Accessibility & Inclusive Design Meetups & Communities

Here are list of meet-up communities that are focused on accessibility & inclusive design, this is a good starting point for anyone who wants to get started with accessibility can join one of these local communities & can learn bit about accessibility & inclusive design. While we are updating the list continuously we might have missed any new communities, please use the comments section to alert us with new accessibility communities.

Accessibility Meetups in America

• Austin Accessibility and Inclusive Design (Austin, TX)
• A11yBos (Cambridge, MA)
• Buffalo Accessibility Meetup (Buffalo, NY)
• Iowa Web Accessibility, UX & Inclusive Design (Cedar Rapids, IA)
• Chicago Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design (Chicago, IL)
• Cleveland Accessibility Meetup (Cleveland, OH)
• Front Range Accessibility and Inclusive Design (Westminster, CO)
• Los Angeles Accessibility and Inclusive Design (Santa Monica, CA)
• a11yTC (Minneapolis, MN)
• A11YNYC – Accessibility New York City (New York, NY)
• Philly Accessibility Forum (Philadelphia, PA)
• Pittsburgh Area Accessibility Meetup (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Portland Accessibility and User Experience Meetup (Portland, OR)
• Bay Area Accessibility and Inclusive Design (San Francisco, CA)
• Bay Area Accessibility Dinners (Mountain View, CA)
• Seattle Area Accessibility & Inclusive Design (Seattle, WA)
• Accessibility DC

Accessibility Meetups In Australia and New Zealand

• Canberra Web Accessibility & Inclusive Design
• Perth Web Accessibility & Inclusive Design
• Sydney Web Accessibility & Inclusive Design
• Wellington Accessibility Meetup

Accessibility Meetups In Europe

• Edinburgh a11y Meetup
• Helsinki Web Accessibility Meetup
• London Accessibility Meetup
• It Accessibility Meetup in Madrid
• t12t – Stockholm
• Inclusive Design & Accessibility (Utrecht)

Accessibility Meetups in Canada

• a11yOttawa
• a11yMTL
• Toronto Accessibility & Inclusive Design
• Vancouver Accessibility and Inclusive Design

Accessibility Meetups & Communities in India

• Mumbai Accessibility and Inclusive Design (Mumbai)
• Hyderabad Inclusive Design & Accessibility Meetup (Hyderabad, India)

This list is prepared by checking Google, Twitter & other resources; we found a lot of help from this blog post.

About Raghavendra Satish Peri

Peri as he is fondly called brings in rich experience in Digital Accessibility; He has worked with various clients ranging from Travel & Hospitality, ecommerce, Entertainment, Banking & Finance. Presently, he works at Deque Software as Digital Accessibility Consultant slaying web accessibility & mobile accessibility challenges.