The Assistive Tech Makers Community of Practice is excited to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Join us for an interactive session to explore assistive audio tools for mobile devices. This session will focus on built-in accessibility features for individuals with hearing loss or those who benefit from captioning on both Apple and Android phones. Participants are encouraged to bring their personal devices and headphones to try out the tools in real time. Jeffrey Ruffing from the Inglis Innovation Center, along with Instructional Technologists from the University Center for Teaching and Learning, will guide participants through step-by-step demonstrations of Live Listen and Sound Amplifier. Registration required.
Event Type: Virtual Events
Join Tria Federal for a half-day Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) event featuring a series of sessions that explore the evolving role of accessibility across design, development, and emerging AI-driven experiences. This program moves beyond compliance to examine how teams can create truly usable, inclusive digital services while also preparing for the shift toward agentic, AI-enabled systems. Through a mix of presentations and live demos, attendees will see how accessibility can be embedded earlier in the lifecycle and operationalized through modern tooling and automation. Sessions are designed to stand alone, so participants are welcome to join for individual topics or stay for the full experience.
Agenda: GAAD @ Tria
12:00 PM – 12:15 PM EST Welcome to GAAD 2026
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM EST Accessible Experiences by Design
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST From Pages to Capabilities: Reimagining Accessibility for the Agentic Web
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM EST Shifting Left on Accessibility with AI: Inside Tria’s Compliance Agent
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST Turning Accessibility Findings into Fixes with Tria’s Compliance Center
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM EST Closing / Thank You
Im Rahmen eines Gast-Events beim Accessibility Meetup Munich lädt die codecentric AG euch zu einer Reise ins Land der Barrieren ein. Barrierefreiheit ist mehr als ein einfaches Abhaken einer WCAG-Checkliste: Sie betrifft echte Menschen mit den unterschiedlichsten Bedürfnissen. In dieser Session schlüpfen wir in verschiedene Rollen und erleben Websites so wie sie Menschen mit Behinderung erleben könnten. Dabei laufen wir als Keyboardnutzerin in Sackgassen, sehen uns verwirrenden Formularen gegenüber, und lernen die Basics der Screenreadernutzung. Die Session ist ein Impuls, sich mit der Nutzersicht auf Barrierefreiheit auseinanderzusetzen und bietet praktische Vorgehensweisen fürs manuelle Testen an. Sie ist kein Ersatz für Nutzertests mit echten Nutzer*innen mit Behinderung.
On the eve of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, join three of UsableNet’s senior accessibility leaders for a candid panel discussion on what it really takes to make accessibility stick. The conversation will cover attitudes that drive (or derail) accessibility work, the substantial difference between WCAG conformance and legal compliance, how organizations should approach WCAG 2.2 AA as today’s standard- including why shifting left matters more than ever- and how the W3C APA Note Accessibility Model can help yoy document your process from reactive fixes to a sustainable, embedded program.
Join Anthro-Tech for a Global Accessibility Awareness Day webinar on Thursday, May 21, from 10AM-11AM PST featuring leaders from the City of Seattle, ServiceNow, Salesforce, and Anthro-Tech. Learn how accessibility is reshaping software procurement—from how agencies evaluate vendors through VPATs and ACRs to how product teams demonstrate credible progress, build trust, and work effectively with government partners.
Featuring:
- Suzanne Boyd, Founder and CEO, Anthro-Tech (Moderator)
- Kim Dowden, Senior Project Manager, Citywide Digital Accessibility, City of Seattle
- Mary Ann (MJ) Jawili, Senior Principal Accessibility Product Manager, ServiceNow
- Jacqui Tolisano, Senior Director, Product Accessibility, Salesforce
- Sruti Vijaykumar, Digital Accessibility Specialist, Anthro-Tech
Session Takeaways
- What government teams look for in VPATs and ACRs
- Vendor red flags that reduce trust during procurement
- How product teams communicate accessibility progress and roadmaps clearly
- What ADA Title II requirements mean for government and product teams
- How vendors and government agencies work together after procurement
- Live Q&A: Bring your questions for our panelists
Whether you create VPATs and ACRs or review them during procurement, you’ll leave with a clearer understanding of what builds confidence, what raises concerns, and what creates productive vendor–government partnerships. Register on Anthro-Tech’s Website: https://anthro-tech.com/ideas-and-insights/webinar-accessibility-procurement-and-trust
For this special Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) session, we are pulling back the curtain on our own digital infrastructure. At ORCID, we are committed to maintaining a space for transparent and trustworthy connections for all researchers and their works. But we recognize that for a connection to be truly trustworthy, it must first be accessible. Behind the scenes, we are working to strip away digital barriers to ensure every user—regardless of ability, circumstance, or bandwidth—can navigate our tools with confidence. Join ORCID Web Producer, Rob Blackburn, for an open, honest conversation about the work we’ve done and continue to do to ensure our website is inclusive, compliant, and user-friendly for the entire global research community. Bring your questions and join the conversation as we work toward a web that truly works for everyone.
Canvas-based applications have become essential to how modern teams collaborate. But the very qualities that make them powerful also make them some of the least accessible interfaces on the web. The patterns we rely on for accessible HTML simply don’t map onto an infinite canvas. What kind of challenges arise in interactive canvases and whiteboards? In this talk, Anna Dulny-Leszczyńska and Wojtek Krzesaj walk through real-world examples of accessibility features already present on the market. You’ll see what makes interactive applications challenging for users with disabilities — and how even small improvements can make a real difference.
Accessibility Day 2026 is a free online event organized by weAAAre. Accessibility specialists and practitioners will share practical talks on digital accessibility, inclusive education, accessible video games, design systems, audits, accessible typography, cognitive accessibility, clear communication, and the relationship between AI, design, and accessibility.
Accessibility and usability are deeply connected. In recognition of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), this webinar explores how the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) can be used as a foundation for creating more usable, intuitive digital experiences. Learn how to move beyond compliance thinking and apply WCAG’s principles and guidelines to improve design, interaction, and overall user satisfaction.
Accessibility work can be technical. It can be strategic. It can be tied to compliance, procurement, and digital transformation. But before all of that, accessibility is personal. This Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), our team shares real stories of barriers they experience, all to encourage real change. It’s a candid conversation intended to raise awareness and elevate advocacy.
In this webinar, you’ll learn:
- Why accessibility matters on a deeply human level, beyond compliance and policy.
- How inaccessible websites, apps, software, and documents affect real people in real moments.
- What accessibility champions can say and do to build empathy, urgency, and internal support.
- Why days like GAAD matter, and how they can help move organizations from awareness to action.