O evento tem como objetivo promover a conscientização e fortalecer a cultura de acessibilidade digital e inclusão dentro da NTT DATA, utilizando a Inteligência Artificial como tema central das discussões sobre inovação e experiência do usuário. A iniciativa buscar ampliar a visão dos colaboradores e público externo, sobre a importância da acessibilidade no desenvolvimento de produtos e serviços digitais, além de apresentar como a IA poderá apoiar a inclusão digital, reduzir barreiras de acesso e contribuir para experiências mais acessíveis e inclusivas. O evento também incentiva a troca de conhecimento entre colaboradores e profissionais do mercado, promovendo debates sobre inovação acessível, uso responsável da Inteligência Artificial e os desafios relacionados à construção de soluções digitais centradas nas pessoas.
Event Type: Virtual Events
“Unlocking the Digital Frontier” – Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2026
A virtual event commemorating Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), focusing on digital accessibility and inclusion for persons with disabilities. The event will highlights the importance of creating accessible digital platforms and promotes CID’s digital inclusion programs in Nigeria.
Date: May 21, 2026
Time: 11:30 AM WAT
Platform: Zoom
This event promotes Global Accessibility Awareness Day within our popular Spark Reading app. For this year’s GAAD, we are featuring a story in our app about Tess, one of the characters in our school-aged series about the Away From Keyboard club. In this story, Tess and her Bernese Mountain Dog Solomon roll down to the lunchroom to talk to the kindergarten classes about her wheelchair and how to behave around service dogs. Together we can build a world that’s accessible for everyone. Everybody is included and invited in the stories of our app!
Participate in the worldwide Global Accessibility Awareness Day to expand your knowledge about digital accessibility, develop practical skills to make your resources more accessible, and grow your community of accessibility allies. Agenda includes topics such as the history and importance of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, the legal landscape and standards for digital accessibility, best practices for creating accessible digital content, image and color accessibility, website accessibility basics, evaluating third-party vendor accessibility, and accessible academic content design, concluding with resources and Q&A.
To honor Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we are hosting a webinar on Accessibility Overlays, one of the most controversial issues in the field. Accessibility overlays or widgets are often promoted as a quick fix for accessibility, leading many to believe that a website without one is inherently inaccessible. This is not true. We often challenge organizations on this misconception because vendors aggressively sell overlays as quick compliance solutions. Unfortunately, many businesses buy into it, often neglecting the most important aspect: the user. Web accessibility is not only about compliance but also about the overall user experience.
In this webinar, we will discuss the following:
- What do accessibility overlays actually do? How do they work?
- What’s their real impact on your digital products’ accessibility?
- What are their false promises?
- What to do instead of using accessibility overlays
“An Accessibility Starter Pack: Content Creator Edition” is a Google Slides deck that presents a practical, easy-to-follow introduction to creating more inclusive digital content. This presentation highlights three core accessibility essentials for content creators: writing effective ALT text, using proper heading structure, and creating clear, descriptive links.
UMBRAAD (Umbraco Accessibility Awareness Day) is a free, virtual event held each year on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). We bring together developers, content editors, marketers, and digital leaders to explore how we can make the web more inclusive—within Umbraco and beyond. Through expert-led talks, live demos, open panels, and fireside chats, attendees will discover tools, techniques, and strategies to improve digital accessibility for people with visual, hearing, motor, and cognitive disabilities.
Join the California Community Colleges Accessibility Center for our annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) workshop. This year’s theme, “Raising the Floor: Building a Culture of Access and Equity,” is all about shifting from basic compliance to a true institutional commitment to our learners. We are proud to feature a collaboration with presentations representing all three California Higher Education systems (CCC, CSU, and UC).
Neurodiversität mitdenken: AuD(H)S-Personas für Open-Source-Projekte
Anlässlich des Global Accessibility Awareness Day laden wir zu einem Workshop rund um digitale Barrierefreiheit, Neurodiversität und inklusive Software-Entwicklung ein. Digitale Barrierefreiheit bedeutet mehr als Kontraste, Screenreader-Support und Tastaturbedienung. Auch kognitive Zugänglichkeit, klare Strukturen und soziale Sicherheit entscheiden darüber, wer an Software und Open Source Projekten wirklich teilhaben kann. Menschen mit AuD(H)S – also Personen im Autismus- und/oder ADHS-Spektrum – werden dabei häufig übersehen. Dabei beeinflussen Reizverarbeitung, Aufmerksamkeit, Informationsstruktur, Kommunikation und Community-Dynamiken maßgeblich, wie zugänglich Software bzw. Open-Source-Projekte und -Communities tatsächlich sind.
Themen im Workshop:
Im Workshop werden Personas für ein AuD(H)S-reflektiertes Design vorgestellt und gemeinsam besprochen, wie diese in der Praxis eingesetzt werden können. Dieses Mal geht es jedoch nicht um klassische Usability-Fragen, sondern auch um Reflexion der eigenen Rollen/Funktionen im Software-Entwicklungsprozess:
- Welche Hürden entstehen für neurodivergente Menschen?
- Welche impliziten Erwartungen prägen unsere Communities?
- Und wie können wir Entwicklungsprozesse bewusster und zugänglicher gestalten?
Der Workshop richtet sich an Entwickler:innen, Designer:innen, Maintainer:innen, Community-Verantwortliche und alle, die Open Source und digitale Produkte inklusiver gestalten möchten – unabhängig von Vorkenntnissen im Bereich Accessibility oder Neurodiversität.
Eckdaten:
Was: Neurodiversität mitdenken: AuD(H)S-Personas für Open-Source-Projekte
Wann: Do. 21.05.2026, 12:00 – 13:30 Uhr
Wo: Online via BBB: https://bbb5.fk4.hs-bremen.de/b/ram-bbr-ebj-dfp
“GAAD Japan” was first held in 2020 as an online seminar for the Japanese market, and this year marks its seventh consecutive year. Participation is free. Since the event is live-streamed on YouTube, you can join only during the times that work best for you. There will be five sessions and five lightning talks. Real-time subtitles (in Japanese and English) are available. Please check the time table for details at https://www.gaad.jp/timetable/