Events & Activities

Blackboard is bringing back Fix Your Content Day, a 24-hour global competition committed to creating accessible and more inclusive digital learning content. The objective of the day is to mobilize instructors and staff to fix as many digital course files as possible through Blackboard Ally. During the day, we’ll track the activity of participants, share updates on social media, and at the end of GAAD, announce the champions. Learn more about Ally: https://tinyurl.com/28umxpf9

Dufferin Media and Dufferin Media Cares are hosting an Accessibility Challenge on May 20th to help bring awareness to accessibility issues on GAAD. We are encouraging businesses and organizations to do one thing on May 20th that makes their business more accessible and share it to social media. We will select two random participants and reward them with $100 each!

Indie Film Series: Voices of Ability—Future of Inclusion. Films by or about people with disabilities. Support Independent Voices. Independent voices are more vital to our culture, and more in need of support, than ever before. Make a difference and join the Portland Film Festival in amplifying independent voices. Share this event, make donations and watch these amazing films.

Gamers are being encouraged to fundraise for The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) as part of a drive to highlight inclusion in gaming. Coinciding with GAAD, RNIB is encouraging supporters to use their enjoyment of online gaming to support the charity via livestreams on or around this date. Gamers will be supported with materials including overlays of various sight conditions and films about our work.

En este Taller Digital, Alejandro Moledo, Policy y Accessibility Coordinator del European Disability Forum, nos hablará sobre el impacto de la pandemia en la accesibilidad digital y cuál es la nueva estrategia europea para los derechos de las personas con discapacidad. Además Ignacio Manrubia, experto de Siteimprove, nos contará por qué ser una organización digitalmente inclusiva es el gran reto de esta década y cómo preparar tu sitio web para la vuelta a la normalidad en 2022.

Many Cats is bringing together accessibility experts, developers and gamers to tell us what their accessibility tip would be for others in 1 minute videos.

Webinar on the Importance of Digital Accessibility and Growing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities. Our panelists: Mr. Rahul Jindal, Google Ms. Shilpi Kapoor, BarrierBreak Moderated by: Mr. Priyaranjan Bidhar, TRRAIN

The Transportation Data Equity Initiative is both about making digital maps accessible and about making data about travel more equitable. This live-captioned recording for the 10th anniversary of #GAAD is an introduction to our 5 year plan for working with #USDOT to make maps and transit data more accessible. It is also a call to action, inviting participants to become part of our Advisory Committee. If you wish to participate in the future, please email transitdataequity@gmail.com.

This research topic proposal was developed to investigate the impact of assistive technology in students with disabilities’ success within the context of college academia. The principal argument of this writing suggests that the lack of awareness of assistive technology by professors creates barriers that violate the rights of the individual with a disability under U.S. law. Several theories were explored that were relevant to learning and human development. Research methodology for this pap

Video content is becoming increasingly popular and has been a crucial medium to disseminate content. Ensuring that your video reaches the widest audience possible is critical to its success and often a legal requirement. In this short presentation, Vithya will explain why accessible video is essential and highlight key elements to create an accessible video. This includes creating captions, Audio Description and searchable Transcription file. Presentation is part of the A11y Bytes event.