Open Source Assistive Technology Hackathon

GitHub is committed to improving the accessibility of open source software and empowering people with disabilities to actively contribute. In partnership with NV Access, the Center for Accessibility and Open Source, and the Northwest Center for Assistive Technology Training, we’re hosting an Open Source Assistive Technology Hackathon focused on empowering participants to build skills and make real contributions to the assistive technology tools people rely on every day.

We will have a GitHub Learning Room where participants can learn about core GitHub contribution workflows (including NVDA and keyboard-only navigation), so they can practice navigating repositories, issues, pull requests, and code reviews with confidence.

We’ll have special community spaces to help participants learn, build, and collaborate throughout the hackathon:

• GitHub Learning Room: A two-day hands-on workshop where we guide learners through GitHub contribution workflows, with the capstone of contributing to an open source project and creating AI-based accessibility agents.
• NV Access Office Hours Room: The NV Access team behind NVDA will be available on Day 1 to support participating projects. Stop by during office hours to ask questions, get feedback, or troubleshoot. Sign-ups will be available at the hackathon.

Participants will be able to join one of 16 featured open source AT projects. We welcome people to bring their own projects and pitch them at the event.