Diversity and inclusion are very complex concepts and we believe that design can play a key role in understanding them. In recent years and especially in 2020-2021 many of us thought hard about what diversity and inclusion mean around the world. Keeping this in mind, we are hoping that a DIS\u201921 diversity and inclusion event, we are calling, Meet \u2018n Create, could serve as a potential platform for us to share our thoughts and translate them into design outcomes. We are also hoping that through such an event we can get the DIS community to meet its members despite being remote. You are welcome to see and discuss other people\u2019s creations (as long as it is done in a friendly and inclusive manner) via Slack and Miro.<\/p>\n Outcome:<\/strong> At the end of the event period, we will create a blog post reflecting on the event and the artifacts created, and welcome the community to continue to reflect and engage.<\/p>\n Best, The open exchange of ideas and the freedom of thought and expression are central to the aims and goals of the DIS conference. The DIS community commits to providing a harassment-free, accessible, and pleasant conference experience with equity in rights for all. We want every participant to feel welcome, included, and safe at the conference.<\/p>\n We expect all interactions between conference committee members, reviewers and attendees to be respectful and constructive, including interactions during the review process, during the online conference, and on social media. \u200bSIGCHI CARES<\/a>\u200b provides a number of useful resources to address issues related to discrimination, harassment, plagiarism, misrepresentation, abuse and more.<\/p>\n The DIS community wants to foster an inclusive community and includes participation from a variety of genders. A number of excellent guidelines have been developed for Gender Equity and Inclusivity\u200b<\/a> and we encourage the conference authors, reviewers and authors to peruse the document.<\/p>\n Anyone witnessing or subject to unacceptable behaviour should notify the Conference Chairs (\u200bchairs@dis2021.acm.org\u200b<\/a>)\u200b \u200bor the Accessibility & Diversity Chairs (accessibility@dis2021.acm.org<\/a>\u200b).<\/p>\n If you have any questions or concerns about accessibility, please feel free to reach out to this year\u2019s Accessibility and Diversity Chairs:<\/p>\n Natalie Friedman, Cornell Tech, USA ACM publications are read (and reviewed) by many people. Making your paper accessible will help to promote the equal participation of people with disabilities in science and engineering. This note describes how to check if your PDF is accessible, and how to fix the most common accessibility problems. For more information please r\u200befer to\u200b \u200bAdobe’s accessibility resource center<\/a>\u200b.<\/p>\n Word users should correct as many problems as possible in the Word source file rather than the pdf, as described in the next section. On a PC, the Adobe plugin for Word can export accessibility features from the Word document into the pdf.<\/p>\n On a Mac, this is not the case. Those using Word on a Mac, and all LaTeX users will need to edit the PDF directly using Adobe Acrobat. A better basic PDF may be produced by using latex2pdf as opposed to ps2pdf. See also the\u200b \u200bWebAim PDF Accessibility primer\u200b<\/a> which provides information for OpenOffice users.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The accessibility checker in Adobe Acrobat Pro provides help with fixing many accessibility problems. The following steps are for Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.\u200b \u200bFor more detailed instructions for Adobe Acrobat Pro XI see the \u200bAccessible PDF guidelines\u200b.<\/a> You can also find more information on \u200bAdobe’s accessibility resources page<\/a>.<\/p>\n The following link provides step-by-step instructions for adding basic accessibility information to a Word document on a PC, then exporting it to a PDF document intended for ACM: \u200bCreate an accessible ACM submission using Microsoft Word\u200b.<\/a><\/p>\n These guidelines were adopted from Assets 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The DIS conferences are becoming increasingly diverse, with attendees from all over the world who represent varied gender, racial, ethnic, disability, and other identities. As a presenter, there are steps you can take to ensure that your message can be heard and understood by the widest possible audience. We suggest presenters read Kyle Rector\u2019s \u200bAccessible Presentation Guide<\/a>\u200b and the \u200bInclusive Language document\u200b.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Some tools that you might find helpful include:<\/p>\n If you have any questions or concerns about accessibility, please feel free to reach out to this year\u2019s Accessibility and Diversity Chairs.<\/p>\n
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