GAAD Foundation
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.
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Joomla, the renowned open-source content management system, has taken the GAAD Pledge in celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2024. By embracing accessibility as a core value, Joomla reaffirms its commitment to creating an inclusive digital world where everyone, regardless of their abilities, can interact with and access Joomla-based websites.
Read more about Joomla's GAAD Pledge commmitment
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.
Visit the GAAD website
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.
Take the GAAD Pledge
GAAD Speakers Fund
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.
Learn more about the Speakers Fund
The Gaadys
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.
Learn more about the Gaadys
Global Digital Accessibility Salary Survey (GDASS)
The goal of annually collecting and sharing salary data is to inform both organizations investing or ready to invest in accessibility, along with the individuals who make technology and digital products accessible as they start or progress in their careers.
Learn more about GDASS