.com.au April 2013
4. Let me be selfish for a moment I have never been a scholar… “Gift of the Gab” quote from my Mum Dragon Dictation & WordPress Networking Creates Content www.johnmckenna.com.au April 2013
5. Planet Disability www.johnmckenna.com.au April 2013
6. Blog Cut through Balancing Sensitivity with, just say it Disability Is Contagious Doesn’t concern me  Don’t Stare It’s all too hard Goodbye medical perception Hello social inclusion www.johnmckenna.com.au April 2013
7. My Blog www.johnmckenna.com.au April 2013
8. Blog journey highlights www.johnmckenna.com.au April 2013
9. Blog journey highlights cont. www.johnmckenna.com.au April 2013
10. www.chinesekangaroo.com.au www.chinesekangaroo.com.au April 2013
11. History Like many ideas, CK evolved from conversations between John & I about the “communication challenges” for people from China who are now living in Australia Daily communication challenges Not getting accurate information Poor English = lack of confidence April 2013 www.chinesekangaroo.com.au
12. History, cont . Also how connecting with a local-native speaker can make a big difference when learning the  Why’s  How’s Do’s  Do Not’s April 2013 www.chinesekangaroo.com.au
13. www.chinesekangaroo.com.au April 2013
14. To Survive & Succeed I learnt very quickly when arriving in Australia just how important it is to understand how things work here. April 2013 www.chinesekangaroo.com.au
15. Blogging for me Having a blog has given me the opportunity to share useful information with other Chinese. We often receive positive feedback from Chinese saying how it’s great they can access this information on their mobile, & the fact that the posts are translated into Mandarin April 2013 www.chinesekangaroo.com.au
16. Other social media Our strategy is not focused on subscribers to emails We focus more on a regular communication via.. CK “slang alert” CK “thought of the day” www.chinesekangaroo.com.au April 2013
17. Now it is question time? April 2013