This page presents news about the activities of the members of the LEAD-ME COST Action.
UAB will offer in 2023/2024 an MA in Accessible Communication for a Diverse Society, a Graduate Diploma in Managing Accessibility in Information and Communication, a Specialisation Course in Information and Communication Accessibility, and a Specialisation Course in Accessibility in Information, Technologies and Communication.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) takes place on Thursday 19 May 2022 and is an event that is celebrated every year around the world, aimed at raising awareness on the importance of digital accessibility and inclusion in an increasingly diverse society, leaving no one behind.
The Collaborative Network of Early Career Researchers in Audiovisual Translation and Media Accessibility (ColNet) will hold their 4th open seminar online and at Pompeu Fabra University (Spain). Invited speaker Iván Villanueva Jordán (Peruvian University of Applied Sciences) will discuss audiovisual translation and the construction of homoerotic desire along with an analysis of semiotic interaction in dubbing and subtitling.
Addressing the growing needs and demands of digital accessibility for all citizens, the special issue invites original contributions from authors to participate in a special session at the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI 2022) online, 26 June - 1 July 2022.
One of the LEAD ME actions is the joint effort towards a Special Issue on Accessible Tourism. Four LEAD ME members have joined forces and the indexed journal Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS) has approved the Special Issue: Accessibility of Tourism 4.0 - Designing more meaningful and inclusive tourist experiences, with the deadline for August 2022.
