Events & Activities

There are many ways to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day and create awareness. Attend an event. Participate in an activity. Start your own event and publicize it.

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List of Events & Activities

The following are events and activities the community has created for this year to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day.

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Youtube: Digital inclusion of the differently abled (Activity)

21 May 2020 | 9:00 am-11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time

In this Global Accessibility Awareness Week, we come together to educate about some of the basic etiquette’s, of the live’s of the differently able.

Learn more about Youtube: Digital inclusion of the differently abled by Silly Monks Tollywood

Blog Post: Square Enix is making a commitment towards better accessibility (Activity)

21 May 2020 | 9:00 am-11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2020. In the spirit of the event we wanted to talk about the various initiatives we’ve launched around accessibility and inclusion.

Here at Square Enix, we strive to deliver unforgettable gaming experiences to as many people as possible, and making sure that our games and services are accessible is a very important part of that mission.

Learn more about Blog Post: Square Enix is making a commitment towards better accessibility by Square Enix Games

Blog Post: Geographic Solutions celebrate GAAD (Activity)

21 May 2020 | 9:00 am-11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time

Geographic Solutions as a company is focused on bringing ease-of-use in their products to people with disabilities. In the United States alone, over half of working-age people have a disability or impairment, making it imperative to consider accessibility from the initial stages of software development. Geographic Solutions is committed to making our software as accessible as possible, and we are proud to observe Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).

Learn more about Blog Post: Geographic Solutions celebrate GAAD by Geographic Solutions

Blog Post: Salesforce recognizes 9th Annual GAAD (Activity)

21 May 2020 | 9:00 am-11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time

Today Salesforce celebrates the ninth annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), a day committed to making websites and software fully accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities.

Learn more about Blog Post: Salesforce recognizes 9th Annual GAAD by Salesforce

Blog Post: How OutSystems Makes Developing Accessible Applications Easier (Activity)

21 May 2020 | 9:00 am-11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time

Today, as a celebration of the Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we’re happy to announce that we’ve brought these capabilities to our state of the art reactive model, to support developers in creating accessible applications for both web and mobile. 

Learn more about Blog Post: How OutSystems Makes Developing Accessible Applications Easier by OutSystems

Blog Post: GAAD 2020 – A Love Letter to the Accessibility Community (Activity)

21 May 2020 | 09:00 am-11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time

To celebrate 9 years of GAAD, today I am sharing with you 9 things that I love about you

Learn more about Blog Post: GAAD 2020 – A Love Letter to the Accessibility Community

Internal: Accessibility Bug Bash (Virtual)

21 May 2020 | 9:00 am-5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time

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

Blog Post: Esight- A GAAD story (Activity)

21 May 2020 | 9:00 am-11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time

Laura Morrissey’s latest post for today’s GAAD!

Learn more about Blog Post: Esight- A GAAD story by The Blind Warrior

Student Panel – Transition to Online Learning During COVID-19 (Virtual)

21 May 2020 | 11:30 am-12:30 pm Central Standard Time (EdmondOklahoma)

Hear from students with disabilities as they talk about their experiences during the transition to fully online classes due to COVID-19.

Learn more about Student Panel – Transition to Online Learning During COVID-19 by University of Central Oklahoma

Mobile Assistive Technology Review (Virtual)

21 May 2020 | 06:00 PM-07:00 PM Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time

Level Access invites you to a webinar featuring an overview and live demos of mobile Assistive Technology to understand how AT users are interacting with your mobile apps & mobile web content.

Learn more about Mobile Assistive Technology Review by Level Access

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