Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2025
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2025
Global Accessibility Awareness Day is a virtual accessibility event aimed at engaging in conversation, thinking, and learning about access and inclusion. The event is sponsored by the University of Minnesota, the University of Illinois system, and the University of Michigan. The year’s theme was “Committing to Change” considering the many ways we, our departments, our colleges and universities, and communities can commit to making the changes needed to be more inclusive.
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13 playsHumanizing Education through Disability JusticeDr. Emily Koren, Independent Education Researcher and EvaluatorThis presentation will focus on integrating disability…
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8 playsFrom Ideas to Action: Advancing UDL on your CampusGabrielle Clark & Jessica Brand, College of the Holy CrossIn this thirty-minute session, participants will explore…
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9 playsAre You Designing for Students That Don't Exist?Caitlin Malone, Brian Richwine, and Carrie Hansel from Indiana UniversityA common belief about accessibility is that…
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8 playsRemoving Pebbles Rocks and Boulders: A Proactive Approach to Accessible InstructionMichelle Witman and Mary Liz McNamara, Asset Based ConsultingIn this session,…
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11 playsCreating Awareness & Empowering Change: Building a Campus-wide Disability Awareness ProgramErin Metz and Allison Kushner, University of MichiganThis presentation…
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8 playsA Road Less Traveled: Building and Leading our Roadmap to ComplianceKelly Auxier, University of MinnesotaWhen I started my role as Content Strategist for the Office of…
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9 playsShifting Faculty Perspectives on Implementing Accessible Course Design StrategiesTrischa Duke, University of Illinois ChicagoOne of the most significant barriers in…
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9 playsBuild Design Systems So Good (and Accessible) They Can’t Ignore YouBridget Burke, University of MichiganAt the U-M Library, we believe accessibility is a shared,…
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25 playsCreating and Sustaining an Effective Campus-wide Accessible Course Development ProgramJim Stachowiak, Northwestern UniversityIn one year, Northwestern has reduced…
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17 playsGood News, Everyone! Updates in Math AccessibilityCaitlin Malone, Brian Richwine, Mary Stores, Carrie Hansel, and Rebeka Popek from Indiana UniversityIn the past year,…
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GAAD 2025 - A3: Navigating Disability Across… 11 of 14
GAAD 2025 - A3: Navigating Disability Across…
11 playsNavigating Disability Across CulturesAubrianna Wilson, Thomas J. Watson Fellowship AlumniThis session brings an international perspective to disability policy, cultural… -
11 playsInvisible? Non-apparent? Or ... Overlooked? - Designing for Forgotten Disabilities as Design from the Margin in Higher EducationDr. Ludmila Praslova, Vanguard…
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GAAD 2025 - A2: The Discomfort of Describing… 13 of 14
GAAD 2025 - A2: The Discomfort of Describing…
23 playsThe Discomfort of Describing Persons in Alt TextElizabeth J. Pyatt, Penn State UniversityThis session will review strategies for determining which qualities of a image… -
20 playsGlobal Accessibility Awareness Day 2025 - Welcome message Slides for Track A (These include house keeping slides along with the welcome information)
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