[isoc-ny] TODAY: Thurs May 17 2018 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day

[ISOC-NY announcements]

 While this is the its special day accessibility is something that merits
awareness year round. At ISOC-NY we have been actively supporting A11yNYC
with a live webcast of their monthly meetups. Catch up at
https://youtube.com/a11ynyc/videos

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[image: GAAD] <http://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/participate.html>
Today, *Thursday May 17 2018*, is the 7th annual *Global Accessibility
Awareness Day <http://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/>* (GAAD). The
purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about
digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) access/inclusion and people with
different disabilities. The target audience of GAAD is the design,
development, usability, and related communities who build, shape, fund and
influence technology and its use. While people may be interested in the
topic of making technology accessible and usable by persons with
disabilities, the reality is that they often do not know how or where to
start. *Awareness comes first.*

Amongst the many *events worldwide
<http://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/events.php>* on this day there
are three in NYC



*All day Free admission at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
<https://twitter.com/baumtweet/status/996801864606855168>6pm AudioEye NYC
GAAD Happy Hour
<https://www.audioeye.com/gaad-event-nyc/>6:30pm Diversability Meet and
Greet!
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfsXGyjTkHu9LQMk-iHhjR-iQgd1rXyTz88WlcJdYW6Xp_40Q/viewform>*

To learn, or do more about accessibility you can join the *A11yNYC Meetup
<https://www.meetup.com/a11ynyc/>* (local) or the* ISOC Accessibility SIG
<http://a11ysig.org/>*(in formation) (global).

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Joly MacFie
President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)
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