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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Breaking Barriers: Unlocking Business Potential Through Accessibility (Virtual)
18 May 2023 | 12:00 PM-1:00 PM America/Toronto (Canada)
In this session, we will explore the benefits of improving accessibility for your company and your workplace and how it can unlock business potential. David Best will share his insights and expertise on best practices for making companies and workplaces more accessible, along with real-world examples of successful accessibility initiatives.
Learn more about Breaking Barriers: Unlocking Business Potential Through Accessibility by WEtech Alliance & EPICentre
Accesibilidad Digital: Leyes y Regulaciones (Virtual)
18 May 2023 | 12:00 PM-1:00 PM America/Costa_Rica (Santa Ana, San José, Costa Rica)
Entrevista a Merary Alvarado, consultora en Accesibilidad Digital. Conversaremos sobre normativas y directrices internacionales y sobre su experiencia en Alemania.
Learn more about Accesibilidad Digital: Leyes y Regulaciones by Con Sello Inclusivo
Accessibility is Home podcast; interview of Ron Klein (Activity)
18 May 2023 | 12:00 PM-7:00 PM (Rockville, Maryland, United States of America)
Come and listen to my interview of Ron Klein; grandfather of possibilities on Accessibility Is Home podcast. Get inspiration for GAAD when you hear how Ron created more access to information by his invention of the braille and the TTY machine.
Supporting A Technical and Cultural Shift To Accessibility, Whatever Your Resources (Virtual)
18 May 2023 | 12:00 PM-1:00 PM America/New_York (United States of America)
Join TPGi to learn how you can start small and steady, and build up to making a profound shift towards embedding accessibility in your organization, both in terms of technical process and—most importantly—becoming part of the culture of your teams. What changes can people in different roles make right now to get the ball rolling? How can you keep that ball rolling with minimal resources? Register today!
Learn more about Supporting A Technical and Cultural Shift To Accessibility, Whatever Your Resources by TPGi
Arden University GAAD Part 2 (Virtual)
18 May 2023 | 12:00 PM-1:30 PM Europe/London (Global)
Arden University is very excited to invite you to our 2-day Global Accessibility Awareness Day series. This will be our first year celebrating the importance of digital accessibility at our online, international university. This session will explore accessibility within our library, inclusion team, and digital learning. Hear from the international neuro-divergent staff experience. Our guest speaker, Charlie from Disability and Accessibility, will share 3 simple tools for studying. Join us to explore the creative range of applications for accessibility and inclusion in our digital environment.
Learn more about Arden University GAAD Part 2 by Arden University
Arden University GAAD (Virtual)
18 May 2023 | 12:00 PM-1:30 PM Europe/London (Global)
Arden University is very excited to invite you to our 2-day Global Accessibility Awareness Day series. This will be our first year celebrating the importance of digital accessibility at our online, international university. This session will explore exciting changes, including Arden’s new Neuro-diversity Course, the Career team’s services and their Student Disability Steering group. Hear from a neuro-divergent staff experience of accessibility in HE, and join our live Q&A session with Caroline from Inclusions. We also welcome guest speaker Andy Hogg from The Support School, who will explore accessibility as a mindset at his accessible online 6th Form. Join us to explore the creative range of applications for accessibility and inclusion in our digital environment.
Learn more about Arden University GAAD by Arden University
LEaD Light Lunch. Global Accessibility Awareness Day (Virtual)
18 May 2023 | 12:30 PM-1:00 PM Europe/London (London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
The LEaD Light Lunch meets online and aims to create a space for academic and professional colleagues and City students to share ideas about digital technology and teaching. Meeting on the GAAD day itself, this light lunch session will celebrate the team and working group efforts to enhance the learning experience for City’s students and look ahead to next year. An interactive activity will sample the accessibility maturity exercise taking place across City’s schools and professional services. Presented by Sandra Partington, Dr Julie Voce and Sandra Guzman-Rodriguez.
Accessibility at ID.me: Making something better for everyone every day (Private/Internal)
18 May 2023 | 12:30 PM-1:00 PM America/New_York (United States of America)
At ID.me a primary goal is to Leave No Identity Behind, and that means serving all people. This year, we’re celebrating GAAD with an interactive talk featuring our internal accessibility specialists. We’ll be highlighting the hard work our product and engineering teams have conducted over the last year and the processes, training, and tools we’re implementing to continue to foster a culture of accessibility and inclusion at ID.me.
“GAAD at BA” 2023 (Private/Internal)
18 May 2023 | 12:30 PM-1:15 PM Europe/London (Harmondsworth, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
BA are running a series of lightning talks to cover the following themes for GAAD 2023:
- Disability and lived experience
- Accessibility change programmes in large organisations
- What progress are BA making in their accessibility change programme
This will be a hybrid event of in person and pre-recorded talks.
Learn more about “GAAD at BA” 2023 by British Airways
Web Accessibility Q&A: Overcoming Excuses and Misconceptions (Virtual)
18 May 2023 | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM America/New_York (United States of America)
Join Lullabot and DubBot on Global Accessibility Awareness Day for a live Q&A to discuss common issues and excuses, how accessibility affects your bottom line, and things you can start doing today to make sure all of your visitors feel welcome.
Learn more about Web Accessibility Q&A: Overcoming Excuses and Misconceptions by DubBot