{"id":2614,"date":"2016-04-13T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clockwork.com\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2025-04-04T18:42:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:42:46","slug":"honor-global-accessibility-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clockwork.com\/insights\/honor-global-accessibility-awareness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Honor Global Accessibility Awareness Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>May 19th is&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/a>&nbsp;and we\u2019re honoring it with an event for anyone interested in learning more about digital accessibility:&nbsp;Accessibility After Work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accessibility After Work is designed to introduce you to digital accessibility from the viewpoint of users who live with a wide variety of disabilities. The event is a great opportunity for anyone who uses, designs, builds, or sells technology, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Web developers\/designers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Software engineers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Content managers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marketing, customers service, and sales staff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizational leaders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will feature a device expo where you can see the most commonly used assistive computer devices in action, up close and personal, demonstrated by WeCo\u2019s Accessibility Specialists and Test Consultants, all of whom live with one or more disability.&nbsp;Additionally, you will be able to network, meet, and chat with other people learning about or working on digital accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/theweco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WeCo<\/a>, a mission-based for-profit company focused on giving their clients&nbsp;access\/feedback from actual users who live with disabilities, we hope that the collaborative event will \u201cbring meaningful accessibility to life,\u201d to borrow words from WeCo\u2019s own site.&nbsp;For us, this event&nbsp;\u2014 and the entire&nbsp;topic&nbsp;\u2014 is an extension of our values and commitment to people. 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