A special hour long episode of The Digital Accessibility Podcast featuring Ronny Hendriks, Head of Accessibility at Nomensa. We discuss Ronny’s own battles with RSI and his journey into the world of A11y, the work he is currently doing to support the growth and innovation of huge global companies through the adoption of Accessibility. We chat about how A11y is a mindset, not just a ‘nice to have’ or a ‘feature’, touch on imposter syndrome when working within the space without your own ‘disabilities’ and what we should do to continually raise awareness within the field of Digital Accessibility.
Event Type: Virtual Events
Introduction by Marion Ranvier – Executive Director of the Contentsquare Foundation
Introduction by Elisabeth Moreno – President LEIA Partners – Engaged and Inclusive Leaders in Action // Former Minister French Government 2020-2022
Roundtable – Questions for Heather Hepburn from Skyscanner and John Hicks from Atos
Q&A session for all speakers
Join us for a fun and exciting event to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 18th, 2023. We will have a fun and engaging session with The Dream Team!
The LEaD Light Lunch meets online and aims to create a space for academic and professional colleagues and City students to share ideas about digital technology and teaching. Meeting on the GAAD day itself, this light lunch session will celebrate the team and working group efforts to enhance the learning experience for City’s students and look ahead to next year. An interactive activity will sample the accessibility maturity exercise taking place across City’s schools and professional services. Presented by Sandra Partington, Dr Julie Voce and Sandra Guzman-Rodriguez.
The journal club meets online and is open to all who have an interest in pedagogic research and would like to develop further knowledge of specific themes and publications. May’s session marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day, with papers exploring the importance of accessibility in teaching and learning in HE. We will be looking at the following papers: Compton et al. (2023), “View of ‘Not as a temporary fluke but as standard’: realising the affordances of hybrid and online teaching for inclusive and sustainable education“. Fennelly-Atkinson et al. (2022), “Identifying accessibility factors affecting learner inclusion in online university programs.”
TTC welcomes you to join us for a free webinar to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). We will learn from an IAG team about their digital accessibility journey, the progress they have made, and what has helped with their development. In addition to learning about some of the team’s exciting outcomes, we will learn more about the importance of tooling. Accessibility tools can support teams to embed accessibility into the way that they work, and TTC will showcase this through a short demonstration of AQA, an accessibility testing tool that we use for some of our auditing. It’s important for us as accessibility professionals to revisit why we do what we do, and It’s important for other IT teams and organisations to learn from each other. Whether you are a designer, developer, tester, or simply have interest in this topic, learning more about the why, what, and how will hopefully inspire you or your team to progress on your digital accessibility journey!
Building momentum for an organization’s digital accessibility program can come from Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts. When everyone understands the importance and the impact they can make, actual progress can happen. Our featured presenter Jeff Adams, Director of Accessibility Operations at UsableNet, will cover the following: Web Accessibility and company processes Why you should include Accessibility in your company’s DNA How to move towards accessibility the first mindset What you can do to continue to improve accessibility initiatives
The fifth annual Signal Centers Accessibility Awareness Summit is designed to inspire transformative conversations about the inclusion of individuals with different abilities, the latest accessibility innovations, and ideas. Keynote speaker, John Bramblitt, is the author of the award-winning book Shouting in the Dark. He currently works as a consultant for museums in developing programs that are designed to include everyone – no matter their ability or disability. Shouting in the Dark is the story of Bramblitt’s life, his journey navigating through a new territory of blindness, and how he ultimately rekindled his joy, passion, and relationships through art.
In this online event the recently created AccessCat Network (Accessibility Innovation Network of Catalonia: Media, Education and Culture) will be officially presented. AccessCat, which gathers 12 research groups from 8 Catalan institutions, aims to become a flagship initiative on Accessibility in Information and Communication in Catalonia bridging the gap between academia, industry and society. We would like to hear from all interested stakeholders, so come and join us online. Let us know what your needs are so we can work together and find innovative solutions in accessible communication.
Relatori: Giuseppe Paolo Del Giovannino | Docente, Apple Distinguished Educator, Apple Professional Learning Specialist Alberto Luca Somaschini | Docente, Apple Distinguished Educator, Apple Professional Learning Specialist Le funzioni integrate di accessibilità di iPad permettono ad ogni docente e ogni studente di personalizzare il percorso di apprendimento e rendere i contenuti fruibili e interattivi. Si sviluppa così una scuola laboratoriale che riesce a includere e valorizzare tutti i talenti. Il webinar propone la condivisione di esperienze e buone pratiche fra docenti che utilizzano iPad nella didattica da oltre dieci anni.