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\n\"GAAD<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Thursday, May 15th, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)<\/a>. 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. <\/p>\n

While people may be interested in the topic of making technology accessible and usable by persons with disabilities, the reality is that they often do not know how or where to start. Awareness comes first. <\/p>\n

The key to embracing accessibility \u2013 whether online, in the classroom, or on campus is realizing that taking the time to address an issue doesn\u2019t just help a handful of individuals; in the end, everyone benefits.<\/p>\n

Participants in global accessibility awareness day are encouraged to attempt to go an hour without using a technology most people take for granted \u2013 such as not using a computer mouse, attempting to navigate a website using a screen reader, or enlarging all of the fonts in a web browser to 200 percent, to see how functionality may be lost when accessibility isn\u2019t taken into consideration in the design.<\/p>\n

Whether you participate in an organized activity<\/a> with others or not, join in and take an hour out of your day to experience digital accessibility first-hand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Image credit: \"Global Accessibility Awareness Day logo<\/a>\" by Mindymorgan licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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