GAAD Foundation

Introducing the GAAD Foundation!

The GAAD Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to disrupt the culture of technology and digital product development to include accessibility as a core requirement.

Our vision is for accessibility to be built into the product development lifecycle for technology and digital products.

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Global Accessibility Awareness Day

The third Thursday of each May is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than One Billion people with disabilities/impairments.

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GAAD Pledge

Open Source development projects are the foundation of a large percentage of websites and mobile apps. 

The purpose of the #GAADPledge is for the GAAD Foundation to work with one influential open source project per year, who take the Pledge to make accessibility a core value of their project.

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GAAD in Vegas

Photos taken during GAAD 2021 – 10th Anniversary and launch of the GAAD Foundation in Las Vegas, NV.

Mali Holmes and Michael Sui smiling and looking at computer slightly below camera, while hosting the GAAD 10th Anniversary a11yBay digital meetup
4 GAAD attendees standing together, smiling, wearing 10th Anniversary GAAD t-shirts
woman with short blonde hair talking to someone off camera, other attendees and GAAD logo backdrop blurred behind her
black labrador dog close-up, looking into the camera
Cory Joseph, gesturing and conversing with 2 other people who are facing away from the camera, other event attendees in background
Jennison Asuncion, Mali Holmes and Michael Sui sitting on an orange couch, smiling while hosting the a11yBay meetup for GAAD's 10th Anniversary
Jennison Asuncion, Christopher Patnoe, Joe Devon and Mindy Morgan, with various happy facial expressions, wearing 10th Anniversary GAAD t-shirts inside room with white walls
wide shot of a room filled with people, GAAD logo backdrop and GAAD Foundation banner visible in background
10 GAAD attendees in matching GAAD t-shirts smiling at a restaurant table
9 GAAD attendees smiling at a restaurant table
8 GAAD attendees in matching GAAD t-shirts smiling at a restaurant table

Founding Sponsors

AbleDocs
Deque
Diamond
Google
Intel
Meta
Salesforce
Snyk
Sony Pictures
Twitter
Uber Technologies
Walmart

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