TMC has designed the activity “Veure-hi amb les orelles, sentir-hi amb els ulls” (Listening with your ears, seeing with your eyes) as part of the CROMA programme (Fundació Autònoma Solidària). Children in schools in the area surrounding UAB have been working on the co-creation of a 360º video and have learned about accessibility services. On 18 May they will be visiting our research team at the university to show the results from their workshops.
Event Type: Private/Internal Events
An afternoon of UCSF digital accessibility allies sharing tips and strategies for promoting and producing accessible content.
We recently acquired BlackBoard Ally to increase digital accessibility for Holy Family students, faculty, and staff. We want to set this day aside to introduce Ally to our faculty and help them understand the importance of providing accessible documents to our students. We will provide training through a variety of mediums including onsite/online one-to-one and small group instruction, FAQ virtual and onsite, a quick question hotline, and asynchronous tutorials.
For the 3rd year at Square Enix West, we’re organizing an Accessibility Week around GAAD to educate and raise awareness about accessible experiences, inclusive spaces and disability representation within our company. All Square Enix West employees are invited to assist, virtually. External speakers and advocates will be talking about their experiences, the world of accessibility and disability inclusion. This is a way for us to educate our employees, but also offer a paid gig for speakers.
In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (May 20), FIS’ Disability Inclusion Network hosted an employee event featuring Dr. Megan Lawrence, Microsoft’s Sr. Accessibility Evangelist. FIS employees learned how to use accessibility features already available in Microsoft applications and the importance of ensuring accessibility throughout their daily workplace practices.
#GAAD2021 – Together, we are united in Accessibility. Watch Raman Mehta’s (Lead Accessibility Consultant at Magic EdTech) story as he shares his experience of how #accessible resources are impacting his day-to-day life. Let’s build materials that work for all!
Diamond team members will gather to celebrate GAAD and discuss what Accessibility means to them.
Thursday, May 20th, is the 10th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than one billion people with disabilities/impairments. Deb Dagit, Corporate Disability Inclusion Consultant, will be interviewing some of our Tweeps to help shed light on what it means to have a disability in Twitter or the corporate world in general. Join the conversation!
To celebrate Global Accessibility Day, 20th May EDF is organising a selection of internal webinars, workshops and a quiz to help grow our accessibility knowledge and learn more about being inclusive.