Every year, people from all around the world gather to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and this year is no exception. I’ve noticed that many of the events are targeted at professionals who want to learn more about accessibility and people who are already involved in accessibility and inclusion work, and while these events are totally awesome, I’ve received questions about how children and students of all ages can learn about accessibility and inclusion in a positive and practical way. Here are my tips and free/low-cost activity ideas for how students can celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day, written for students of all ages and skill levels.
Event Type: Activities
Global Accessibility Awareness Day is every third Thursday in May and we’re continuing to celebrate with a full day of programming featuring content that touches on accessibility, self advocacy, and adaptive technology. Tune into 101.9FM or at citr.ca anytime between 9am-5pm PDT
Throughout the month of May, IAAP will be celebrating our members through their shared stories of how they are United in Accessibility. We are asking members to submit a short video of themselves sharing a little information about yourself and how you champion accessibility.
Dani Devesa writes a blog post to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day. The goal of the post is to highlight all we can do to improve our app’s accessibility with iOS 13.
Video just keeps growing as a way to tell stories about technology. Both of my guests have made video a mainstay of their creative output. I wanted these two experts to school my audio-centric self. We also talk a whole lot about accessibility advocacy through the video medium.
Amazon is celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Month for the entire month of May. This is an internal event.
The world is shifting under our feet – our corporate events, concerts, weddings, and more have been canceled due to an inability to convene in person. This ‘turn’ in the events/meetings industry is unprecedented but leaves us with a golden opportunity.
Apple will celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 21 by highlighting its work to improve accessibility across its hardware, software and customer support, the company announced Thursday.
Our CEO Diane Lightfoot spoke with Global Head of Accessibility for Atos, Neil Milliken. about working from home during the lockdown and the upcoming Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) which is on May 21.
Rocket Validator, the automated accessibility scanner for large sites, offers all its Pro features for free during May 20, 21 and 22