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{{Short description|Day focusing on digital accessibility}}
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'''Global Accessibility Awareness Day''' ('''GAAD''') is a consciousness-raising [[Awareness Day|awareness day]] focusing on digital access and [[inclusion (disability rights)|inclusion]] for the more than one billion people alive today who live with disabilities or impairments.<ref>{{cite news |title=Global Accessibility Awareness Day highlights need for developer education |url=https://sdtimes.com/softwaredev/global-accessibility-awareness-day-highlights-need-for-developer-education/ |access-date=18 May 2022 |work=SD Times |date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520194503/https://sdtimes.com/softwaredev/global-accessibility-awareness-day-highlights-need-for-developer-education/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It is marked annually on the third Thursday of May.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://accessibility.day/about/ |website=Global Accessibility Awareness Day |access-date=18 May 2022 |language=en |archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517164610/https://accessibility.day/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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'''Global Accessibility Awareness Day''' (GAAD) is an [[Awareness Day|awareness day]] focusing on digital access and inclusion for the more than one billion people with disabilities and impairments. It is marked annually on the third Thursday of May.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/background.php|title=Background|last=Asuncion|first=Jennison|date=|website=Global Accessibility Awareness Day|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-05-08}}</ref> The next GAAD is Thursday, May 16, 2019.
In 2018, in addition to a number of virtual events marking GAAD, there were events open to the public in at least nineteen countries on six continents.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/events.php|title=2018 Events|last=Asuncion|first=Jennison|website=globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org|language=en|access-date=2018-05-08|archive-date=2018-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509012609/http://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/events.php|url-status=live}}</ref>


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According to the Global Accessibility Awareness Day website, "The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) access or inclusion and people with different disabilities."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/|title=Global Accessibility Awareness Day|last=Asuncion|first=Jennison|website=Global Accessibility Awareness Day|language=en|access-date=2018-05-08|archive-date=2018-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509004124/http://www.globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> Local Global Accessibility Awareness Day events sometimes showcase how people with [[disabilities]] use the web and digital products using [[assistive technologies]], or assist people creating technology products in taking into consideration the needs of certain disabilities.<ref name=":1" />
In 2018, in addition to a number of virtual events marking GAAD, there were events open to the public in at least nineteen countries on six continents.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/events.php|title=2018 Events|last=Asuncion|first=Jennison|date=|website=globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-05-08}}</ref>


Global Accessibility Awareness Day launched in May 2012. It was inspired by a blog post from November 2011<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-05-18|title=About|url=https://accessibility.day/about/|website=GAAD|archive-date=2022-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517164610/https://accessibility.day/about/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-11-27 |title=CHALLENGE: Accessibility know-how needs to go mainstream with developers. NOW. |url=https://mysqltalk.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/challenge-accessibility-know-how-needs-to-go-mainstream-with-developers-now/ |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=MySQLTalk.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518003517/https://mysqltalk.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/challenge-accessibility-know-how-needs-to-go-mainstream-with-developers-now/ |url-status=live}}</ref> by Los Angeles–based web developer [[Joe Devon]]. Devon worked with [[Jennison Asuncion]], an accessibility professional from Toronto, to co-found GAAD.
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According to the Global Accessibility Awareness Day website, '''"'''The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) access/inclusion and people with different disabilities."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/|title=Global Accessibility Awareness Day|last=Asuncion|first=Jennison|date=|website=Global Accessibility Awareness Day|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-05-08}}</ref> Local Global Accessibility Awareness Day events sometimes showcase how people with [[disabilities]] use the web and digital products using [[assistive technologies]], or assist people creating technology products in taking into consideration the needs of certain disabilities.<ref name=":1" />

Global Accessibility Awareness Day launched in May 2012.<ref name=":0" /> It was inspired by a blog post by Los Angeles-based web developer Joe Devon. Devon worked with Jennison Asuncion, an accessibility professional from Toronto, to co-found GAAD.


