Please join CIBC as we celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day with renowned accessibility innovator and changemaker Luke Anderson of the StopGap Foundation. Learn through Luke’s incredible story about the importance of inclusive design, an accessibility mindset and community building. Along the way, you’ll get to hear some of the exciting ways that CIBC is committed to making banking more inclusive for our clients with disabilities and their families, and get to share your own perspectives
Event Type: Virtual Events
Brett Strydom has been developing software for 20 years. His experience includes helping to build scalable software capable of handling millions of transactions, building actuarial models and developing strong Agile teams. Special interests include Mathematics and artificial intelligence. In this talk he will be sharing some of my experiences as a blind developer and he will share some tips and guidelines should a blind person join your team.
Join Siteimprove on May 19 to learn more about how you can improve your website’s accessibility and to see how creating a truly welcoming environment for all users can grow your business. This free, virtual event includes 15 sessions with industry experts including: Albert Kim, Gareth Ford Williams, Keith Bundy, Samantha Evans, Claudio Luis Vera, Dan Rossi, and more. Each will share their own experiences and insights about how you can work toward a holistic, digital accessibility strategy.
From your web content, emails and newsletters, effective content is accessible to all. Writing in plain language sets the foundation for accessibility. In this session, you’ll learn:
- Benefits of plain language
- How to write in plain language
- Making content accessible & inclusive
- Using readability tools
The recording of the webinar is available on YouTube with this link: City of Minneapolis plain language webinar
WCAG, the Equality Act, ADA and the forthcoming European Accessibility Act now help businesses to build digital products with inclusion and accessibility in mind. But often mere compliance is the goal. Good universal design requires us to go far further. Join our panel of UX, design & accessibility experts as they provide insight into experiencing disability in the digital age, the misconceptions of accessibility and how to build user-centricity into universal design.
Prakat Solutions, EqualGenius Foundation, Mitra Jyothi and Dalrada Corporation are hosting yet another virtual event this year. After 7 years of physical events we went virtual due to the global pandemic. The event in 2021 had the largest ever viewership in the history of our event which started off as GAAD India.
This GAAD, celebrate accessibility and spread positivity around accessibility. Share accessibility features that you like the most of any Products, Services, Digital – Web or Mobile, Built Environment, or Gaming. Support #SpotlightAccessibility. Stay tuned and follow our social media handles for exciting updates.
#GAAD1401, This webinar is held by the usability stage channel and examines the status of accessibility in the production of Persian applications and websites and explores ways to make digital products accessible. Also in this webinar, we will unveil and introduce the website “Persian translated WCAG Version 2.1” To participate, Register by this link: https://eseminar.tv/wb66417
Since 2010, a11yMTL has been dedicated to raising awareness of the needs and benefits of digital accessibility in Montreal. For Global Accessibility Awareness Day, a11yMTL will present an online talk in French.
Join Monsido and guest speaker, Alycia Anderson, on Global Accessibility Awareness Day to learn about what ableism is, why you need to understand it, and how you can make a difference in your organization. Find out how Alycia’s has helped communities and companies understand the benefits inherent to building a diverse, inclusive and accessible workplace and society. We’ll also be hosting a live Ask Me Anything session so please feel free to send in your questions to ashley.hefner@optimere.com