[Chapter-delegates] ITU Resolution 175- Resolution for the Rights of Disabled Persons

[Sofie Maddens]

Yes, it was good to see such outcomes. Copying Nicolas and Karen.

Sofie

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> On Nov 10, 2014, at 7:07 AM, Gunela Astbrink <g.astbrink at gsa.com.au> wrote:
> 
> It's great to see that Andrea Saks continues to achieve much for accessibility for people with disability particularly in the ITU and IGF.
> 
> Resolution 175 (revised in Busan) has a large number of actions for ITU to do or continue to do.
> 
> One of these was the adoption of an ITU accessibility policy in 2013 to work on its own internal practices to make them more accessible. These actions are outlined at:
> http://www.itu.int/en/action/accessibility/Pages/makingITUaccessible.aspx
> and are listed below:
>        provide basic training in disability awareness for all staff;
>        incorporate a reference to reasonable accommodation in registration forms and invitation letters to ITU events and conferences;
>        assess the opportunity for improving the efficiency of ITU internal processes regarding the provision of captioning services;
>        improving the accessibility of Word documents used in ITU meetings and conferences;
>        defining an action plan for the provision of reasonable accommodation during PP14;
>        organizing a side-event during PP14 to inform ITU Membership on the implementation of the ITU Accessibility Policy
>        organizing a showcase-demos on specific areas related to accessibility;
>        setting a process to systematically collect information on needs and preferences of meeting and conference participants concerning accessibility;
>        inviting ITU Member States to allocate a budget line for the implementation of the Accessibility Policy in the Union's budget
>        conducting an assessment of the level of accessibility of ITU recruitment process;
>        adjusting ITU procurement processes to incorporate the accessibility requirements (focus on IT equipment);
>        mainstreaming accessibility in ITU programmatic activities.
> 
> 
> These are practical actions. ITU also works on integrating accessibility in policy and general standards development.
> 
> ICANN is also developing its accessibility practice through the At-Large Accessibility Taskforce.
> 
> It's worthwhile revisiting ISOC's Accessibility Issues Paper and its suggested actions:
> http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/internet-accessibility-internet-use-persons-disabilities-moving-forward
> 
> The more people who highlight accessibility issues the better. We can all contribute to helping ISOC become a more accessible organisation and to work on integrating accessibility into policy and practice. While Chapters have a significant role to play in furthering accessibility, the Internet Society head office could provide significant leadership in this area. Disability awareness training is a good start....
> 
> Gunela Astbrink
> Director, ISOC Australia
> 
> Jane Coffin said the following on 9/11/14 13:11 :
>> Hi Glenn,
>> 
>> Andrea Saks has been working on this in the ITU space (and with national
>> governments) for many years and started off the first Resolution on the
>> road to the PP series of text in 2010 either at the WTSA 2008 or WTDC in
>> 2010.  She has done incredible work to move the ball forward.  She is
>> largely the person responsible for captioning at events.  If you need
>> links to her, many of us have them.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Jane
>> 
>> From: Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
>> <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>>
>> Date: Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 22:18
>> To: "chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
>> <mailto:chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>"
>> <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
>> <mailto:chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>>, Gunela Astbrink
>> <g.astbrink at gsa.com.au <mailto:g.astbrink at gsa.com.au>>, Paul Brigner
>> <brigner at isoc.org <mailto:brigner at isoc.org>>
>> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] ITU Resolution 175- Resolution for the
>> Rights of Disabled Persons
>> 
>> Judith Hellerstein   of  ISOC  DC  Chapter  upon return from  a grueling
>>  two  weeks in Busan, Korea  at the ITU   shared with me  the document
>>  on  rights of the disabled in our  digital space.
>> 
>> http://www.itu.int/en/plenipotentiary/2014/Documents/final-acts/pp14-final-acts-en.pdf
>> 
>> FINAL ACTS*
>> OF THE PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE   Resolution 175  highlighted the need
>> to recognize the billion people  with  disabilities, especially those in
>> developing countries.
>> 
>> A number of  recommendations  were made in the resolution as to making
>> our communication more accessible.
>> 
>> Judith, Gunella and myself  have advocating within  ISOC  these concerns
>>  and given this document  we need  to see how this  blueprint call
>> assist   ISOC in its policy work to ways and means to implement these
>> concepts.
>> 
>> Glenn
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
>> skype  gmcknight
>> twitter gmcknight
>> .
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