Nov 10, 2026
Funded: How Accessibility Founders Raise Money
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Webinars, meetups and summits from across the accessibility world, including our own.
Organised by AHEAD, Association on Higher Education and Disability
Twenty ninth annual conference on accessible media, web and technology, run with ATHEN. Mixes pre conference training days with a main programme for campus and public sector access practitioners.
Organised by Access42
Five day online training in French on auditing websites against the French RGAA reference, from test method to writing up findings. Groups of five to eight people.
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Real conversations with practitioners, founders, and researchers, connected to real solutions, ideas, and implementation.
"Accessibility means enabling those to tap into their ability."
Frank Sroka
Read the interview From Unemployment to Opportunity: How Frank Sroka Built Pathways for OthersKnow your goal and intention. If you truly believe in it, you will find a way.
Solomon Hsu
Read the interview From Feeling Lost to Creating Change: How Solomon Hsu Is Bringing Accessibility to TaiwanInclusion happens when accessibility becomes part of the foundation.
Lee-Anne Reuber
Read the interview Redefining Movement: How Lee-Anne Reuber Is Building Inclusive Fitness for Every BodyProducts, tools, and services built by innovators who understand inclusion.
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A comprehensive program designed for organizations managing accessibility at scale. It combines PDF audits, ongoing remediation through subscription, governance support, and expert guidance to ensure all documents remain compliant with WCAG and PDF/UA standards. This approach helps teams move beyond one-time fixes and establish a structured, sustainable process for document accessibility across the organization.
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A subscription-based PDF remediation service that helps organizations make their documents fully accessible and compliant with WCAG and PDF/UA standards. Designed for teams managing high volumes of PDFs, it provides ongoing remediation, flexible monthly page allowances, and expert support. This approach ensures documents remain usable for people with disabilities while simplifying compliance, reducing risk, and creating a sustainable accessibility process.
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Explore accessibility topics and follow the ones that matter to you.
Making documents accessible to everyone, including PDFs, Word files, spreadsheets, and presentations. Covers structure, reading order, alternative text, and remediation.
Building websites, web applications, and digital products that work for everyone. Includes HTML semantics, ARIA, responsive design, and front-end development practices.
Exploring how artificial intelligence can improve or hinder accessibility. Covers AI-powered assistive tools, automated testing, bias in AI systems, and ethical considerations.
Tools and devices that help people with disabilities interact with the world. Includes screen readers, magnifiers, switch devices, eye tracking, voice control, and alternative input methods.
Accessibility laws, regulations, and technical standards worldwide. Covers WCAG, Section 508, EN 301 549, the European Accessibility Act, and organizational compliance strategies.
Design approaches that consider the full range of human diversity from the start. Covers universal design principles, co-design with disabled people, and creating products that work for everyone.
Building accessibility programs within organizations. Covers maturity models, executive buy-in, team structure, culture change, budgeting, and measuring progress over time.
Ensuring accessibility in purchasing decisions and vendor relationships. Covers VPATs, ACRs, contract language, evaluating third-party products, and supply chain accessibility requirements.
Discover organizations advancing accessibility across industries.
Microsoft empowers people with disabilities through inclusive design, accessible technology, and products built for everyone including the one billion people globally who experience disability.
ScribeWire Inc. is an Indigenous-led Canadian company providing media accessibility and accessible communication services across North America. With more than 30 years of experience, we help organizations make live events, broadcasts, meetings and digital content accessible to people with diverse communication needs. Our services include live and post-production captioning, Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART), ASL and LSQ interpretation, spoken-language interpretation, transcription, translation, subtitles, described video, and accessibility consulting and training. We combine skilled human professionals with thoughtfully applied technology to deliver accurate, reliable services for government, education, media, businesses and community organizations. Our work is grounded in the belief that accessibility should be integral to communication—not added as an afterthought. By removing barriers to information and participation, we help organizations communicate more inclusively and connect with the people and communities they serve.
The Microsoft Global Commercial Accessibility Program (GCAP) is an enterprise-focused initiative designed to help organizations build inclusive workplaces, develop accessible products, and meet global compliance standards through technology. Driven by the Microsoft 365 suite, Copilot AI, and Azure, this program aims to bridge the disability divide by providing tools that enhance productivity for employees with disabilities. By leveraging the full power of the Microsoft Cloud, the program provides a roadmap for organizations to bridge the "disability divide"—the gap in societal participation for the over 1 billion people worldwide living with disabilities.
Access to Success is a Toronto-based non-profit on a mission to #EnableEveryone. As a leading global accessibility innovation hub, ATS helps scale life-changing accessibility innovations to reach people with disabilities worldwide. It accelerates accessibility innovations through one of the world's top accelerators for accessibility startups, convenes the global accessibility innovation ecosystem, and elevates the stories of entrepreneurs changing the lives of people with disabilities. With a reach in 41 countries, ATS's 78 alumni startups have benefitted over 2.5 million people with disabilities to date.
Twenty Second Designs is helping businesses meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and all federal and provincial accessibility laws.
IDEA-STEM is a Canadian consulting, training, and speaking organization focused on inclusion, accessibility, and anti-ableism in the sciences. Rooted in lived experience and research-based practice, we work across STEM, healthcare, education, and employment to support organizations in building equitable, accessible, and inclusive systems. Our approach centers collective access, non-coercive care, and redefining excellence beyond normative standards.
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