Fwd: Global Accessibility Day Detroit on May 18

[Dave Mitropoulos-Rundus]

For those of you involved with and/or interested in Accessibility in software dev, this upcoming event may be of interest to you!

Regards,

Dave Mitropoulos-Rundus

Michigan CHI Officer

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From: Deborah Edwards-Onoro <deb...@lireo.com>
Date: Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 7:52 AM
Subject: Global Accessibility Day Detroit on May 18
To: Dave Mitropoulos-Rundus <metr...@gmail.com>

Hi Dave,

I'm proud to announce that Global Accessibility Day, Detroit returns for the fourth year on May 18 at 6:30pm at Bamboo Detroit in downtown Detroit. We have an exciting event planned for this year, two local accessibility experts will discuss the importance of planning for accessibility in design and how to use an automated accessibility testing tool.

GAAD, Detroit event is one of dozens of events being held around the world on May 18 to raise awareness of digital accessibility. I hope you can join us! 

This year's event is a joint partnership between Refresh Detroit and Ladies That UX Detroit, two groups I've been actively involved with for years. Nick DeNardis and I are the main organizers for GAAD Detroit. 

I'm seeking your help to make an announcement or send an email message to your meetup groups, colleagues, students, or co-workers to encourage them to register for the event on May 18. Here's a template message you can use, or modify as needed.

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You're invited to join Refresh Detroit and Ladies That UX Detroit as they celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Detroit on Thursday, May 18, 2017 with a special event from 6:30pm to 8:30pm in downtown Detroit.

We'll have two presentations from local accessibility experts who will discuss designing for accessibility and how you can test for accessibility in your digital products.

 

Design Before Code: Thinking About Accessibility from the Ground Up  

Caitlin Geier, UX Designer at Deque Systems, discusses the importance of thinking about accessibility when designing; don't wait till it's coded!  Caitlin will offer accessibility tips for designers so that time will be saved in development

Introduction to aXE

Matt Isner, JavaScript Developer at Deque Systems, explains how to check the accessibility of your web projects with aXe, a free Chrome extension and open source JavaScript accessibility testing engine. Bring your laptop; we're hoping you'll have time to try aXe out on your website or favorite web page.

Register today! Cost is $5. 

Regards, 

Deborah Edwards-Onoro
Lireo Designs
6524 Durham, Canton, MI 48187

Phone: 734.418.8604

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm

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