{"id":75308,"date":"2021-05-20T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T15:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=75308"},"modified":"2021-05-20T17:00:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T21:00:56","slug":"today-is-global-accessibility-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2021\/05\/20\/today-is-global-accessibility-awareness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/a> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">is today!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><em>Help us celebrate the tenth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than One Billion people with disabilities\/impairments.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75280 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GAAAD-5-20-21-1.jpg\" alt=\"Global Accessibility Awareness Day is is Thursday, May 20th 2021\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GAAAD-5-20-21-1.jpg 659w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GAAAD-5-20-21-1-150x61.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Also see:<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoftheyear.com\/days\/global-accessibility-awareness-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75281 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GAAAD-5-20-21-2.jpg\" alt=\"Global Accessibility Awareness Day is Thursday, May 20, 2021\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GAAAD-5-20-21-2.jpg 645w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GAAAD-5-20-21-2-150x61.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>Also see:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualitymatters.org\/sites\/default\/files\/research-docs-pdfs\/QM-Digital-Accessibility-Professional-Development-WP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Professional Development for Digital Accessibility: A Needs Assessment<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from qualitymatters.org<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">As the EdTech article,\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/edtechmagazine.com\/higher\/article\/2021\/03\/improving-accessibility-students-and-faculty-disabilities?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Improving Accessibility for Students and Faculty with Disabilities<\/a>,\u201d points out, the approach to accommodations for many institutions is still reactive instead of proactive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>So what can institutions do to become more proactive in their approach to digital accessibility?<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0A 2019 survey of Higher Education Quality Matters Coordinators conducted by Barbara Frey, D.Ed., Point Park University, and Rae Mancilla, Ed.D., the University of Pittsburgh, identified the need for more professional development on the topic. Now, in the final white paper from their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualitymatters.org\/qa-resources\/resource-center\/articles-resources\/accessibility-white-paper-series?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/qualitymatters.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbfb35ae263b369e305493f00d%26id%3D1489703a95%26e%3D979e0638b8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1621608455683000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFeeL5bmcVQZqZVbyMgodPJZkfdgw\">three-part series<\/a>\u00a0on digital accessibility, Drs. Frey and Mancilla provide a summary and analysis of the survey data on digital accessibility professional development needs.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The key training areas that course developers can focus on to help faculty<\/li>\n<li>How administrators can address common barriers to participation in digital accessibility training<\/li>\n<li>How faculty can contribute to a meaningful accessibility training curriculum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2021\/05\/apple-previews-powerful-software-updates-designed-for-people-with-disabilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Apple previews powerful software updates designed for people with disabilities<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nNew SignTime service launches Thursday, May 20, to connect Apple Store and Apple Support customers with on-demand sign language interpreters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Accessibility Awareness Day is today! Help us celebrate the tenth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than One Billion people with disabilities\/impairments. Also see: Also see: Professional Development for Digital Accessibility: A Needs Assessment &#8212; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,139,190,382,480],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessibility-udl","category-apple","category-assistive-technologies","category-neurodivergent-special-needs","category-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75308"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75320,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75308\/revisions\/75320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}