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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Verbit Engages Higher-Ed Thought Leaders for GAAD (Activity)
01 May 2020 – 31 May 2020 | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time
Verbit is posting videos each week which highlight a different higher-ed professional who inspires us and is making waves in the realms of accessibility and inclusion as they pertain to students.
Learn more about Verbit Engages Higher-Ed Thought Leaders for GAAD by Verbit
Internal: GAAM, Global Accessibility Awareness Month (Activity)
01 May 2020 – 31 May 2020 | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time
Amazon is celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Month for the entire month of May. This is an internal event.
Pragmatic Accessibility webinars (Virtual)
05 May 2020 – 28 May 2020 | 10:00 AM-05:00 PM Central European Time, West African Time (UK)
For GAAD 2020, we’ll be sharing our technology with more and more people. We will be holding a selection of online webinars which are designed to introduce the accessibility priorities within Sitemorse and how to deal with them.
Learn more about Pragmatic Accessibility webinars by Sitemorse
Blog Post: Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2020 – virtual this time! (Activity)
07 May 2020 | 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time
Srinivasu, longtime GAAD supporter blogs about the move from in-person events to virtual events this year.
Learn more about Blog Post: Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2020 – virtual this time! by Serve Inclusion
Podcast: Parallel #29: Under the Feet of a Drunken Giant (Activity)
12 May 2020 | 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time
Video just keeps growing as a way to tell stories about technology. Both of my guests have made video a mainstay of their creative output. I wanted these two experts to school my audio-centric self. We also talk a whole lot about accessibility advocacy through the video medium.
Learn more about Podcast: Parallel #29: Under the Feet of a Drunken Giant by Parallel Podcast
Digital LA, Accessibility Tech, Inclusive Design (Virtual)
12 May 2020 | 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
Accessibility Tech panel celebrates innovation in tech for vision, hearing, mobility, and more.
Learn more about Digital LA, Accessibility Tech, Inclusive Design by Digital LA
Blog post: Improving your App’s Accessibility with iOS 13 (Activity)
13 May 2020 | 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time
Dani Devesa writes a blog post to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day. The goal of the post is to highlight all we can do to improve our app’s accessibility with iOS 13.
Learn more about Blog post: Improving your App’s Accessibility with iOS 13 by Dani Devesa’s Medium
Podcast: COVID-19 & GAAD with Diane Lightfoot & Neil Milliken (Activity)
13 May 2020 | 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time
Our CEO Diane Lightfoot spoke with Global Head of Accessibility for Atos, Neil Milliken. about working from home during the lockdown and the upcoming Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) which is on May 21.
Learn more about Podcast: COVID-19 & GAAD with Diane Lightfoot & Neil Milliken by Business Disability Forum
Challenge: #OhMyGAAD 7 day challenge (Activity)
14 May 2020 – 21 May 2020 | 12:00 AM-11: 59 PM Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time
Join the #OhMyGAAD 7 day challenge to receive daily challenges with accessibility information, resources, and tips delivered right to your inbox.
Learn more about Challenge: #OhMyGAAD 7 day challenge by Siteimprove
University: 10 Tools for Digital Accessibility Video (Activity)
14 May 2020 | 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time
Boise State University produces video called 10 Tools for Digital Accessibility in order to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day, along with other webinars and activities.
Learn more about University: 10 Tools for Digital Accessibility Video by Boise State University