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May

Global Accessibility Awareness Day is the third Thursday of May each year

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Charles Arnold Cofield in a manual wheelchair on a curb cut. He wears a white collared shirt, black jacket and light striped pants. He has short black hair, blue eyeglasses, and he gazes down and to his left.

Dr. Charles Arnold Cofield

Douglas Tilden's sculpture The Football Players at the UC Berkeley campus. The patina-streaked statue shows a kneeling man bandaging the left leg of another, who stands and rests his left hand on the kneeler's back. He holds a football under his right arm and gazes downward.

Douglas Tilden

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Black and white photo of a young woman, Carrie Buck, with short brown hair sits outside on a bench next to her mother, Emma Buck, whose light hair is pulled up. Both women wear long light-colored dresses and stare at the camera with furrowed eyebrows and serious expressions. Emma rests her right hand on Carrie's left shoulder.

Buck v. Bell decided (1927)

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Emanuel Xavier with short brown hair, thin mustache wears a silver stud earring, silver tie, white shirt, and dark jacket. He stands in front of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and a large painting of Pedro Pietri, a founding poet of the cafe. Xavier places his hands in his dark jean pockets and rests his thumbs on top of his black belt.

Emanuel Xavier

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Paul Steven Miller at a wooden desk wearing a dark suit jacket, blue shirt, red, yellow, and brown bow tie, and glasses gestures with both hands as if chatting with someone to his right. He has a receding hairline and salt-and-pepper mustache and beard.

Paul Steven Miller

Black and white photo of Odette Shotwell in a long white lab coat and glasses working in a lab.

Dr. Odette L. Shotwell

Cover of Prescott's book History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic

William Hickling Prescott

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Screenshot of website listing links to the WCAG technical documents, including accessibility guidelines and techniques.

WCAG 1.0 released (1999)

An older Frederick Barnard sits wearing red academic regalia.

Frederick A. P. Barnard

Gregg Mozgala in a red hoodie sits in a chair on stage holding a lower leg brace. A backpack and additional leg brace appear next to his chair, and the stage scenery includes a row of lockers and a glass case full of trophies.

Gregg Mozgala

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Andrew Gurza in a short-sleeved light orange collared shirt. He smiles with his tongue between his teeth and a microphone near his face. Text reads Disability After Dark with Andrew Gurza.

Andrew Gurza

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Keith McGee in a colorful racing jacket covered in sponsor logos. He stands in front of his car and squints in the sunlight as if talking to someone out of camera range. He has short hair, a mustache, and facial hair.

Keith McGee

Jim LeBrecht in a dark blue Gucci suit with wide black satin lapels. A black and white floral silk shirt peeks out under the suit, and a dark blue handkerchief with red polka dots shows from the left suit pocket. He has dark gray curly hair, a salt and pepper mustache, and white beard and leans on his folded motor wheelchair.

Jim LeBrecht

Stylized photo of Deacon Burns with long dreadlocks and a mustache wearing a light cap, dark round glasses, and multiple layers.

Deacon Burns

Elizabeth Bonker with long brown hair in black graduation regalia and mortarboard decorated with colorful flowers. She stands at a podium and glances down. Text reads Be the Light: Elizabeth Bonker's Commencement Address, Rollins College

Elizabeth Bonker's Commencement Speech

Nyle DiMarco

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Christine Hà

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Lauren Potter with a short blonde bob hairstyle and side-swept bangs. She smiles and wears a bright pink sleeveless top. A lavalier microphone is pinned to her top.

Lauren Potter

An older Ida Daly sitting in a wheelchair. She has white, curly short hair and wears glasses, a white top and black jacket, and white bow scarf.

Ida Daly

Donovan sitting on stage playing a guitar. He wears dark clothing and has shoulder-length, wavy dark hair.

Donovan Phillips Leitch

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The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí, a surrealistic painting depicting a barren landscape with melting clocks draped over various objects, including a leafless tree branch and an unknown creature in the center. The painting is rendered in muted colors and has a dreamlike quality.

Salvador Dalí

Tom Shakespeare wearing a red shirt gesturing with both hands as if talking to someone beyond the camera.

Dr. Tom Shakespeare

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King George VI wearing royal regalia seated on a throne as the Archbishop of Canterbury places a crown on his head. He is surrounded by dignitaries and members of the clergy. The scene is set in a grand ceremonial hall.

Coronation of George VI

Olaf Hassel on a deck with two telescopes.

