In your materials for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), we encourage you to include relevant resources from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

WAI Resources for GAAD

For a list of free online resources to support digital accessibility, see WAI Resources.

Resources particularly relevant for GAAD include:

• Making Events Accessible – Checklist for meetings, conferences, training, and presentations that are remote/virtual, in-person, or hybrid
• Introduction to Web Accessibility
• Digital Accessibility Courses

WAI Updates

For monthly updates on current WAI work, see What We’re Working On – Accessibility Activities and Publications.

For those interested in Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG):

• An updated draft of WCAG 2.2 was published on 17 May 2023. See WCAG 2 Overview and What’s New in WCAG 2.2 Draft.
• WCAG 3.0 is exploring a different approach. It is years away from being completed. See WCAG 3 Introduction.
• You can get announcements of WCAG updates via e-mail. See Get WAI News.

WAI Leadership

W3C accessibility work is led by:

• Kevin White, Development and Operations Lead
• Michael Cooper, Strategy and Technical Lead
• Shawn Lawton Henry, Education and Communications Lead

WAI staff also includes Ruoxi Ran and Daniel Montalvo.

To reach WAI staff, you can e-mail wai@w3.org.