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ISOC Live posted: "On May 28 2020, from 12:00-13:30 UTC, in celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (May 21) the Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group (A11ySIG) will host a webinar “When rhetoric meets reality: Digital Accessibility, Persons With D" </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/gaad2020" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/a11ysig_gaad2020-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>May 28 2020</strong>, from <strong>12:00-13:30 UTC</strong>, in celebration of <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/" target="_blank">Global Accessibility Awareness Day</a></strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/" target="_blank"> (May 21) </a>the<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.a11ysig.org/" target="_blank"> Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group</a></strong> (A11ySIG) will host a webinar “<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.a11ysig.org/gaad2020/" target="_blank">When rhetoric meets reality: Digital Accessibility, Persons With Disabilities and COVID-19</a></strong>” This free webinar bring together digital accessibility experts and people with disabilities to discuss the digital accessibility outlook beyond COVID-19. The webinar aims to share and offer a variety of ideas from different disabilities and different parts of the world. SPEAKERS: <strong>David Berman</strong>, David Berman communications (Canada); <strong>Naveed Haq</strong>, Regional Director Infrastructure and Connectivity, Asia Pacific Internet Society (Pakistan); <strong>Gunela Astbrink</strong>, Vice President Accessibility SIG (Australia); <strong>Fernando Botelho</strong>, F123 initiative (Brazil); <strong>Judy Okite</strong>, founder, Association for Accessibility and Equality (AAFE) (Kenya); <strong>Peter Crosbie</strong>, advocate for the autistic community (France); <strong>Lidia Best</strong>, Vice President, European Federation of Hard of Hearing (UK); <strong>Manique Gunaratn</strong>e, Manager, Specialized Training and Disability Resource Centre (Sri Lanka). MODERATOR: <strong>Muhammad Shabbir Awan</strong>, President, ISOC Accessibility SIG.</p>
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