Colombo, Sri Lanka. Working worldwide

Tuan Rushdi

I teach people with disabilities to do real work with AI and everyday IT, and I help organisations build inclusion that actually holds up. I am blind myself. Everything I teach, I use.

Get in touch WhatsApp me on +94 77 363 7799 What I offer

How I can help

Four things, whether you are an individual wanting new skills or an organisation wanting to do better. Sessions run online or in person, one to one or in groups.

  • IT training for blind and low-vision people

    For individuals, schools, DPOs and employers

    Screen readers, Windows and Microsoft 365, email, documents and the web, taught the way people without sight actually work, not adapted from a sighted lesson plan.

  • AI productivity training for people with disabilities

    For individuals and teams

    A repeatable, verifiable process for using AI tools with a screen reader or keyboard alone. Built on the NVAIP loop: orient, plan, execute, verify, recover.

  • Disability inclusion consulting

    For employers, NGOs and development programmes

    Inclusive recruitment and onboarding, reasonable accommodations, policy review, and honest advice on where your good intentions are quietly falling down.

  • Accessibility reviews, talks and workshops

    For product teams, conferences and universities

    Website and document accessibility reviews with plain-language findings, plus keynotes and workshops on AI, assistive technology and inclusive employment.

Why work with me

I am a Sri Lankan digital accessibility and disability inclusion specialist working where artificial intelligence, assistive technology and disability-inclusive employment meet. I bring both the research and the lived experience, and I am direct about what works.

  • Global Disability Inclusion and AI Productivity Specialist at ImpactEra, a UAE-based Microsoft Global Training Partner.
  • Leading the Zero Barriers initiative at ImpactEra, teaching people with disabilities to use AI tools and raising awareness of digital accessibility.
  • Founder of Project VIEW, an initiative I run alongside my consulting and training work.
  • Master of Disability Policy and Practice, Flinders University, completed on an Australia Awards Scholarship.
  • Member of the Australia Awards South Asia & Mongolia Alumni Disability Advisory Group, representing Sri Lanka.
  • Creator of Non-Visual AI Productivity, a free learning space for keyboard-first and screen-reader users.
  • Writing and talks followed by 3,400+ people on LinkedIn.

Where else to find my work

Four places, each doing a different job. If you want to see how I think before you get in touch, start with Non-Visual AI Productivity.

  • Non-Visual AI Productivity

    Free course: the teaching

    A structured, lesson-based course on doing real work with AI using a screen reader or keyboard alone. Home of the NVAIP loop. This is the best sample of how I teach.

  • Access for All with Tuan Rushdi

    Commentary and archive

    Writing on digital accessibility and disability inclusion, plus an archive of my LinkedIn posts from 2022 onwards.

  • VIP as VIP

    Personal blog since 2014

    Longer-running personal writing on life, disability and Sri Lanka. Less frequent these days, kept online as an archive.

  • Project VIEW

    The initiative I founded

    A distinct initiative with its own focus, founded and run by me alongside my consulting and training work.

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