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Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day!

Join AccessibilityOz in celebrating the 8th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Today, May 16 2019, we are proud to celebrate the 8th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Tons of on-site and virtual events are taking place worldwide today to mark this special day. 2019 has been a busy year for us so far! AccessibilityOz

What’s wrong with providing a separate site for people with disabilities?

Scandinavian Airlines and UsableNet were in the news this week, when the Department of Transport ruled that Scandinavian Airlines’ separate site for people with disabilities contravened the DOT’s Web Accessibility Rule (read the full consent order) and fined them $100,000. Scandinavian Airlines argued that they had been assured by UsableNet that providing a separate site

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UXDC meetup tonight! Our CEO @gian will be there, speaking on Mobile #Accessibility. See you tonight at 5:30PM EST!… https://t.co/O1Oirny4DG - 4 days ago

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About us

AccessibilityOz is an accessibility consultancy based in Australia and the United States. Gian Wild, the founder and Director, has worked on the accessibility of various web sites since 1998 and spent six years with the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group contributing to WCAG2. AccessibilityOz offers a range of accessibility services and products to organisations and Government departments around the world. We have completed hundreds of audits and run training sessions and seminars over the last ten years for clients including United Nations, National Science Foundation, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Bureau of Meteorology and McDonalds.