STC AccessAbility SIG
A Blog About Accessibility

• Accessible Europe tourism for all
• ANEC a European association for the co-ordination of consumer representation in standardisation and certification
• Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe
• Benefits of an accessible website - part 2: The business case by Trenton Moss from DMeurope.com: Digital Media News for Europe
• Communication by Gaze Interaction (COGAIN) is supported by the European Commission’s IST 6th framework program. COGAIN integrates cutting-edge expertise on interface technologies for the benefit of users with disabilities. The network aims to gather Europe’s leading expertise in eye tracking integration with computers in a research project on assistive technologies for citizens with motor impairments.
• Other articles by Trenton Moss from DMeurope.com: Digital Media News for Europe:
  • How to improve usability for screen reader users
  • The problem with automated accessibility testing tools
  • Writing for accessibility on the web
  • How to avoid screen reader ‘noise pollution’
  • The secret benefit of accessibility Part 2: A higher search engine ranking
  • and more…
• Calimera Guidelines Accessibility for disabled people
• COST219ter (COST: European Cooperation in the field Of Scientific and Technical research) COST219ter is concerned with telecommunications and access for the disabled and the elderly aiming to provide accessibility for All to services and terminals for next generation mobile networks
• Design for All European Awards
• eInclusion & eAccessibility
• eAccessibility of public sector services in the European Union a comprehensive report issued on 24 November 2005 about accessibility of government online services across the European Union (EU). An Executive Briefing and the Full Report are archived and available in HTML and accessible Adobe PDF formats.
• European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education an independent and self-governing organisation, established by 29 member countries to act as their platform for collaboration in the field of special needs education.
• European Assistive Technology Information Network (EASTIN)
• European Design for All e-Accessibility Network (EDeAN)
• European Day of Disabled People "The European Day [UN International Day of People with a DisAbility, December 3] provides an opportunity to raise awareness and promote European co-operation in the disability field."
• European Disability Forum
• European League Against Rheumatism (eular)
• European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT) tourism for all
• European Resuscitation Council co-ordinates the activities of European organisations with a major interest in resuscitation medicine (RM) and Emergency Medical Care (EMC).
• European Sleep Research Society (ESRS)
• European Union designates 2003 as the Year of the People with Disabilities. This declaration, combined with new Web accessibility legislation coming in Canada, 14 US States, and in the UK, should encourage all Web developers and organizations to make 2003 the year to incorporate Web site accessibility.
• International Organisation of Youth with Rheumatism (IOYR)
• Oviedo, Astrius, Spain convention: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (1997, Europe)
• National Information and Communication Technology Policies – Their Impact upon the Use of ICT in Special Needs Education (SNE) - in the book: Computers Helping People with Special Needs. This paper focuses upon the findings relating to ICT in SNE policies in the participating countries.
• People With Arthritis / Rheumatism in Europe
• Web Accessibility Policies from Denmark, Norway, and the EU
• Women and the elderly are crossing the digital divide, but the poor still lag behind, says new EU report

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This entry was posted on Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at 7:47 am and is filed under International Disability.
Tags: accessible Europe, accessible Web site, aging, arthritis, assistive technology, COGAIN, communication, consumer representation, Council of Europe, design, e-accessibility, Education / Training, elderly, emergency, EU, European Union, eye tracking, guidelines, International Day of People with a DisAbility, international disability, motor impairment, resuscitation, Rheumatism, sleep research, special needs, standardisation, standardization, tourism, travel
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