Digital accessibility starts with digital literacy.

Digital Accessibility Starts with Literacy

“For some people, an accessible internet literally makes a world of difference.” Web accessibility advocate Joe Devon wrote this statement in a 2011 blog that single-handedly led to what is now the 13th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), which occurs on the third Thursday of each May. When digital accessibility professional Jennison Ascuncion stumbled […]

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Accessibility for All with Microsoft OneDrive

Microsoft has always placed an emphasis on the importance of making technology accessible to all — and that includes inclusive design. Inclusive design focuses on making a product, service or environment usable for as many people as possible, particularly the more than one billion people in the world with a disability. Microsoft provides a variety […]

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Global Accessibility Awareness Day

There are over 1 billion individuals living with a disability worldwide.  Thursday, May 19, 2022, is the 11th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).  GAAD aims to get everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital access ad inclusion. What is digital accessibility?  According to GAAD’s website: “Every user deserves a first-rate digital experience on the web. […]