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Celebrate the sixteenth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on Thursday, May 20, 2027.
The GAAD Foundation was launched in 2021 to mark GAAD’s 10th anniversary. Its mission is to disrupt the culture of technology and digital product development to include accessibility as a core requirement.
Digital accessibility refers to the ability of people with disabilities/impairments to independently consume and/or interact with digital (e.g., web, mobile) applications and content. Take a look at WebAIM’s The WebAIM Million, for a current snapshot of trends and issues regarding web accessibility.
In 2020, WebAIM analyzed one million home pages for accessibility issues and found the following:
From both a civil rights and a business perspective, people with disabilities are underserved by today’s digital products.
1 Billion People Worldwide Have Disabilities
People who are blind need alternative text descriptions for meaningful images and use the keyboard and not a mouse to interact with interactive elements.
People who are deaf or hard of hearing will need captioning for video presentations and visual indicators in place of audio cues.
People with motor impairments may need alternative keyboards, eye control or some other adaptive hardware to help them type and navigate on their devices.
An uncluttered screen, consistent navigation and the use of plain language would be useful for people with different learning disabilities/impairments.
Here are some examples of how inclusive design and development can impact lives.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Global Accessibility Awareness Day is a program of the GAAD Foundation.
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