List of Events & Activities
The following are events and activities the community has created for this year to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day.
2020 Events (212) 5 of 22 pages
Enabling Full-stack Accessibility in Online Learning (Virtual)
20 May 2020 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time
In this webinar D2L will share their thoughts and approach to practicing accessibility and inclusive design in online learning.
Learn more about Enabling Full-stack Accessibility in Online Learning by Deque Systems
Where’s W-a11y on GAAD? (Activity)
21 May 2020 – 28 May 2020 | 12:00 am-12:00 pm Chinese Standard Time, Australian Western Standard Time, Irkutsk Standard Time (Victoria Park, Australia)
On Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), we’re encouraging people to find where ‘W-a11y’ is hiding to raise accessibility awareness. You can only find where he’s located if you’re using screen reading software. Instructions are provided on the page.
Learn more about Where’s W-a11y on GAAD? by VisAbility
Make Tech Purchases Available to All with Accessible Procurement (Virtual)
20 May 2020 | 12:00 PM-01:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Diversity and inclusion require that employees and applicants with disabilities can independently use workplace digital tools. Join our webinar to learn more about buying and maintaining technology all employees can use.
Learn more about Make Tech Purchases Available to All with Accessible Procurement by Disability:IN
Facebook Presents: Insights About A Day in the Life of Living with a Disability (Virtual)
20 May 2020 | 10:00 am-11:10 am Pacific Standard Time
Rikki Poynter, Janni Lehrer Stein and John Marble join Facebook’s Mike Shebanek, Head of Accessibility, for a conversation to provide unique and personal insights about a day in the life of someone living with a disability.
Learn more about Facebook Presents: Insights About A Day in the Life of Living with a Disability by Facebook
#Accessibility4All (Virtual)
20 May 2020 | 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time (Rome, Italy)
#Accessibility4All will be a 2h online event for youth with High Functioning Autism (HFA).
Learn more about #Accessibility4All by MindSharing.Tech
Digital Accessibility Legal Update (Virtual)
20 May 2020 | 2:00 pm-3:00 pm Eastern Standard Time
What’s new in the digital accessibility legal space?
Learn more about Digital Accessibility Legal Update by Deque
Blog Post: 4 apps that make tech more inclusive (Activity)
20 May 2020 – 27 May 2020 | 8:00 pm-11:59 pm Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time
To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day, a look at four apps that make technology more accessible for users with disabilities and impairments
Learn more about Blog Post: 4 apps that make tech more inclusive by LiveMint
GAConf Celebrates GAAD (Activity)
20 May 2020 – 22 May 2020 | 8:30 PM-11:59 pm Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time
Thursday, May 21, 2020, marks the ninth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). In celebration, GAConf decided to ask some of our speakers what accessibility meant to them.
Learn more about GAConf Celebrates GAAD by The IGDA Game Accessibility
Blog Post: The Inspiration Series (Activity)
21 May 2020 | 9:00 am-5:00 pm Australian Central Standard Time (Sydney, Australia)
At Centre for Inclusive Design digital accessibility is in our DNA. So, this GAAD we are launching ‘The Inspiration Series’.
We have curated a list of resources that we find inspiring. Things to assist in furthering the conversations on accessibility for the uninitiated and those who live and breathe accessibility. We hope these resources help you help others to think, talk and learn more about digital inclusion.
Learn more about Blog Post: The Inspiration Series by Centre for Inclusive Design
Challenge: Fix Your Content Day Challenge 2020 (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time
Blackboard hosts our first-ever Fix Your Content Day Challenge, a 24-hour competition committed to creating accessible and more inclusive digital learning content across institutions globally.
Learn more about Challenge: Fix Your Content Day Challenge 2020 by Blackboard