Examples of local Global Accessibility Awareness Day events include: • Since 2012, the Los Angeles Accessibility and Inclusive Design Group , led by Joseph O'Connor has organized a GAAD event. • Minnesota IT Services has encouraged employees to perform their jobs for 15 minutes without using a mouse. • In 2015, a one-day conference was hosted in Ottawa by OpenConcept Consulting, to celebrate GAAD. • In 2016, a one-day conference was hosted by Carleton University and organized by A11yYOW , Ottawa's accessibility Meetup. • In 2017,
Apple released a series of videos and organized a concert as part of a week-long series of events marking Global Accessibility Awareness Day. • In 2017, the
University of California, San Francisco offered a website accessibility testing clinic. • In 2017, a GAAD event in Ottawa featured speakers from
Carleton University, the Canadian government and the Ottawa area. • In 2018, there were a series of events planned in Hyderabad and Bangalore, India. • In 2018, an evening event was hosted in Ottawa by OpenConcept Consulting and we had a live chat with participants in Accessibility Twin Cities, who were also celebrating GAAD. • In 2020, the
Government Digital Service in the United Kingdom ran a day of online-only events to raise awareness of digital accessibility. ==See also==