Accessibility webinars and virtual events in May 2020
Normally around this time of the year, I am getting ready to host and present a number of talks and workshops for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). This year, for reasons related and not-related to COVID-19, I’m not sure if I’ll have the time to prepare a virtual GAAD event.
So instead, I thought I’d share some of the online webinars that are happening this month. I’ll update this page if I see any others.
The list includes webinars and virtual events from Microsoft, Level Access, Deque Systems, GDS, A11yTO, UsableNet, AccessibilityOz, WebAIM, and others.
The webinars are organised by date. If you can’t make it, still sign-up because the organisers will usually send the recording afterwards with transcripts and captions. They’ll also let you know of any future webinars.
5 May, 2020
Impact of COVID-19 on People with Disabilities
By: Level Access
Creating Accessible Materials in Canvas & Beyond
By: Patins Project and Jena Fahlbush
6 May, 2020
What’s new and what’s coming in the WAVE evaluation tool
By: WebAIM
7 May, 2020
FirstBank’s Organisational Approach to Digital Accessibility
By: Level Access
Digital Accessibility Experts Live – Open discussions
By: Hassell Inclusion
12 May, 2020
Regulation and compliance: Screen readers and cookie consents
By: London Web Performance with Léonie Watson
WCAG 2.1 and Mobile Accessibility
By: Level Access
The Basics of Remediating an Inaccessible PDF
By: Deque Systems
13 May, 2020
Social Media and Accessibility
By: AccessibilityOz
ADA Website Accessibility Lawsuits during Coronavirus
By: UsableNet
14 May, 2020
Accessible Images When it Matters Most
By: Deque Systems and Carie Fisher
A11y Wizard Hour
By: AccessibilityOz
20 May, 2020
Enabling Full-stack Accessibility in Online Learning
By: Deque Systems and Desire2Learn (D2L)
Digital Accessibility Legal Update
By: Deque
21 May, 2020 — Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Government Digital Services:
- An introduction to digital accessibility regulations
- How to avoid common accessibility statement fails
- How to carry out basic accessibility checks
- Making accessibility accessible: the secret to engaging your workforce
- What would Marie Kondo do? How to clear your website of inaccessible PDFs
Deque’s GAAD:
- Virtual Panel: Teleworking for People with Disabilities
- Basic Accessibility Fundamentals Bootcamp
- Intro to Agile Accessibility
An introduction to screen readers
By: Deque
HelloA11y (Virtual event)
By: HelloA11y
Mobile Assistive Technology Overview
By: Level Access
23 May 2020
#A11yTO Camp (Virtual event)
By: a11yTO
27 May, 2020
Accessibility Maturity Model for Higher and Further Education
By: AbilityNet
27 & 28 May, 2020
The Microsoft Ability Summit (Virtual event)
By: Microsoft Accessibility
27–29 May, 2020
ACCESS at Home (Virtual Event)
By: 3Play Media
If you know of others, please let me know and I’ll add them to the list.
