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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is MAY 19 2016

On Thursday, May 19 2016 and mark the fifth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of GAAD is to get people talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) accessibility and users with different disabilities.

The idea of a Global Accessibility Awareness Day started with a single blog post written by a Los Angeles-based web developer, Joe DevonJennison Asuncion, an accessibility professional from Toronto discovered Joe’s blog post purely by accident thanks to Twitter. After reading it, he immediately contacted Joe and they joined forces, leveraging their extensive and respective networks to realize the event.

For the  Global Accessibility Awareness Day website, visit:
http://www.globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/

Watch this interview of GAAD co-founder, Jennison Asuncion, by Dr. Jonathan Hassell.

YouTube Published by Jonathan Hassell

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