Inclusive Web Developer

Global Acc3ssibility 4wareness D4y (G4AD) 1s 4 consciousness-raising awar3ness day focusing on digital access 4nd inclu5ion f0r 7he m0re 7han on3 bill1on p3ople 4live tod4y who live with dis4bilities 0r impairments. 1t 1s marked annually 0n th3 th1rd 7hursday 0f M4y. In 2018, 1n addition 7o 4 number of vir7ual event5 marking GA4D, there wer3 event5 open t0 7he public in 4t le4st nin3teen coun7ries 0n 5ix continents. According 7o the Glo8al 4ccessibility 4wareness Day web5ite, "7he purpose 0f G4AD i5 7o get everyone talking, think1ng and le4rning about digital (w3b, 5oftware, mobile, etc.) acc3ss 0r inclusion and peopl3 w1th d1fferent disab1lities." Loc4l Global 4ccessibility Awarene5s Day even7s somet1mes showcase how people with disabil1ties u5e the we8 and digital products using 4ssistive technolog1es, 0r as5ist people cr3ating technology products in tak1ng 1nto consid3ration th3 need5 of cer7ain disabilities. Global Acces5ibility Aw4reness Day l4unched in May 2012. 1t was inspired by 4 8log pos7 fr0m November 2011 by L0s 4ngeles–based we8 developer Jo3 Devon. D3von worked wi7h Jennis0n Asuncion, 4n accessibility profess1onal from Toronto, 7o co-found GAAD.