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SUMMARY:Disability Foundation's Accessible Community Forum: Digital Accessibility
DESCRIPTION:Are technology and digital services easily accessible?\nJoin us on Zoom on July 21\, 2023\, from 1:00 – 3:00 PM PT for our next Accessible Community Forum on Digital Accessibility to discover our community’s thoughts. \nHave your opinion on the topic heard by taking our survey now: https://forms.office.com/r/LBdKVKP0HR (new window)\nDigital accessibility refers to deliberately designing and offering digital services for all users\, specifically users with disabilities. \nAs the world rapidly becomes more digital\, a significant gap is growing between current technology and its accessibility to people with disabilities.\nRegister now\, and on July 21st join us on Zoom: https://bit.ly/3MNcsjW (new window)\nAccessibility features often are added to new technology after its development\, causing an endless race to catch up with the latest and greatest. \nPresented by the  Disability Foundation and hosted by the ConnecTra Society (new window)\, this next Accessible Community Forum aims to cultivate a conversation between various organizations and our community of people with disabilities. \nDigital accessibility is a frequent topic of discussion in our outreach\, previous Accessible Community Forums (new window)\, and affiliated societies’ regular programming. Through our survey and forum\, we will build on our current knowledge and broaden our collective understanding of your needs and how best to accommodate them. \nYour feedback is essential to driving change in the accessibility of digital services. We encourage all our community members to come and voice their experiences and opinions. A final report with the forum’s findings will be sent to the panelists\, related nonprofit organizations\, grantors who may fund these needs\, and government representatives. \nHelp us explore possible solutions and resources to bridge the gap between the accessible technology and digital services you currently experience and what they could become. The forum is an open\, honest\, and inclusive dialogue between a panel of organizational representatives and our beautiful province’s diverse disability community. \nThe panelists for the coming Accessible Community Forum include: \n\nKim Donaldson and Shane Kehoe from Fable\, an inclusive tech company working directly with adaptive tech and people with disabilities.\nEan Price from Technology for Living\, a nonprofit organization providing people with disabilities innovative equipment to increase their independence and wellbeing.\nNate Toevs from Neil Squire\, a non-profit organization that is revolutionizing Canadians’ with disabilities’ lives through accessible technology.\nJenn McLean and Katrina Summers from the Government of BC’s Web Governance and Digital Accessibility Team. ‘\n\nStart the conversation by taking the Digital Accessibility Survey (new window) by Sunday\, July 16\, at 11:59 PM PT. \nYou are the expert of your experience. Be heard. \nIf you require assistance taking the survey\, registering or attending this event\, please email us at info@connectra.org. Closed captioning will be available. \nCheck out our previous Accessible Community Forums at disabilityfoundation.org/acf (new window)
URL:https://www.neilsquire.ca/event/disability-foundations-accessible-community-forum-digital-accessibility/
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