== Events ==
== Events ==
Examples of local Global Accessibility Awareness Day events include:
Examples of local Global Accessibility Awareness Day events include:


* Since 2012, the [https://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Accessibility-and-Inclusive-Design-Group/ Los Angeles Accessibility and Inclusive Design Group] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121000631/https://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Accessibility-and-Inclusive-Design-Group/ |date=2019-11-21 }}, led by Joseph O'Connor has organized a GAAD event.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.blacktelephone.com/2020/01/remembering-joseph-oconnor/|title=Remembering Joseph O'Connor (1953–2020)|website=blacktelephone.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-08|archive-date=2020-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111012059/http://www.blacktelephone.com/2020/01/remembering-joseph-oconnor/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Minnesota IT Services has encouraged employees to perform their jobs for 15 minutes without using a mouse.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mn.gov/mnit/programs/accessibility/nomousechallenge.jsp|title=nomousechallenge|website=MN IT Services|language=en|others=,|access-date=2017-11-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nomouse.org/|title=The #NoMouse Challenge|website=nomouse.org|language=en|access-date=2018-05-08}}</ref>
* Minnesota IT Services has encouraged employees to perform their jobs for 15 minutes without using a mouse.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mn.gov/mnit/programs/accessibility/nomousechallenge.jsp|title=nomousechallenge|website=MN IT Services|language=en|access-date=2017-11-20|archive-date=2017-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033046/https://mn.gov/mnit/programs/accessibility/nomousechallenge.jsp|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nomouse.org/|title=The #NoMouse Challenge|website=nomouse.org|language=en|access-date=2018-05-08|archive-date=2018-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423065953/http://nomouse.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* In 2015, a one day conference was hosted in Ottawa by OpenConcept Consulting, to celebrate GAAD. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/gaad2015|title=Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2015 Flickr Photos|work=Meetup|access-date=2015-05-21|language=en}}</ref>
* In 2016, a one day conference was hosted by Carleton University and organized by A11yYOW, Ottawa's accessibility Meetup. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/gaad2016|title=Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2016 Flickr Photos|work=Meetup|access-date=2016-05-19|language=en}}</ref>
* In 2015, a one-day conference was hosted in Ottawa by OpenConcept Consulting, to celebrate GAAD.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/gaad2015|title=Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2015|via=Flickr|access-date=2015-05-21|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204183628/https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/gaad2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2016, a one-day conference was hosted by Carleton University and organized by [http://a11yyow.ca/ A11yYOW] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216135252/http://a11yyow.ca/ |date=2019-12-16 }}, Ottawa's accessibility Meetup.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/gaad2016|title=Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2016|via=Flickr|access-date=2016-05-19|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204182154/https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/gaad2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2017, [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] released a series of videos and organized a concert as part of a week-long series of events marking Global Accessibility Awareness Day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/05/17/apple-highlights-global-accessibility-awareness-day-on-may-18-with-designed-for-everyone-video-series|title=Apple highlights Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 18 with "Designed for everyone" video series|website=AppleInsider|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://9to5mac.com/2017/05/19/apple-holds-stevie-wonder-concert-on-campus-in-honor-of-global-accessibility-awareness-day/|title=Apple holds Stevie Wonder concert on campus in honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day|date=2017-05-19|work=9to5Mac|access-date=2018-05-08|language=en-US}}</ref>
* In 2017, [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] released a series of videos and organized a concert as part of a week-long series of events marking Global Accessibility Awareness Day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/05/17/apple-highlights-global-accessibility-awareness-day-on-may-18-with-designed-for-everyone-video-series|title=Apple highlights Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 18 with "Designed for everyone" video series|website=AppleInsider|date=17 May 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-08|archive-date=2018-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509075525/https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/05/17/apple-highlights-global-accessibility-awareness-day-on-may-18-with-designed-for-everyone-video-series|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://9to5mac.com/2017/05/19/apple-holds-stevie-wonder-concert-on-campus-in-honor-of-global-accessibility-awareness-day/|title=Apple holds Stevie Wonder concert on campus in honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day|date=2017-05-19|work=9to5Mac|access-date=2018-05-08|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509013316/https://9to5mac.com/2017/05/19/apple-holds-stevie-wonder-concert-on-campus-in-honor-of-global-accessibility-awareness-day/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2017, the University of California, San Francisco offered a website accessibility testing clinic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calendars.library.ucsf.edu/event/3321898|title=Drop-In: UCSF Website Accessibility Testing Clinic|website=calendars.library.ucsf.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-05-08}}</ref>
