Harnessing the energy of Global Accessibility Awareness Day
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.
The Gaadys Awards recognizes and celebrates contributions from individuals and groups that advance the GAAD Foundation’s mission of disrupting the culture of technology and digital product development to include accessibility as a core requirement.
Each year, the GAAD Foundation will award one or more individuals with up-to $3,000
USD to cover expenses associated with speaking about an aspect of digital
accessibility at an in-person event.
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.
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.