Olaf Hassel

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Stevie Wonder wearing dark sunglasses and a gold and black top with various patterns. He has black, two-strand twist dreadlocks past his shoulders, a moustache and thin soul patch under his bottom lip, and he smiles broadly.

Stevie Wonder

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Deanne Bray as Sue Thomas. She wears a blue collared shirt under a dark jacket, dark pants and shoes. She has long blonde hair and smiles, kneeling toward a golden retriever.

Deanne Bray

David Smith with short light hair sits on a bench wearing a blue and black jersey and a hearing aid in his right ear. He leans forward and looks up and toward the right.

David Smith

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Debra Winger with shoulder-length dark wavy hair and bangs wears a white top. She smiles at the camera and holds her cheek in her right hand.

Debra Winger

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B. S. Chandrasekhar with short dark hair and a handlebar mustache wears a light-colored knit sweater with the collar of a white shirt underneath folded over.

B. S. Chandrasekhar

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Charles Barbier

Oliver Heaviside wearing a dark suit and white shirt looks off to his right with his hands in my pants pockets. He has short wavy hair, a busy mustache and beard. He stands in front a building covered in foliage.

Oliver Heaviside

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Stylized Google Doodle of Stacey Park Milbern in a black wheelchair wearing a pink striped long-sleeved shirt, blue pants, deep pink lipstick, and large black circular eyeglasses. She has short dark hair and a white trach tube around her neck. A ring of colorful flowers arches behind her.

Stacey Park Milbern

Sankara Raman Srinivasan sits in a wheelchair wearing a blue suit and white shirt. His right leg is crossed over his left leg, and both hands rest on his crossed leg. He has short white hair and black rectangular eyeglasses. He gazes forward at the camera and has a green ribbon attached to his jacket and a blue badge holder around his neck.

Sankara Raman Srinivasan

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Dr. Najam sits in a motorized wheelchair wearing a white dress with colorful patterns at the bottom, red shoes, and a bright red scarf. She has dark hair just past her shoulders and smiles at the camera. She is surrounded by red flowers, trees, and foliage.

Dr. Anam Najam

Cher wearing a colorful dress with various patterns and several necklaces. She has long, curly dark hair and sits in an ornate wicker chair.

Cher

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Stylized illustration of Vanessa Castañeda Gill with long, wavy brown hair, blue shirt, and black headphones speaking into a microphone. Text reads Social-Emotional Learning, Game Theory, and Autistic Girls.

Vanessa Castañeda Gill

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Amanda Yan sits in a wheelchair on a basketball court. Her dark hair is pulled back, and she smiles and wears a sleeveless white jersey that say Canada 14 in red letters.

Amanda Yan

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Dummy Hoy stands at home base wearing a white baseball uniform and cap, black belt and tall black boots. He holds a baseball bat with his left hand.

William Ellsworth "Dummy" Hoy

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An elderly Dr. Taussig with short white hair and glasses wears a white lab coat and stethoscope while holding a baby. The baby holds the stethoscope tubing.

Dr. Helen B. Taussig

Sue Thomas with white hair wearing a dark sweater and smiling with her golden retriever.

Sue Thomas

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Thomas Wiggins with short, curly black hair wearing a white shirt and dark suit jacket. His eyes are closed.

Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins

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An older Moondog with long, wiry silver hair and beard. He wears black clothing. His left eye is missing, and his right eye is rolled back showing only the white portion.

Moondog

Wesley Walker running in a football uniform and helmet.

Wesley Walker

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Vincent Price in a black suit and tie. He has short dark hair and a dark pencil mustache, juts his neck out, and casts a sidelong glance with wide eyes.

Vincent Price

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Bertrand de Five Pranger

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Harold J. Conn in a dark suit, tie, and glasses sitting at a desk with a glass container and dropper. Next to him is a microscope and several glass bottles.

Harold J. Conn

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Front page of the Pottstown Mercury Newspaper with the headline Pennhurst: The Shame of Pennsylvania. A Vast Junkyard of Wasted Humans. Images of dirty and decrepit facilities.

Halderman v. Pennhurst filed (1974)

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Hale Zukas in a motorized wheelchair on a Bay Area Rapid Transit train platform. He sits in front of a silver elevator several feet from the yellow and black tactile paving dots that border the train tracks. He has wispy gray hair and wears a green shirt, red jacket, and black pants. He has a head wand attached to a helmet he wears. He smiles at the camera with a blue surgical face mask down around his chin.

Hale Zukas

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