Aligning for inclusion: supporting your team’s accessibility effort

With the adoption of technology, the need to improve the accessibility of government and public sector services has become even more prominent. Government agencies have become focused on inclusion for some time, however, like other transformation programs COVID-19 has further accelerated this initiative. Join our webinar “Aligning for inclusion: supporting your team’s accessibility effort” to hear about how you can improve accessibility on your website.

GAAD Japan 2021

One day webinar with more than 10 sessions presented by Japanese experts and advocates on digital accessibility including web, mobile and game. UD Talk will provide automated real-time captions allowing you to translate captions into your own languages.

Trasformazione Digitale, Accessibilità e Design Inclusivo

Tecnologie per Persone è un progetto imprenditoriale che coinvolger le diverse abilità in ogni attività per fornire al cliente prodotti e servizi concretamente più Accessibili ed Inclusivi. In occasione del GAAD 2021 propone un evento sul tema della “Trasformazione Digitale, l’Accessibilità e Design inclusivo” che a partire dai dati affronterà il tema della Trasformazione Digitale e dell’Accessibilità Digitale.

Fronta11y

German UPA Accessibility working group publishes a series of accessibility articles (mostly in German) to celebrate GAAD at https://www.fronta11y.org/ You can also follow us on Twitter : https://twitter.com/fronta11y CfP closes April 30th 2021 ( English & German ).

Accessibility Days 2021

Fifth edition of the main Italian GAAD’s event.

Inclusive Product Week

Inclusive Product Week is a 2-day long free, virtual event hosted by Code for San Jose celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day. From design to development, the event shares knowledge and ideas from planners to practitioners. Learn more about the event at inclusiveproductweek.org

Digital Exams – Between Accessibility and Reasonable Accommodations

Digital exams represent both an opportunity and a risk for students with disabilities. For some students, there may be no need to apply for reasonable accommodations because writing digital exams from home is just what fits their needs. Other students might find digital exams an unnecessary barrier when the technical infrastructure is not fully accessible. During this year’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2021, we will talk about accessible and inclusive digital exams.

AccessAbility Academy, Positive Interactions: Making the Library a Welcoming and Empowering Place for People with Disabilities

Old Dominion University Libraries and colleagues, including the Department of STEM Education & Professional Studies Library & Information Studies, Educational Accessibility, and Slover Library, will watch the ALA’s RUSA Division’s AccessAbility Academy, Positive Interactions: Making the Library a Welcoming and Empowering Place for People with Disabilities, an online webcast tutorial for library employees. A discussion will follow the webcast to generate an exchange of ideas of how we can contribute to making the library a welcoming place for everyone.

Enabling Full-stack Accessibility in Online Learning

In this webinar D2L will share their thoughts and approach to practicing accessibility and inclusive design in online learning.

Internal: Accessibility Bug Bash

In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, over 30 product teams are participating in a Bug Bash to enhance the accessibility of our products.