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

[Jane Coffin]

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
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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




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