Apple Celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Submitted by kgoughnour3 on May 26, 2017 - 11:00am
Apple CEO Tim Cook hugs Stevie Wonder following a performance to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day (Photo from 9to5mac.com)

On May 18th Apple celebrated Global Accessibility Awareness Day online with a series of promotional videos highlighting accessibility features in Apple products. The videos showcase seven people with disabilities using various accessibility features. The in-person celebration culminated in an outdoor concert with Stevie Wonder! Cook Global Accessibility Day as an opportunity to publicly reaffirm Apple's dedication to users with disabilities. "For us, we believe very deeply that accessibility is a human right," Cook said. "And we try very hard to make all of our products accessible for everyone because of that. It's a basic value."

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