Talk:Global Accessibility Awareness Day

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Can you help us get GAAD into OTD on wiki home page this Thursday?

We’ve been talking about GAAD in the Wikimedia Accessibility User Group. IF we can quickly improve this article, especially by adding more (reliable) secondary sources, it could qualify to be on the homepage of en.wikipedia.org in the On This Day section. Deadline for changes: Wednesday (tomorrow) at 2300 UTC. Please post comments and suggestions here - and thank you for any time and attention you can give it! DrMel (talk) 18:54, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The crescent-news site is geoblocked to any country that adheres to GDPR. KaraLG84 (talk) 09:35, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A list of secondary source materials we could draw from:

Apple Marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day by Announcing Upcoming Accessibility Features (MacStories) https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-marks-global-accessibility-awareness-day-by-announcing-upcoming-accessibility-features/
Global Accessibility Awareness Day puts inclusive tech in the spotlight (CNET) https://www.cnet.com/culture/on-global-accessibility-awareness-day-tech-world-prioritize-inclusion-microsoft-apple-facebook-att/
Global Accessibility Awareness Day highlights need for developer education (SD Times) https://sdtimes.com/softwaredev/global-accessibility-awareness-day-highlights-need-for-developer-education/
For Apple, this year’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day is all about education (TechCrunch) https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/17/for-apple-this-years-global-accessibility-awareness-day-is-all-about-education/
Apple & Google celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day with featured apps, new shortcuts (TechCrunch) https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/16/apple-google-celebrate-global-accessibility-awareness-day-with-featured-apps-new-shortcuts/
How Facebook Is Marking Global Accessibility Awareness Day (AdWeek) https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/how-facebook-is-marking-global-accessibility-awareness-day/
Global Access Awareness Day is May 19 (crescent-news.com) https://www.crescent-news.com/news/local_news/global-access-awareness-day-is-may-19/article_3f5ec37a-d2fe-11ec-84cc-2b6f34359c7d.html
Everything you need to know about Global Accessibility Awareness Day (Mashable) https://mashable.com/article/global-accessibility-awareness-day-explainer
Global Accessibility Awareness Day: A Time for Reflection » Community (GovLoop) https://www.govloop.com/community/blog/global-accessibility-awareness-day-a-time-for-reflection/
What is GAAD? (California Business Journal) https://calbizjournal.com/what-is-gaad/

11 years of articles links etc, most of which you can find here: https://twitter com/search?q=%23GAAD&src=typed_query&f=top As you can see twitter added an icon to the hashtag Any of this helpful? I'll throw some more over as they pass my desk: https://www.citr.ca/2022/05/17/global-access-awareness-day-102054/ https://www.crescent-news.com/news/local_news/global-access-awareness-day-is-may-19/article_3f5ec37a-d2fe-11ec-84cc-2b6f34359c7d.html https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-marks-global-accessibility-awareness-day-by-announcing-upcoming-accessibility-features/ I think this is an australian tv show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMidfosLINc https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/05/17/apple-announces-door-detection-live-captions-and-more-accessibility-features https://www.engadget.com/apple-accessibility-updates-live-captions-magnifier-door-detection-assistive-touch-120056407.html https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/17/new-accessibility-features-coming-ios-16/ https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/17/tim-cook-says-new-grads-should-seek-fulfillment-meaning-in-their-careers.html https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/things-to-do/celebrating-global-accessibility-awareness-day https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/amazons-alexa-calls-attention-to-global-accessibility-awareness-day-all-month-long/ https://mashable.com/article/global-accessibility-awareness-day-explainer https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/16/apple-google-celebrate-global-accessibility-awareness-day-with-featured-apps-new-shortcuts/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALYm5b-MEwDlQuS3p0ZYX-4Uspl21TetMgU_RxWpJrCYUjZ_Lnpx1Oz5RZzGJLDPIs5nsNpJ4f-jqS_-y-PHqJ88wAL0f83gNVpX9iZIbNUUiiJtSYIc_9Q8iPGYP2_qXmmHTlTW2h9llfLEdSXEMkXPavv3-96HaoZTQKZ1thQ2

DrMel (talk) 03:13, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

o m g - i am laughing and crying at how utterly inaccessible the list i just pasted in looks! I am so sorry! Can anyone help? Im copying and pasting from emails into this talk page on my little iphone. Absurdity at its finest. Accessibility, here we come! DrMel (talk) 04:31, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@DrMel: I've just sorted out the list. KaraLG84 (talk) 09:20, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@KaraLG84 Thank you! DrMel (talk) 14:39, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Exceptional article - worth adding, but how/where?

https://www.keepitusable.com/blog/is-accessibility-really-that-important/

with quotes and perspectives from one of the experts in UX Don Norman and relevant statistics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrMel (talk • contribs) 22:23, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]