The FDR Memorial Legacy Committee, the friends group for the FDR Memorial in Washington, DC commissioned an independent report on accessibility at the FDR Memorial. In this zoom event, Cheryl Fogle-Hatch, Ph.D. will discuss her findings and recommendations. Opening remarks will be delivered by Senator Tom Harkin (Ret.) and Gordon Gund, Chairman Emeritus and Co-Founder of the Foundation Fighting Blindness.
Event Type: Virtual Events
For GAAD 2021, FEDSA will host a free online workshop including a demo on the topic of designing for accessibility. The hope is that we are able to raise awareness and empower South African front-end developers and UI/UX designers to make more informed decisions when it comes to the accessibility of the products they work on.
In a world with a heavy reliance on technology, websites must be designed to include everyone. In this webinar, Peter Krieg, Head of Creative Services, Squiz, talks about keeping humans at the center of our designs to address discriminatory aspects related to UX for people living with disabilities. He also sheds light on why accessible design together with usability and inclusion, is critical for building websites for everyone.
Have you ever wondered what some of the common design considerations indie game developers need to take when creating accessible games? Or when coming up with innovative new games systems, how can development teams make sure that these games systems can be enjoyed by all? Join Cameron Hopkinson (they/them, Accessibility Unlocked!) and Maize Wallin (they/them, Wayward Strand, Godfall, Receiver 2) for a fireside chat about accessibility in indie games from the developers perspective.
The Mozilla Hubs team highly values the accessibility community’s voice in helping to make Hubs a more usable and accessible product. Dan Fernie-Harper from the Hubs Design and People Experiences team will present an update on the past, present, and future of accessibility in Mozilla Hubs, speaking about the user experience design process.
This Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), join the Ablr team and our panelists online for our GAAD Webinar on Thursday, May 20 at 12pm ET, in which we will discuss why accessibility matters and how it impacts your organization and eCommerce. During this webinar, you will hear from Alisa Herr, CEO of Unity Web Agency, Mark Pope, Partner at Pope Tech, Andrew Crook, Accessibility Engineer at CVS Health, and Carrie Farber, Accessibility Lead at Walmart eCommerce.
Disabled in Tech is meant to be a discussion around the experience of leaders who identify as being disabled. There is an overwhelming lack of representation & diversification from the disabled community in tech leadership. To get a better perspective on these issues, we’ll ask panelists to share their personal experiences and ask how they are enacting change in their organizations and the industry at large.
Zoom conference especially for GAAD day together with Access Israel, The Israeli Internet Association, and The Commission of People with Disabilities. We will host GAAD Founder, IAAP, Pannel of users with disabilities, web site specialist, and accessibility technology.
For one day only, the eAccessibility team at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will be discounting all digital accessibility courses by 10%! eCourses offer the most comprehensive, research-based education on the process of creating accessible digital documents in Microsoft Office, Adobe InDesign CC and Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.
How can you know what colors and contrast are appropriate? How are images identified? How are forms being filled? How can you ensure that people with vision impairments can read your applications? This free webinar will help you realize how colors, forms and non-text content need to be designed and implemented in your application equally for everyone!