* In 2017, the [[University of California, San Francisco]] offered a website accessibility testing clinic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calendars.library.ucsf.edu/event/3321898|title=Drop-In: UCSF Website Accessibility Testing Clinic|website=calendars.library.ucsf.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-05-08|archive-date=2018-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509013331/http://calendars.library.ucsf.edu/event/3321898|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2017, a GAAD event in Ottawa featured speakers from Carleton University, the Canadian government and the Ottawa area.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.meetup.com/a11yOttawa/events/237247414/|title=Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2017|work=Meetup|access-date=2018-05-08|language=en}}</ref>
* In 2017, a GAAD event in Ottawa featured speakers from [[Carleton University]], the Canadian government and the Ottawa area.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.meetup.com/a11yOttawa/events/237247414/|title=Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2017|work=Meetup|access-date=2018-05-08|language=en|archive-date=2017-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041832/https://www.meetup.com/a11yOttawa/events/237247414/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2018, there were a series of events planned in Hyderabad<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://accessibility.deque.com/axe-hackhaton-gaad-2018|title=aXe Hackathon - Deque India celebrates GAAD 2018 on May 17th at Hyderabad|last=Systems|first=Deque|website=accessibility.deque.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-08}}</ref> and Bangalore, India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gaad.in/|title=Global Accessibility Awareness Day India|last=|first=|date=|website=Global Accessibility Awareness Day India|language=en-IN|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-05-08}}</ref>
* In 2018, there were a series of events planned in Hyderabad<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://accessibility.deque.com/axe-hackhaton-gaad-2018|title=aXe Hackathon – Deque India celebrates GAAD 2018 on May 17th at Hyderabad|publisher=Deque Systems|language=en|access-date=2018-05-08|archive-date=2018-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509013426/https://accessibility.deque.com/axe-hackhaton-gaad-2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and Bangalore, India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gaad.in/|title=Global Accessibility Awareness Day India|website=Global Accessibility Awareness Day India|language=en-IN|access-date=2018-05-08|archive-date=2018-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509012937/http://gaad.in/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2018, an evening event was hosted in Ottawa by OpenConcept Consulting and we had a live chat with participants in Accessibility Twin Cities, who were also celebrating GAAD. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/gaad2018|title=Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2018 Flickr Photos|work=Meetup|access-date=2018-05-21|language=en}}</ref>
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* In 2018, an evening event was hosted in Ottawa by OpenConcept Consulting and we had a live chat with participants in Accessibility Twin Cities, who were also celebrating GAAD.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/gaad2018|title=Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2018|via=Flickr|access-date=2018-05-21|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204182154/https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/gaad2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2020, the [[Government Digital Service]] in the United Kingdom ran a day of online-only events to raise awareness of digital accessibility.<ref>{{Cite web|title=What happened on Global Accessibility Awareness Day at GDS – Government Digital Service|url=https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2020/06/02/what-happened-on-global-accessibility-awareness-day-at-gds/|access-date=2021-03-13|website=gds.blog.gov.uk|date=2 June 2020 |language=en|archive-date=2021-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319214447/https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2020/06/02/what-happened-on-global-accessibility-awareness-day-at-gds/|url-status=live}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/ Global Accessibility Awareness Day website]
* [http://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/ Global Accessibility Awareness Day website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509004124/http://www.globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/ |date=2018-05-09 }}
* [https://gaad.foundation/ GAAD Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607062327/https://gaad.foundation/ |date=2023-06-07 }}


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Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Also calledGAAD
Observed byworldwide
TypInternational
SignificanceEducate people about accessibility
DateThird Thursday in May
2023 dateMay 18  (2023-05-18)
2024 dateMay 16  (2024-05-16)
2025 dateMay 15  (2025-05-15)
2026 dateMay 21  (2026-05-21)
Started byJoe Devon, Jennison Asuncion

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is a consciousness-raising awareness day focusing on digital access and inclusion for the more than one billion people alive today who live with disabilities or impairments.[1] It is marked annually on the third Thursday of May.[2]

In 2018, in addition to a number of virtual events marking GAAD, there were events open to the public in at least nineteen countries on six continents.[3]

According to the Global Accessibility Awareness Day website, "The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) access or inclusion and people with different disabilities."[4] Local Global Accessibility Awareness Day events sometimes showcase how people with disabilities use the web and digital products using assistive technologies, or assist people creating technology products in taking into consideration the needs of certain disabilities.[3]

Global Accessibility Awareness Day launched in May 2012. It was inspired by a blog post from November 2011[5][6] by Los Angeles–based web developer Joe Devon. Devon worked with Jennison Asuncion, an accessibility professional from Toronto, to co-found GAAD.

Events

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Examples of local Global Accessibility Awareness Day events include:

  • Since 2012, the Los Angeles Accessibility and Inclusive Design Group Archived 2019-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, led by Joseph O'Connor has organized a GAAD event.[7]
  • Minnesota IT Services has encouraged employees to perform their jobs for 15 minutes without using a mouse.[8][9]
  • In 2015, a one-day conference was hosted in Ottawa by OpenConcept Consulting, to celebrate GAAD.[10]
  • In 2016, a one-day conference was hosted by Carleton University and organized by A11yYOW Archived 2019-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, Ottawa's accessibility Meetup.[11]
  • In 2017, Apple released a series of videos and organized a concert as part of a week-long series of events marking Global Accessibility Awareness Day.[12][13]
  • In 2017, the University of California, San Francisco offered a website accessibility testing clinic.[14]
  • In 2017, a GAAD event in Ottawa featured speakers from Carleton University, the Canadian government and the Ottawa area.[15]
  • In 2018, there were a series of events planned in Hyderabad[16] and Bangalore, India.[17]
  • In 2018, an evening event was hosted in Ottawa by OpenConcept Consulting and we had a live chat with participants in Accessibility Twin Cities, who were also celebrating GAAD.[18]
  • In 2020, the Government Digital Service in the United Kingdom ran a day of online-only events to raise awareness of digital accessibility.[19]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Global Accessibility Awareness Day highlights need for developer education". SD Times. 20 May 2021. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  2. ^ "About". Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b Asuncion, Jennison. "2018 Events". globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org. Archived from the original on 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  4. ^ Asuncion, Jennison. "Global Accessibility Awareness Day". Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Archived from the original on 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  5. ^ "About". GAAD. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  6. ^ "CHALLENGE: Accessibility know-how needs to go mainstream with developers. NOW". MySQLTalk.com. 2011-11-27. Archived from the original on 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  7. ^ "Remembering Joseph O'Connor (1953–2020)". blacktelephone.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  8. ^ "nomousechallenge". MN IT Services. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  9. ^ "The #NoMouse Challenge". nomouse.org. Archived from the original on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  10. ^ "Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2015". Archived from the original on 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2015-05-21 – via Flickr.
  11. ^ "Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2016". Archived from the original on 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2016-05-19 – via Flickr.
  12. ^ "Apple highlights Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 18 with "Designed for everyone" video series". AppleInsider. 17 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  13. ^ "Apple holds Stevie Wonder concert on campus in honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day". 9to5Mac. 2017-05-19. Archived from the original on 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  14. ^ "Drop-In: UCSF Website Accessibility Testing Clinic". calendars.library.ucsf.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  15. ^ "Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2017". Meetup. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  16. ^ "aXe Hackathon – Deque India celebrates GAAD 2018 on May 17th at Hyderabad". Deque Systems. Archived from the original on 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  17. ^ "Global Accessibility Awareness Day India". Global Accessibility Awareness Day India. Archived from the original on 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  18. ^ "Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2018". Archived from the original on 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2018-05-21 – via Flickr.
  19. ^ "What happened on Global Accessibility Awareness Day at GDS – Government Digital Service". gds.blog.gov.uk. 2 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-03-19. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
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