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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UXPA UK celebrates GAAD 2020! (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 6:30 pm-8:00 pm Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time (London, UK)
UXPA UK is working with two of the best in class, BBC and AbilityNet to bring you talks to provide practical advice and insights from their experience.
Design Practices for Digital Musical Instruments (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 6:30 pm-8:00 pm Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time (London, UK)
The 21st May 2020 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. To celebrate this, we are exploring in our live-stream today the design practices to help make musical instruments (hardware and software) more accessible.
Learn more about Design Practices for Digital Musical Instruments by Music Hackspace
COVID-19 Response: Keeping Employees and Students Connected from Home (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 02:00 PM-03:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
The pandemic has revealed that society was generally unprepared, including providing accessible communications for a) employees of companies who are now working from home, and b) students who are now attending their classes remotely. We have produced step-by-step guidance for both small-scale and large-scale businesses and education providers on this topic.
Learn more about COVID-19 Response: Keeping Employees and Students Connected from Home by National Federation of the Blind
Equity in the Classroom: Ensuring Open Educational Resources Are Accessible (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 01:00 PM-02:00 PM Central Standard Time
Join RedShelf as we recognize Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 21 by diving into the role that Open Educational Resources (OER) are playing in today’s course materials strategy and how to ensure the most accessible development and distribution of that content.
Learn more about Equity in the Classroom: Ensuring Open Educational Resources Are Accessible by RedShelf
The Second “A” In GAAD (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 2:00 pm-3:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (Boston, MA, USA)
A conversation on raising awareness about the need for digital accessibility.
Learn more about The Second “A” In GAAD by 3Play Media
Disability Awareness for Accessible Technology (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 10:00 pm-11:59 pm Moscow Standard Time, Eastern African Time (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
We are delighted to be celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day with Ms. Khulood M. Al Haddad this Thursday, 21st of May 2020. Khulood Al Haddad is a Sr. Disability Consultant and trainer with extensive experience in training and content development in different fields, including education and disability.
Learn more about Disability Awareness for Accessible Technology by SIGAccess Riyadh Chapter
Chat about Accessible Data Visualization (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 2:00 pm-3:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (Washington)
Join us for a Fireside Chat about making data visualization accessible on Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Learn more about Chat about Accessible Data Visualization by Data Visualization Society
GAAD Festival & Mandy Harvey concert (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 7:00 pm-10:15 pm Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time
For Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we’re hosting a captioning workshop, stress management workshop, and concert feat Mandy Harvey.
The GAAD Festival is open to anyone with and without disabilities who wants to learn to add captioning to their videos to make them more accessible, to learn about stress management, and/or wants to enjoy a live concert.
Learn more about GAAD Festival & Mandy Harvey concert by GAAD Digital Festival
A11y Online GAAD (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 7:30 pm Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time (United Kingdom)
Web accessibility affects everyone who uses the internet but, unfortunately, it’s still something that’s too often overlooked by companies and development teams. The good news is that there is a growing accessibility community full of people who are eager to share ideas and discuss ways we can learn and improve as an industry.
Learn more about A11y Online GAAD by A11y Online
Intro to Agile Accessibility (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 3:00 pm-4:00 pm Eastern Standard Time
Deque is excited to bring you this free webinar on Agile Accessibility.
Learn more about Intro to Agile Accessibility by Deque Systems