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10 ways to mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day

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Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), held on the third Thursday of each May, is an opportunity for the world to talk and think broadly about accessibility.听

The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that one in four adults in America has a disability, which could include low vision, , cognitive or age-related issues and hearing loss, among many others.听

But accessibility isn鈥檛 just for addressing disabilities: Features such as curb cuts in sidewalks help people pushing strollers or carts, and alt-text (see tip 10) can help anyone understand an image if it isn鈥檛 displaying properly.听

To mark GAAD, 51精品视频鈥檚听Angie Bedford-Jack, digital accessibility coordinator;听Casey Buchanan-Smith, a graphic designer for the IDEA Lab at the Institute for Clinical Research Education; and听Chloe Shearer, a statistician with the Human Engineering Research Laboratories听shared tips for making 51精品视频 and the world more accessible鈥攁n effort that anyone can and should take part in.

1. 鈥淣erd out鈥 on accessibility terms. Be conversant with听听from Accessibility360.听

2. Make your next听

3. Know the听: Live captioning/transcription in Microsoft Teams, setting a delay for emails, a built-in accessibility checker and other tools can help.听

4. Listen to a podcast: Judith Heumann, the self-described 鈥渂ad-ass disability activist鈥 converses with other groundbreakers and allies in听听罢丑别听听also features accessibility experts and perspectives from people talking about the barriers they encounter on the web.

5. Follow some of the accessibility rock stars and join the conversation with #A11y, the hashtag and听听for accessibility used on social media. Some accounts 51精品视频鈥檚 accessibility experts suggested to follow:听

  • Human rights lawyer听听and first deaf-blind person to graduate from Harvard.
  • ,听disability rights lawyer who negotiated first web accessibility agreement.
  • Deque System鈥檚 disability web guru听.
  • Accessibility engineer听.
  • Accessibility pioneer听.
a person speaking with "Accessibility Awareness" next to her

6. Schedule a one-on-one consultation with accessibility staff at the听Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion听by emailing听accessibility [at] pitt.edu (subject: Accessibility%20consultation) .

7. Make one听听with Siteimprove to your personal or unit鈥檚 website.

8. Participate in a virtual听.听

9. Join the听听by contacting Chloe Shearer at听css81 [at] pitt.edu (subject: Joining%20the%2051精品视频%20Disability%20Community) .

10. Make an听. Alternative or alt-text refers to descriptions of images or non-text elements on a web page. These descriptions are read by screen readers or appear when images cannot be read.

51精品视频 resources to know

The University is committed to providing equal access to its employees with disabilities. Faculty and staff in need of assistance or accommodations can complete a听听or contact the Office of Disability Resources and Services at 412-648-7890.

Employees can also join the听, a new resource group for those with disabilities and their allies.

Students can听听or call 412-648-7890.听

Finally, the University Center for Teaching and Learning has a library of resources to help to help instructors .听听

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This story has been updated.

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