[Air-L] WEBCAST TODAY: When Rhetoric Meets Reality: Digital Accessibility, Persons With Disabilities, and COVID-19 @a11ySIG #GAAD2020

[Joly MacFie]

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ISOC Live posted: "On May 28 2020, from 12:00-13:30 UTC, in celebration of
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (May 21) the Internet Society
Accessibility Special Interest Group (A11ySIG) will host a webinar “When
rhetoric meets reality: Digital Accessibility, Persons With D"

[image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/gaad2020>On *May
28 2020*, from *12:00-13:30 UTC*, in celebration of *Global Accessibility
Awareness Day <https://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/>* (May 21)
<https://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/>the* Internet Society
Accessibility Special Interest Group <https://www.a11ysig.org/>* (A11ySIG)
will host a webinar “*When rhetoric meets reality: Digital Accessibility,
Persons With Disabilities and COVID-19 <https://www.a11ysig.org/gaad2020/>*”
This free webinar bring together digital accessibility experts and people
with disabilities to discuss the digital accessibility outlook beyond
COVID-19. The webinar aims to share and offer a variety of ideas from
different disabilities and different parts of the world. SPEAKERS: *David
Berman*, David Berman communications (Canada); *Naveed Haq*, Regional
Director Infrastructure and Connectivity, Asia Pacific Internet Society
(Pakistan); *Gunela Astbrink*, Vice President Accessibility SIG
(Australia); *Fernando Botelho*, F123 initiative (Brazil); *Judy Okite*,
founder, Association for Accessibility and Equality (AAFE) (Kenya); *Peter
Crosbie*, advocate for the autistic community (France); *Lidia Best*, Vice
President, European Federation of Hard of Hearing (UK); *Manique Gunaratn*e,
Manager, Specialized Training and Disability Resource Centre (Sri Lanka).
MODERATOR: *Muhammad Shabbir Awan*, President, ISOC Accessibility SIG.

*VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/gaad2020
<http://livestream.com/internetsociety/gaad2020>* (Open Captions, ASL, BSL)

*REAL TIME TEXT: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-A11YSIG
<https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-A11YSIG>*

*PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM: https://bit.ly/3bX0BM5 <https://bit.ly/3bX0BM5> *
(Closed Captions, ASL, BSL)

*TWITTER: @A11ySIG #GAAD2020 <http://bit.ly/a11ysiggaad2020>*


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