Hey everyone! Global Accessibility Awareness Day is just around the corner and so is our event. It’s scheduled for May 20th 2021 between 5:30 PM-10:00 PM IST and we’ve got something for everyone! If you are a developer, designer, project manager or just want to get started on accessibility, we got you covered.
Event Type: Virtual Events
Beim Accessibility Day am 19. Mai erhalten Teilnehmer*innen einen Einblick in die neuen Standards und der praktischen Umsetzung von barrierefreien Websites. Experten von Zugang für Alle, WACA, Siteimprove, DMK E-Business und CoreMedia freuen sich darauf, Ihnen über folgende Themen zu berichten: WCAG 2.2 & 3.0, Umsetzung von WCAG-Richtlinien im Web-Team, Barrierefreiheit als ganzheitliches Website-Projekt, Leichte Sprache, Barrierefreiheit für Content-Redakteure.
As part of our annual event to celebrate GAAD, we will be hosting a virtual meet-up for Local Guides and accessibility champions around the world. We will be speaking with Jennison Asuncion to learn about the impact of GAAD in the last ten years and the gaps that needs to be filled. Local Guides are volunteers who help to add useful information to Google Maps including accessibility information such ramps, elevators, Braille, toilets etc. There are over 150 million Local Guides worldwide.
Blackboard is bringing back Fix Your Content Day, a 24-hour global competition committed to creating accessible and more inclusive digital learning content. The objective of the day is to mobilize instructors and staff to fix as many digital course files as possible through Blackboard Ally. During the day, we’ll track the activity of participants, share updates on social media, and at the end of GAAD, announce the champions. Learn more about Ally: https://tinyurl.com/28umxpf9
Numbers… solo un foglio di calcolo? Non sottovalutiamo il potere “inclusivo” di questa app. Uno spazio ampio da utilizzare come organizzatore anticipato dei contenuti essenziali per il percorso di apprendimento. Una grande bacheca dove poter disporre di quanto necessario per ogni stile cognitivo. E, se dovesse servire, ovviamente possiamo lavorare con numeri, formule e ogni altra funzione di un foglio di calcolo.
This session, produced in collaboration with JAN and PEAT, will introduce the potential impact of emerging tech on accommodations. Participants will learn how employers and HR professionals can help plan for an accessible workplace of the future, including the procurement of accessible technologies and potential accommodation needs of people with disabilities. Anne Hirsh, JAN Bill Curtis-Davidson, PEAT Martez Mott, Ph.D., Microsoft Tina Park, the Partnership on AI
Venez découvrir – 13 mythes autour de l’accessibilité numérique (9h30 – 10h15), – comment bien rédiger une alternative d’image, avec notre arbre décisionnel (10h15-10h45), – ce qu’est la rédaction FALC, facile à lire et à comprendre (10h45-11h15).
Darci Duran, AVP Learning Design (Higher Ed), ansrsource speaks on – • Discover the origins of accessibility and UDL principles • Identify how higher ed has moved to comply with accessibility guidelines before COVID-19 • Discuss how accessibility has been affected by the pandemic, where we are now, and where do we go from here • Identify ways how, we, as a community of educators, can continue to come together to support each other in meeting the diverse needs of our learners.
Join Texhelp to celebrate the 10th GAAD! Hear from accessibility and inclusion experts from Texthelp, as well as speakers such as Debra Ruh, Robin Christopherson (Abilitynet) and Gareth Ford Williams (Readability Group). Attend sessions with experts from Scope, Content Design London and Research Institute for Disabled Consumers on accessibility legislation, the future of A11Y, fixing your top WCAG errors, making content and campaigns inclusive and more! Join live or receive the recordings
I am really excited to share with you a collaboration between The Accidental Ally and the University of Washington – Michael G. Foster School of Business and the Foster Technology Club. As part of the Husky Accessibility Hackathon, we invite you to join us for a panel discussion on ‘Busting Myths about People with Disabilities’ with my esteemed colleagues from the accessibility world on MAY 4th at 12pm PST – Sheri Byrne-Haber, Meryl Evans (deaf), Imran ahmed, Mark McGuire (He/Deaf/ASL), Lucy Greco, Rojene Russell