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) 7 of 22 pages
Virtual Events & Accessibility: Accelerating Through The Turn (Activity)
21 May 2020 | 1:00 AM-5:00 PM Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time
The world is shifting under our feet – our corporate events, concerts, weddings, and more have been canceled due to an inability to convene in person. This ‘turn’ in the events/meetings industry is unprecedented but leaves us with a golden opportunity.
Learn more about Virtual Events & Accessibility: Accelerating Through The Turn by Taoti
Release of White Paper: “Digital Accessibility: Perceptions, Expectations and Reality” (Activity)
21 May 2020 – 31 Dec 2020 | 9:00 am-10:00 am Chinese Standard Time, Australian Western Standard Time, Irkutsk Standard Time (Perth, Western Australia, Australia)
The white paper will be available free of charge from Web Key IT Pty Ltd from May 21st. The white paper is the result of research conducted last year with both organisations and individuals in Australia and internationally.
Learn more about Release of White Paper: “Digital Accessibility: Perceptions, Expectations and Reality” by Web Key IT Pty Ltd
ICT & Digital Government of South Australia GAAD Lunch ‘n Learn (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Australian Central Standard Time (Australia)
ICT and the Digital Government of South Australia are hosting an online ‘lunch and learn’ to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).
Guest presenter Dr. Scott Hollier is the Director of the Centre for Accessibility Initiative and invited expert for the W3C WAI APA Research Questions Task Force (RQTF).
Learn more about ICT & Digital Government of South Australia GAAD Lunch ‘n Learn by Government of South Australia
Accessibility Conferences Recap (Virtual)
20 May 2020 | 5:45 pm-7:45 pm Pacific Standard Time (PortlandOregon)
Join us to hear about three recent events: CSUN Conference, HXD Conference, and AccessU. We’ll have hosted presenters talking about their experiences, and will open the floor for others who attended to share their learnings as well.
Learn more about Accessibility Conferences Recap by Portland Accessibility and User Experience Meetup
Offer: Free Technology for Websites (Activity)
21 May 2020 – 31 Aug 2020 | 12:01 am-11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (Lake WorthFlorida)
ADA Site Compliance is honoring Global Awareness Accessibility Day by offering their proprietary accessibility solution for free.
Learn more about Offer: Free Technology for Websites by ADA Site Compliance
Looking Back/Looking Forward: 20 years of Digital Accessibility – Webinar (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 3:30 pm-4:40 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, Vladivostok Standard Time (Australia)
Join the Digital Access Team and our special guest, Bruce Maguire, talking about the changes we’ve seen over the past 20 years, and our predictions for the future of Digital Accessibility
Learn more about Looking Back/Looking Forward: 20 years of Digital Accessibility – Webinar by Vision Australia
A11y Bytes 2020 (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 02:00 PM-04:00 PM Chinese Standard Time, Australian Western Standard Time, Irkutsk Standard Time (Australia)
A11Y Bytes is celebrating its 7th Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
Join us for a dynamic fast-paced evening of lightning talks about digital accessibility and the needs and preferences of people with disabilities. All sessions streamed on YouTube with live captions.
Learn more about A11y Bytes 2020 by A11y Bytes
“Godzina bez myszy” (Hour without a mouse) (Activity)
21 May 2020 | 8:00 am-10:00 pm Central European Time, West African Time (Poland)
How to take part in this event? Just do not use the mouse or touchpad for the selected hour during this day. These are devices that cannot be used by many people with disabilities – including blind people who use a keyboard instead of a mouse. Correctly built websites allow them to navigate freely using only tablature, arrows and keyboard shortcuts.
Learn more about “Godzina bez myszy” (Hour without a mouse) by Integracja Foundation
Accessibility Summit (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 9:30 am-2:30 pm Eastern European Time, Central African Time
The Digital Accessibility Unit of the Ministry of Digital Affairs has decided to celebrate the Global Accessibility Awareness Day by organizing a teleconference during which you will be able to learn about what Polish specialists in digital access are doing.
Learn more about Accessibility Summit by Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland
Tech Webinar: Accessibility Matters! (Virtual)
21 May 2020 | 1:00 pm-1:40 pm Indian Standard Time, Sri Lanka Time (Bangalore, India)
As part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), we’re hosting this webinar on 21st May to further the discussion on accessible tech. Join us as we discuss what accessibility means and explore the need for building accessible applications. We’ll also talk about the many types of disabilities, and how to build and test accessible apps.
Learn more about Tech Webinar: Accessibility Matters! by ThoughtWorks