[Athen] May 15, 2025: Register for Global Accessibility Awareness Day!

[Luke Kudryashov via athen-list]

[image: Logo: Global Accessibility Awareness Day; Committing to Change; May
15, 2025. Sponsored by; University of Minnesota, University of Illinois
System, and University of Michigan]

You are invited to register for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)
<https://z.umn.edu/gaad-registration> on May 15, 2025. Join us for a
virtual event on the theme of 'Committing to Change,' which will spark
conversations and enhance understanding about digital access and inclusion.

GAAD 2025 will include:

   -

   Keynote presentation from Dr. Ludmila Praslova
   <https://www.vanguard.edu/about/vunews/posts/~board/news/post/this-is-ludmila-praslova>,
   author of The Canary Code <https://thecanarycode.com/>.
   -

   Breakout sessions in the areas of advancing accessibility in higher
   education, disability culture & justice, and universal design.

Visit the GAAD event website <https://z.umn.edu/gaad> for more information.
All session times are listed in Central Daylight Time.

Registration is required <https://z.umn.edu/gaad-registration>. Use your
UMN email account, or any other Google account, when you register to ensure
the sessions you select get added to your Google calendar. If you don’t
have a Google account, you can create one with an existing email account
<https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/27441?hl=en>.
Accommodations

ASL and captioning will be provided for the keynote and all sessions.
Slides and handouts will be available a few days prior on the GAAD event
website <https://z.umn.edu/gaad>.

During this event we embrace and celebrate the skills, experiences,
perspectives, ideas, and personal characteristics of all participants. We
strive to foster an environment that leverages the unique contributions of
all individuals. Please let us know how we can ensure that this event is
inclusive to you by indicating any accommodation needs on the registration
form. If your accommodation preference changes, please email
gaad-conference at umn.edu by May 1, 2025 to help us fulfill them in time.
Questions?

Email gaad-conference at umn.edu to reach the planning committee.

Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you on May 15!

GAAD Planning Committee


-- 
Luke Kudryashov
Senior Digital Accessibility Analyst, Deputy ADA Coordinator
Office for Digital Accessibility | accessibility.umn.edu
University of Minnesota | umn.edu
kudry003 at umn.edu
Pronouns: He/They
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