Since 2018 the working group for accessibility in the German UPA (professional association of german usability and user experience professionals) publishes several articles to raise awareness of digital accessibility and make existing knowledge and information accessible for UX professionals. All articles (including those from previous years) are publicly accessible all times. The CfP is still open: https://forms.gle/DFwGRzGfBfYVZjEC8 (german) + https://forms.gle/h8ZHjzBwaX74nUi4A (english)
Event Type: Activities
This is a two hour rock radio show dedicated to Global Accessibility Awareness. The Station can be accessed from anywhere via the Internet. Hosted by DJ Loretta MElena. 90.1 FM WUSB or WUSB.fm Songs that inspire people to overcome obstacles will be featured.
Let’s catch some accessibility bugs and reduce the number of barriers across the web together. To help collect and share helpful issue data, we’re opening up axe DevTools Pro features surrounding #GAAD for free 3-day trials, even if you’ve started one before. By finding and sharing Critical and Serious accessibility issues for the sites you love – in a positive and helpful way – you can help trigger the change in culture some orgs need.
Every user deserves a first-class digital experience, including the one billion worldwide who have disabilities. Global Accessibility Awareness Day (or GAAD) is an annual event that shines a light on digital access and inclusion for people with disabilities. And now it’s your time to get involved in the conversation. Join us in our Edinburgh office, where you’ll hear from a variety of speakers sharing past experiences, industry insights and best practices on how to make digital accessible for everyone.
It’s that time again; each year, we are reminded of the importance of digital accessibility on the third Thursday in May. This year, Cal State LA has chosen GAAD 22′ to launch Editoria11y integration in Drupal. Editorai11y is an easy-to-use tool that will help all Drupal content editors identify and address accessibility issues on their web pages.
In honor of GAAD, Perkins School for the Blind and the Global Shapers New York Hub (an initiative of the World Economic Forum) present small actions, we all can take, to be more accessible. Download the tips and do your part to help make the digital world a more accessible place: https://perkinsaccess.org/knowledge-center/global-shapers/#
Accessibility is the practice of making your website and web applications usable by as many people as possible. In this session, we will cover the fundamentals of web accessibility as well as how to design, as an example you will be taken through one of our recent project at Mitratech.
Access Day is an annual special programming initiative that highlights stories of accessibility and disability justice from within our communities. This year’s theme is “The Spectrum of Accessibility.” Access Day can be streamed and/or broadcast on the FM at Campus/Community radio stations across Canada.
My private contribution to Global Accessibility Awareness Day will build upon findings from accessibility evaluations from the first Slovenian Accessibility Awareness Day from 2021. It will also include some comments about the first report of European Union’s Web Accessibility Directive and how and why must private companies prepare for European Accessibility Act. Personal reflections that will hopefully spread awareness and potentially suggest improvements.
Join Sparkbox in sharing the intersection of working on the web and creating accessibility for all its users. In this four-article series leading up to GAAD, members of our team explore using inclusive language, writing accessible content for the web, building accessibility into the development process, and understanding the why of web accessibility. We also share these articles on our Twitter account with #GAAD. Explore these articles here: https://sparkbox.com/foundry/category/accessibility