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The Ottawa Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design #a11yYOW is about bringing together our accessibility community to share ideas, best practices, our experiences and hopefully to raise the bar.
You can reach #a11yYOW by email at a11yottawa@gmail.com
Check a11yYOW events and activities on Meetup a11yYOW Meetup
Follow a11yYOW on twitter at @a11yyow
Join a11yYOW on Flicker at https://www.flickr.com/groups/a11yyow/
The idea of a Global Accessibility Awareness Day started with a single blog post written by a Los Angeles-based web developer, Joe Devon Jennison Asuncion, an accessibility professional from Toronto discovered Joe’s blog post purely by accident thanks to Twitter. After reading it, he immediately contacted Joe and they joined forces, leveraging their extensive and respective networks to realize the event. Watch this interview of GAAD co-founder, Jennison Asuncion , by Dr. Jonathan Hassell.
Accessibility Camp Ottawa takes its inspiration from the first Accessibility Camp DC, which was held in October 2009. Sister events include: