Ensuring Virtual Events Are Accessible for All

Ensuring that your event is accessible is important to more people than you might expect:

• Twenty percent of people in the U.S. are Deaf/Hard of Hearing; that is 48 million Americans.
• More than 1 million people in the U.S. are blind and more than 12 million have low vision.
• More than 5 million people in the U.S. are English language learners.
• While not everyone knows they have one, it is likely that more than 40 million Americans have a learning disability.

The good news is that it is easy to make online events accessible to everyone if you know how. The earlier you start, the easier it will be. This toolkit has some steps you should take before, during, and after your event to ensure it is as accessible as possible for all people.

Download the accessible Word document or view each section of the toolkit by following the links below:

• Before the Event
  • Creating and Sending Invitations
  • Ensuring Accessible Documents
• During the Event
  • Ensuring Everyone Can Participate Including Those Who are Blind, Have Cognitive Disabilities and/or are Nonverbal
  • Live Captioning
  • ASL Interpreters
• After the Event
  • Ensuring Accessible Videos for Websites and Social Media

Want to learn more?

To ask a question or suggest a resource, contact Eric Ascher, Senior Communications Associate, at EricA@RespectAbility.org.

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