Archives for “International Disability”
Follow a live webcast from the United Nations on Dec 3rd from 9:30 – 13:30 ET on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities! The event is “Implementing the Digital Accessibility Agenda of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Challenges and Opportunities for Signatory States”. It is the Third Global Forum – [...]
Are you interested in testing a new portal in the UK for disability related information? A trial one-stop-shop for disability related information and advice on the web has been created by Leonard Cheshire Disability, the largest voluntary sector provider of services to disabled people in the UK. The Disability Information Portal (DIP) is set to [...]
Today, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) entered into force. When you realize that an estimated 650 million people worldwide are affected by this groundbreaking treaty, this is very big news. According to the news release about CRPD from the UN News Centre today, the rights of persons with [...]
Bone and Joint Decade 2002-2011 The Bone and Joint Decade is a multidisciplinary world wide initiative involving everyone concerned with the care of bone and joint disorders. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Human Rights Issues Related to Women With Disabilities from the Feminist International Radio Endeavour Disabled [...]
Accessibility: CHI 2001 and Beyond, Ariadne Issue 28 Action for Dystonia, Diagnosis, Education & Research (ADDER) Artsline provides information on all the arts and leisure services available, both as audience or participants. The Artsline database provides updated data on the access to the arts and leisure venues and pursuits in the capital city of London. [...]
Independent Living Institute full-text virtual library on Independent Living and related subjects Index Braille Nordic Cooperation on Disability (NSH) NSH initiates and manages the cooperation at the Nordic level between the various players in the disability sphere. NSH also functions as the secretariat for the Nordic Council on Disability Policy. [in English, Finnish, and Scandanavian] [...]
Fundación Sidar – Acceso Universal (in Spanish)
2004: The Ibero-American Year of Persons with Disabilities: The XII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State in Bolivia on November 14 to 15, 2003, proclaimed 2004 the Ibero-American Year of Persons with Disabilities. This decision was adopted based on a proposal presented by the government of Spain, which in turn was a response to an [...]
The Information Systems Accessibility Office at CNIPA (National Organism for ICT in the Public Administration) provides an English translation of a law passed in 2004 for Provisions to support the access to information technologies for the disabled Italian Society for Rheumatology Information about what is happening in Italy with accessibility requirements: Roberto Scano Info (in [...]
Disability India Network India’s one-stop site for comprehensive information related to disability in India, is hosted by the Society for Child Development. ICT for Persons with Disabilities in India, web-based network training workshop from the APCD, 21 July to 1 August 2003 Motor Assisted NARI Handicapped Rickshaw (MANHARA) Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) has developed [...]
Deutsche Restless Legs Vereinigung Scalamobil wheelchair attachment for climbing stairs
France Guide for the Disabled Tourist International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID) Subway Navigator
Levottomat Jalat – Restleass Legs ry RJ-RLS "Mobile telephony for people with disabilities – A guide to choosing a mobile phone" from the Nordic Forum for Telecommunication and Disability (NFTH) 2004. A PDF file of the report is also available. The Nordic Development Centre for Rehabilitation Technology (NUH) is a subsidiary of the Nordic Co-Operation [...]
Accessibility to education in Denmark [Tilgængelighed til uddannelse] (in Danish) provided by the Danish Ministry of Education as a guide to accessibility services for disabled students in Denmark Accessibility to education in Denmark [Tilgængelighed til uddannelse] (in English) provided by the Danish Ministry of Education as a guide to accessibility services for disabled students in [...]
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 [...]
Laboratory of Brain-Computer Interfaces, Graz, Austria
Accessibility opens a new world Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD) Project Asian Sleep Research Society (ASRS) Disabled People’s Association (DPA) of Singapore Distributors of JAWS in China / Hong Kong: Hong Kong Society for the Blind 248 Nam Cheon Street Shamshuipo Kowloon Hong Kong China Phone: +852-2778-8332 Fax: +852-2788-0040 KanHan Technologies Unit 006, Tech [...]
Disabled People South Africa (DPSA)
Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010: BJD Online No single organisation alone can accomplish the desired benefits for the patient. The Bone and Joint Decade is a multidisciplinary world wide initiative involving everyone concerned with the care of bone and joint disorders. The goal for the Bone and Joint Decade is to improve the health-related quality [...]
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