Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Today is the 10-year anniversary of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). It’s a day for acknowledging and applauding ongoing efforts to identify and improve digital accessibility.
Digital barriers can make accessing websites, reading documents, watching videos or using software more difficult or impossible. Across the world, more than 1 billion people have some kind visual, hearing, cognitive or motor disability. Removing digital barriers can help ensure everyone has access to the digital products that are so important in our daily lives.
In keeping with the spirit of GAAD, consider the following:
- If you’re a teacher, use the Ally Accessibility Report in Canvas to identify content that has digital barriers. Then learn more about how to make it more accessible to all your students.
- If you maintain Michigan Tech web pages or create content that will be posted on the web, make sure the information is accessible to all potential visitors. You can learn more about what makes a website accessible from the training resources of the Accessible Technology Working Group (ATWG).
Contact the ATWG at accessibility-l@mtu.edu for more information on how to create accessible content or remove digital barriers from existing content.
Visit the GAAD website for more information and ideas on how you can get involved.