Season 2, Episode 14

A Melanie Minute: Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2025

May 15 is GAAD. And what is GAAD?

In this Melanie Minute, Connect 4 Life Founder, Melanie Taddeo, talks about the opportunities around Global Accessibility Awareness Day, or GAAD.

This year, GAAD occurs on Thursday, May 15, 2025. And it’s a celebration that has been going strong for 14 years now.

The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion. It’s also helps get us thinking about how to harness the human potential of the more than one billion people with disabilities worldwide through digital accessibility.

In this episode, Melanie Taddeo, founder of Connect 4 Life, get listeners thinking about the usability and functionality of digital platforms, devices and even websites – tools that are critical for any organization today.

A Melanie Minute is a special installment we produce regularly – or, pretty much whenever Connect 4 Life’s Founder, Melanie Taddeo, has something meaningful to share with our listeners.

Similar to an audio blog, A Melanie Minute might actually be a minute in length, or it might be 8 or 10 minutes. Each segment focuses on a special message, an important issue of the day, or something Melanie feels is worth talking about and engaging listeners.

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