Last Thursday, over 45 people attended our third annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), Detroit event, including a few walk-ins. Our Refresh Detroit members traveled from East Lansing, Ann Arbor, and throughout metro Detroit to hear Al Puzzuoli talk about screen readers and get hands on with screen readers on their own laptops.
We saw familiar faces as well as many new members! We hope you enjoyed Al’s presentation and hands-on screen reader session as much as we did!
Refresh Detroit was proud to host one of the dozens of GAAD events happening around the world, joining in the conversation about digital accessibility.
Although GAAD is over, let’s keep the conversation going about web accessibility. Share what you learned with people you work with, your blog readers, and others.
Let’s make the web accessible to everyone!
Here’s some of the social conversation during our event last week:
Getting ready to kick off @gbla11yday in Detroit at @GrandCircusCo. #GAAD #GAAD2016 pic.twitter.com/TRYoJ6KA0C
— Chris DUH (@saltnburnem) May 19, 2024
We love the programs @eric_malcolm created for Global Accessibility Awareness Day, #Detroit. #gaad pic.twitter.com/GGtj4gXmCR
— DeborahEdwards-Onoro (@redcrew) May 20, 2024
So stoked the peeps from @dequesystems came out to @GrandCircusCo to help with @gbla11yday. #gaad #gaaddetroit pic.twitter.com/zl455gWl1P
— Chris DUH (@saltnburnem) May 20, 2024
Privileged to volunteer @RefreshDetroit 4 #GAAD - organizers: @RedCrew @NickDeNardis @SaltnBurnEm @Eric_Malcolm presenter: @AlPuzz @MSU_RCPD
— Brian Mills (@brianmillsUX) May 19, 2024
Mass screen reader session at #GAAD #Detroit. 40 of us using SRs at once! #a11y #uma11y https://t.co/Gr3IX8AtDF
— scott williams (@swimsy) May 19, 2024
Big thanks to @Rightpoint @GrandCircusCo @dequesystems and @TechSmith for sponsoring Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Detroit! #gaad
— Refresh Detroit (@refreshdetroit) May 19, 2024
There is a spectrum of screenreader ability. Even well-coded sites may be hard for new users. @alpuzz #GAAD
— Josie Scott (@josies) May 20, 2024
Here's link to latest @WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey @alpuzz mentioned https://t.co/2zOxt7BE1g #gaad #detroit
— Refresh Detroit (@refreshdetroit) May 20, 2024
Props to @scottrade for their accessibility text for screenreader users only. #gaas #a11y pic.twitter.com/7TatUHEdIU
— Nick DeNardis (@nickdenardis) May 19, 2024
Global Accessibility Awareness Day in full effect! @refreshdetroit @alpuzz @gbla11yday #gaad #GAAD2016 #gaaddetroit pic.twitter.com/6cRibYcytg
— Chris DUH (@saltnburnem) May 19, 2024
If you can find a dev who knows how to use a screen reader, hire them. And pay them a lot of $$$. ~ @alpuzz #GAAD #Detroit
— DeborahEdwards-Onoro (@redcrew) May 20, 2024
Shout-out to @Tech_Toledo for partnering with us for Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Detroit. #gaad #Detroit
— Refresh Detroit (@refreshdetroit) May 20, 2024
Global accessibility day Detroit. Learning to use screen readers. #GAAD #Detroit pic.twitter.com/DRR1OQSP2y
— Ian Kelly (@itkelly) May 19, 2024
Congrats to @MichaelMistak, @yodasw16 & tnagy for winning copies of @RosenfeldMedia book "A Web for Everyone" by @whitneyq. #gaad #detroit
— Refresh Detroit (@refreshdetroit) May 20, 2024
Shoutout to @redcrew , @nickdenardis , @saltnburnem , @eric_malcolm for organizing tonight's #GAAD event. #detroit
— Refresh Detroit (@refreshdetroit) May 19, 2024
Hanging out at @dequesystems sponsor table. #detroit #gaad pic.twitter.com/bHkXKefZEZ
— DeborahEdwards-Onoro (@redcrew) May 19, 2024
Grateful to @GrandCircusCo , our venue sponsor, who helped make Global Accessibility Awareness Day, #Detroit a success. #gaad
— Metro Detroit WP (@MetroDetroitWP) May 20, 2024
Great preso by @alpuzz at #GAAD Detroit last night @refreshdetroit @MetroDetroitWP @GrandCircusCo. Eager to share my notes with my team.
— Maria Gosur (@mariagosur) May 20, 2024