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class="subcontent" style="color: #22262A;"> <p><strong>Third Thursday of Each May</strong> is Global Accessibility Awareness Day.</p> </div> <h2 class="button-header" style="color: #01385E; font-size: 20px;"> Select a different language to learn about Global Accessibility Awareness Day: </h2> <div class="buttons-container"> <a href="/العربية" lang=ar class="link-btn">العربية</a> <a href="#" lang=en class="link-btn active">english</a> <a href="/espanol" lang=es class="link-btn">español</a> <a href="/francais" lang=fr class="link-btn">français</a> <a href="/עברית" lang=he class="link-btn">עברית</a> <a href="/日本語" lang=ja class="link-btn">日本語</a> <a href="/italiano" lang=it class="link-btn">italiano</a> <a href="/русский" lang=ru class="link-btn">русский</a> <a href="/portugues-brasileiro" lang=pt class="link-btn">português brasileiro</a> <a href="/kiswahili" lang=sw class="link-btn">kiswahili</a> <a href="/中文" lang=zh-Hans class="link-btn">中文</a> <a href="/हिंदी" lang=hi class="link-btn">हिंदी</a> </div> <div class="bottom-content"> <p><a href="/contact">Provide feedback on our translations or contribute a new translation.</a></p> </div> </div> </section> <section class="module grid-image-content-container" style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <div class="grid-wrapper"> <h2 class="column-contents-header" style="color: #01385e; font-size: 40px;"> How GAAD Started </h2> <div class="grid-container layout1"> <div class="grid-contents horizontal" style="color: #22262a; background-color: #fff;"> <div class="image-col "> <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="770" height="346" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/blog-post.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="blog post titled CHALLENGE: Accessibility know-how needs to go mainstream with developers. NOW. posted on November 27, 2011, with 67 comments. blog post opening paragraph: Relatively, there isn't a lot of great information about accessibility out there. You really have to seek it out. How many of you know what JAWS is? After popping up IE6/IE7/IE8 et al to ensure website compatibility, do you also check your content in a screen reader?" srcset="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/blog-post.png 770w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/blog-post-300x135.png 300w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/blog-post-768x345.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px" /> </div> <div class="text-col"> <h3> Single Blog Post </h3> <p>The idea of a Global Accessibility Awareness Day started with a single blog post written by a Los Angeles-based web developer, Joe Devon. <a href="https://mysqltalk.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/challenge-accessibility-know-how-needs-to-go-mainstream-with-developers-now/">See Joe’s Blog post</a> that served as the inspiration for Global Accessibility Awareness Day.</p> </div> </div> <div class="grid-contents horizontal" style="color: #22262a; background-color: #fff;"> <div class="image-col text-first"> <img decoding="async" width="768" height="344" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/tweet.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Jennison Asuncion replying to Joe Devon on twitter: @joedevon I plan to tweet re your blog post tomorrow, but wanted to let you know I'm all over your idea of a Global #Accessibility Day. Posted at 8:02 PM on November 26, 2011" srcset="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/tweet.png 768w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/tweet-300x134.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /> </div> <div class="text-col"> <h3> Accidental Discovery </h3> <p>Jennison Asuncion, an accessibility professional from Toronto, discovered Joe’s blog post purely by accident thanks to randomly coming across a tweet from Joe.</p> </div> </div> <div class="grid-contents horizontal" style="color: #22262a; background-color: #fff;"> <div class="image-col "> <img decoding="async" width="772" height="347" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/founders.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Jennison and Joe smiling, standing in front of the Edminster Student Union Building at North Idaho college. There's a large banner hanging over building's glass entryway, that says Pave the Way to GAAD." srcset="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/founders.png 772w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/founders-300x135.png 300w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/founders-768x345.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px" /> </div> <div class="text-col"> <h3> Joining Forces </h3> <p>After reading it, he immediately <a href="https://twitter.com/Jennison/status/140641672664068096">contacted Joe (via Twitter)</a> and they joined forces, leveraging their extensive and respective networks to realize the event.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-cta-container"> </div> </section> <section class="module standard-content-container dark-outline" style="background-color: #fff"> <div class="container-wrapper layout1" style="padding-top: 62px; padding-bottom: 60px;"> <h2 class="column-contents-header" style="color: #01385E; font-size: 44px; text-align: center; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> Hear About GAAD from One of Its Founders </h2> <div class="subcontent" style="color: #22262A;"> <p style="text-align: center;">Watch Jennison Asuncion explain Global Accessibility Awareness Day, its origin and its intent in this interview by Dr. Jonathan Hassell.</p> </div> </div> </section> <div class="wp-block-group video-module"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"><video id="able_player_53176" data-able-player playsinline preload="auto" data-heading-level="3" data-speed-icons="animals" data-show-now-playing="false" data-skin="2020" data-youtube-id="_rDaw5_PzBU"></video> </div></div> <section class="module col-content-container light-outline" style="background-color: #01385e;"> <div class="container-wrapper" style="padding-top: 80px; padding-bottom: 80px;"> <h2 class="column-contents-header" style="color: #ffffff; font-size: 44px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 60px;"> About GAAD Founders </h2> <div class="col-container layout2"> <div class="col-contents" style="color: #ffffff;"> <div class="item-contents-container bio-content" style="background-color: #01385e; padding: 0px;"> <div class="avatar-container"> <div class="item-image image-avatar"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="200" height="201" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/joe-profile.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Joe, posing in front of a window with a city view and an indoor plant, wearing a black suit jacket and a plaid button up shirt" srcset="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/joe-profile.png 200w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/joe-profile-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /> </div> <div class="avatar-content"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 27px; color: #ffffff; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"> Joe Devon </h3> <span class="item-subheader" style="color: #ffffff; text-align: left;"> Co-Founder </span> </div> </div> <div class="item-content normal-text" style="text-align: left;"> <p>Joe Devon is a technology entrepreneur and web accessibility advocate. He co-founded Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) and serves as the Chair of the GAAD Foundation, focusing on promoting digital accessibility and inclusive design. Joe also explores AI’s potential to revolutionize digital accessibility, developing AI solutions to enhance online experiences for people with disabilities.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-contents" style="color: #ffffff;"> <div class="item-contents-container bio-content" style="background-color: #01385e; padding: 0px;"> <div class="avatar-container"> <div class="item-image image-avatar"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="200" height="201" src="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/jennison-profile.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Jennison with a wide smile, short black hair, wearing a forest green button-up shirt." srcset="https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/jennison-profile.png 200w, https://accessibility.day/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/jennison-profile-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /> </div> <div class="avatar-content"> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 27px; color: #ffffff; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"> Jennison Asuncion </h3> <span class="item-subheader" style="color: #ffffff; text-align: left;"> Co-Founder </span> </div> </div> <div class="item-content normal-text" style="text-align: left;"> <p>From Canada to the US, Jennison Asuncion has had a long career in Digital Accessibility. He spent seven years at the Royal Bank of Canada working with their internal teams and vendors to ensure they meet the bank’s IT accessibility standards. At LinkedIn, he manages a team of software engineers who focus on enabling the global workforce of professionals with disabilities to be more productive and successful. 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