This event would being contributors to Google Maps together to assess the improvements and how to make maps more helpful for PwDs and everyone.
Event Type: Virtual Events
Virtua11y is Nomensa’s web accessibility and inclusivity conference taking place over three days from 16-18th May, 2023. Virtua11y brings the leading thinkers and doers in accessibility and digital inclusion to share best practice, the latest thinking and what the future holds for accessibility. You can look forward to speakers from Google, ING bank, SkyScanner and more! All sessions are recorded and everyone that signs up will have exclusive access to the recordings. All times are UK time.
If you’re still thinking…“Accessibility doesn’t apply to us”, “It’s too expensive to create an accessible website”, “We don’t have the right expertise to do it”, “Accessibility ruins UX” We’re here to challenge you, by busting these four common accessibility myths! Watch this on-demand webinar with Squiz’s Peter Krieg and Intopia’s Neil Jarvis, as they tackle the misconceptions that are holding so many organisations back.
Based on the practices and experiences of those who have been involved in creating places and environments and initiatives to overcome hurdles, we will consider the matters necessary to realize places where hurdles are removed. In particular, this session will focus on physical hurdles related to vision and hearing.
Fix Your Content Day is a 24-hour contest committed to creating accessible and more inclusive digital learning content across classrooms and institutions globally. Join us on May 18 to make as many fixes as possible to course files and improve their accessibility using Anthology Ally (previously Blackboard Ally). Register now: https://www.anthology.com/fycd
Join us starting the day after #GAAD to help us raise funds for Dreamscape Foundation – A charity to help fund and advance research into accessible technology, as well as support those living with disabilities At Dreamscape Foundation, we know millions of Americans – and many more across the globe – are affected by disabilities. The people who fall into this number are all around us. They share our schools and our workplaces. They interact with the same physical and online environments we have grown dependent upon. Yet their lives are filled with unseen challenges. In silence, they wrestle with the tools, technology, and environments so often designed with people without disabilities in mind.
Ever use any of the great resources the UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS) produces on accessibility? Curious how this open government leader is also leading with digital accessibility? Want to know what role user research has with digital accessibility? Join the r/accessibility Reddit on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) from 19 May at 12 noon BST to ask Anika Henke who is an Accessibility Specialist working for the UK government. Anika will be open to answering AMA questions for 24hrs to allow for people around the world to engage.
GDS has had a wide impact far beyond the UK and digital government. Join the Reddit accessibility community in asking Anika what interests you about her work with accessibility.
Georgia State Universities will hold multiple virtual workshops throughout the day dedicated to helping faculty improve their classroom accessibility. Topics range from course design to using incorporating learning technology to support accessibility.
CWSI have teamed up with Molly Watt to celebrate the 11th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on Thursday May 19th 2022. Molly is an experienced keynote speaker, usability and accessibility consultant who specialises in assistive technology and design for those with sensory impairment. The session will run 11:45-12:45 on 19th May. Molly will talk to us about the importance of inclusion, tools for inclusive design, and share top tips on simple things we can all do within the workplace.
I will be talking about my experience as a disabled vtuber good and bad. sharing resources I’ve personally found to help me as a viewer and content creator