In her presentation “Woke Up Blind. Now I’m Here,” Lachi will share the story of the day she woke up with no vision, emphasizing how strength of mind and character (and just a bit of outside-the-box thinking) can enable you to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Additionally, she will discuss disability culture and the importance of disability inclusion.
Event Type: Virtual Events
Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) with 3Play Media. In this webinar, we will discuss accessibility from the perspective of the three GAAD elements: global, accessibility, and awareness.
Calling all Grade 2 to 8 Classes! BuildAbility is a brand new Minecraft: Education Edition world designed specifically to help your students understand, identify, and work to eliminate accessibility barriers in their school and community! Your class is invited to join us inside our co-taught lesson (think of us as your virtual guest speakers!) as we explore this world and begin the conversations surrounding accessibility. Register here: https://cobblestonecollective.ca/buildability/
On May 10, from 3:00pm to 6:00pm, Atos Iberia will join the GAAD celebrations by hosting a series of webinar with worldwide recognized accessibility experts including Ana González Talaván, Cloud Solution Architect & Accessibility Specialist, Microsoft Ibérica, Jaisiel Madrid Sánchez, Interiors Living Lab Manager at CENFIM and creator of Business4ALL® Tools, Ángel García Crespo, Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence and Director of the SoftLab Group, Carlos III University.
As application authors and designers, we often generate and evaluate ideas based upon what we know and what we like. This approach may take care of users who are like us but may not address the broader, diverse needs of all the users of our application. We need to think of human diversity as a resource, and not just a responsibility. Identifying points of potential exclusion is an opportunity to identify new solutions and creates a path for our product to reach a larger audience.
A free, virtual bootcamp that’ll help you understand how to make your website and digital content more accessible for everyone. This bootcamp is designed to help you: Understand what digital accessibility really means; Navigate best practice guidelines & legislation; Gain the knowledge and skills needed to create accessible content; Develop an action plan to take back to your organization.
Zwei spannende Online-Vorträge hintereinander zum Einsatz Künstlicher Intelligenz im Teilhabekontext. Frau Dr. Irmhild Rogalla (Hochschule Bremen/Institut für Digitale Teilhabe) führt in das Thema KI ein, veranschaulicht mögliche Anwendungsgebiete im Bereich Teilhabe, zeigt aber auch Probleme, Risiken und Grenzen auf. Dr. Hendrik Heuer (Universität Bremen/Institut für Informationsmanagement (ifib)) zeigt auf, wie Künstliche Intelligenz schwierige Texte verständlicher machen kann.
Three webinars – 5 May, 10 May and 23 June – to look at accessible transport with public transport providers, policy makers and travelers with disabilities. A call for action to make accessibility a core objective of upcoming infrastructure investments, in particular in public urban transport. A sharing of co-design solutions currently trialed in seven European cities.
How Vipps works to ensure inclusive design in everyday work. Simply put, Vipps is a mobile payment app that consumers can use to pay bills and for products and services. It also allows people to send money to each other. Hosted by GAAD @ The Norwegian Post. What’s this presentation about? The talk is about how Vipps vent from a service that excluded users with sight impairments to winning awards for their universal design work. Relevant for everyone.
In this educational webinar hosted by Synertec, our expert speakers will address the accessibility gap within healthcare, and discuss how we can support the NHS and healthcare providers to aid comprehension by transforming letters into a format suited to each patient’s individual needs.