Event Type: In Person Events

Mark your calendars! In recognition of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Shepherd Center will host a Resource Fair on May 20, 2026, from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM in the 7th Floor Auditorium.

This event will highlight:

• Accessible technology and adaptive equipment
• Community resources
• Innovative tools that enhance independence
• Education around digital and physical accessibility
• Guest Speaker Charlie Miller from Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities

Whether you’re clinical staff, support staff, patients, or families, this event will offer valuable insights and hands-on learning opportunities. More details, including speakers and participating partners, are coming soon! Let’s celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day by advancing awareness and action together. See you there!

GitHub is committed to improving the accessibility of open source software and empowering people with disabilities to actively contribute. In partnership with NV Access, the Center for Accessibility and Open Source and the Northwest Center for Assistive Technology Training, we’re hosting an “Open Source Assistive Technology Hackathon” focused on empowering participants to build skills and make real contributions to the assistive technology tools people rely on every day. New to open source? No problem! We’ll walk through core GitHub contribution workflows (including NVDA and keyboard-only navigation), so you can practice navigating repositories, issues, pull requests, and code reviews with confidence. Whether you’re new to contributing or ready to level up, you’ll leave with practical experience and a clearer path to ongoing open source involvement. Ready to contribute? Join us to contribute to one of our featured open source AT projects! Got a new idea you want to work on? Bring it and work on it with accessibility and technology experts! No need for technical skills!

Join us for our 8th annual Signal Centers Accessibility Awareness Summit. This event provides nonprofits and agencies the opportunity to showcase products and services that support accessibility. Held in conjunction with Global Accessibility Awareness Day, this event connects organizations with an estimated 150 attendees, fostering awareness, collaboration, and access to vital resources. Lunch will be provided. This year’s theme, “Movement is Life,” reflects a simple truth: movement is fundamental to being human. Our health and well-being depend on our ability to move — physically through our environments, socially within our communities, and even virtually through technology that connects us to work, learning, and one another. When movement is limited, opportunity is limited. The summit celebrates how assistive technology restores and reimagines movement in all its forms, breaking down barriers in schools, workplaces, homes, and communities and helping build a world where everyone can participate fully.

May 21, 2026 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Wolford Family Athletic Center, UTC Campus 615 McCallie Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37403

UXDX EMEA 2026 is Europe’s leading conference for product, UX, design, and engineering teams. In 2026, we’re coming to Berlin with a programme that includes dedicated sessions and a hands-on workshop focused on accessibility. Covering how to embed inclusive design practices across cross-functional product teams. Accessibility is a team sport. At UXDX, we bring together product managers, designers, researchers, and engineers to break down silos and build better products together. That means building products that work for everyone. This year’s agenda includes talks on designing for inclusion, accessibility in design systems, and how to make continuous discovery and delivery practices more accessible by default.

What’s included for accessibility:

• Sessions on inclusive design and accessibility integration in product workflows
• A hands-on accessibility workshop led by practitioners
• Broader themes around design leadership, engineering enablement, and user-centred practices

Past attendees have come from Google, Spotify, Booking.com, Zalando, JPMorgan Chase, and many more. Over 25,000 people have attended UXDX events worldwide.

📍 Berlin, Germany

🎟️ Tickets: https://uxdx.com/berlin/2026/tickets/

📅 Agenda: https://uxdx.com/berlin/2026/agenda/

A ninety-minute in-person event (Nathan) with a hybrid option using Teams. Short talks, practical demonstrations and interactive stations so people can try accessibility tools.

This June, join us for a FREE, inspiring and practical session with Chris Naylor, founder of Bnode—a leader in ethical digital strategy and accessibility. At Bnode, the mission is bold: “Digital Done Right”—where smart digital strategy meets ethical responsibility to drive positive change for people and the planet. Chris brings a wealth of experience and innovation in making websites more inclusive for all users. Through hands-on tools and proven strategies, he’s helped businesses transform their digital presence to be more accessible, more effective, and more aligned with today’s values.

In this session, you’ll:

1. Discover how digital accessibility can boost your brand’s reputation and reach.

2. Learn practical steps to make your website more user-friendly for everyone.

3. Hear real stories from Chris’s journey leading digital change for purpose-driven businesses.

Don’t miss this opportunity to future-proof your online presence and lead with inclusivity. Whether you’re just starting out or ready to level up, this session will give you the insight and tools you need to do digital—right.

Join CACI’s Inclusion Lab at BIMA House @ SXSW. As part of GAAD, CACI is proud to bring our hands-on Inclusion Lab to BIMA House at SXSW London, an immersive space where you can experience accessibility in action. From email and the telephone to voice recognition and video captions, many everyday innovations were created by and for people with disabilities. Join us in the BIMA Loft for an interactive session exploring how inclusive design drives better digital and phygital experiences for everyone. Discover how shifting to an accessible mindset can transform the way your organisation approaches innovation. Register here to get access to the BIMA Loft: https://bima.co.uk/bima-programmes/bima-house-sxsw-london/

At Build Capable, we prioritize accessibility and inclusion in everything we do. Our commitment shows up every day in our team culture, our services, our products, and how we engage with our community. For this Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we’re inviting you into a conversation about our accessibility journey.

We’ll discuss:

• How our accessibility journey started and has evolved over time.
• How we operationalize building more inclusive learning experiences.
• Bringing new employees, consultants, and vendors into our journey.
• Our approach to creating Build Capable XCL with accessibility in mind from the start.
• Our experience with Accessibility Conformance Reports (ACRs).
• Lessons learned and what’s next in our accessibility work

You can join us in Zoom for the discussion or catch the LinkedIn livestream on the Build Capable LinkedIn homepage. We will post the recording to our YouTube channel with accurate closed captions and transcript after the event.

In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 15, we invite all team members to join a special seminar dedicated to promoting digital inclusion. This session will highlight the importance of accessibility in our work, explore real-world barriers faced by people with disabilities, and demonstrate how thoughtful design and technology can bridge the gap. Together, let’s deepen our understanding, share best practices, and reaffirm our commitment to creating accessible digital experiences for all.