Jon Mowl, founder and CEO of Play With ASL, is on the Deaf Owned Business Panel Discussion at National Disability Institute’s Disability Owned Convening.
The convening is virtual on October 21 and 22, 2026, from 12:30 to 5:00 p.m. ET. Sponsors have already paid the registration fee. Real-time captions and ASL interpreting are provided.
When to join
Wednesday, October 21, from 3:00 to 3:50 p.m. ET.
Jon will be with Jon Mosholder, owner and CEO of Bumbleberry Farms; Tiffany Ruffa, founder of HRBloom Co. and Deaf HR Professionals; and Melody Stein, co-founder and CEO of pi00a.
The four of them will talk about why they started, what has worked, and what has been hard.
Another breakout runs at that same hour: “A Different Path Forward: From Business Idea to Self-Employment.” On the agenda, select Deaf Owned Business Panel Discussion.
Why this panel
Jon is a fourth-generation Deaf entrepreneur. He founded Play With ASL in 2024 so people could practice American Sign Language by playing. The games are Memory Match, TILT!, and Multiple Choice, for schools, families, and independent learners. The games are practice alongside a class curriculum.
Play With ASL has 75,000 iOS downloads in 90 countries. Android downloads are a separate count.
Register
Register free at DisabilityOwnedConvening.com.
The convening continues on Thursday, October 22, from 12:30 to 5:00 p.m. ET. For an accommodation other than captions and ASL interpreting, write NDI’s Small Business Team at info@disabilitysmallbusiness.org.
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