Jason Fayre
Assistive Technology Specialist at CIBC
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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SeniorJason Fayre is an Assistive Technology Specialist with 11 years of focused experience delivering accessibility, training, and technical support across enterprise and nonprofit environments. Currently at CIBC after leading accessibility and assistive technology nationally at CNIB, he combines hands-on Linux and Windows administration with deep expertise in hardware troubleshooting and user-centered assistive solutions. He contributes to open-source projects like OPNsense, improving GUI accessibility through thoughtful ARIA annotations and screen-reader optimizations—work that reflects a pragmatic approach to inclusive front-end engineering. Comfortable bridging technical escalation, user training, and systems administration, Jason is as fluent debugging enterprise phone systems and LANs as he is in shaping interfaces for people with visual impairments.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (14)
html10
uid10
windows-gui10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
javascript9
css9
firewall8
accessibility6
wpf6
naudio6
xaml6
api5
bsd4
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
opnsense/core
Jun 2024 - Jul 2024
OPNsense GUI, API and systems backend
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer / Accessibility Specialist
Front-end Developer / Accessibility SpecialistContributions:12 PRs, 7 comments, 1 issue in 1 month
Contributions summary:Jason focused on improving the accessibility of the OPNsense GUI by adding and modifying accessibility attributes. Their contributions involved adding `aria-label` attributes to various form elements and buttons across several pages, including the user manager, firewall rules, and NAT edit page. They also removed unnecessary `aria-hidden` attributes and added the presentation role to tables to enhance the user experience for screen reader users. These changes demonstrate a focus on usability and adherence to accessibility standards.
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jfayre/Talking-Flight-Monitor-Legacy
May 2019 - Jan 2022
adds accessibility to FSX and P3d by reading aircraft instrumentation and nearest city based on aircraft position.
Contributions:17 releases, 272 commits, 12 PRs in 2 years 8 months
aircraftinstrumentationpositionnearestfsx
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