[ALAC] Fwd: ALAC and accessibility for people with disability

sandra hoferichter info at hoferichter.eu
Wed Oct 17 10:02:48 UTC 2012


Thank you Olivier, I would be interested in what type of errors are causing accessibility problems to better understand it. 

Best Sandra

(Note: This message was send from my iPhone - I do apologise for any misspelling.)

Am 16.10.2012 um 19:12 schrieb Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>:

> 
> For your information, please be so kind to find an email sent by one of
> our members in Australia regarding accessibility, including
> accessibility of the new myICANN.org Web site.
> I believe there is a deeper implication to make ICANN as well as its
> bottom-up policy processes and its communication strategy more
> accessible to everyone. Comments welcome!
> Kind regards,
> 
> Olivier
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:    ALAC and accessibility for people with disability
> Date:    Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:12:59 +1100
> From:    Gunela Astbrink <g.astbrink@*.au>
> To:    ocl at gih.com
> CC:    Cheryl Langdon-Orr <langdonorr@*.com>, Save Vocea <save.vocea@*.org>
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Olivier,
> 
> Unfortunately, I won't be at the Toronto ICANN meeting.
> 
> I remember we have had discussions about accessibility for people with 
> disability in the past.
> 
> The new myICANN website has prompted me to contact you.
> 
> The ICANN websites have accessibility errors including the brand new 
> myICANN. That looks like a great site and is intended for the general 
> public. Thus, people with disability who comprise one billion people in 
> the world should have adequate access.
> 
> I was invited to participate in the consultation for a new At-Large 
> website and hope that it will incorporate accessibility based on the Web 
> Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) right from the 
> start. http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag.php
> 
> I am very concerned that accessibility should be considered in new 
> policy or process.
> 
> ISOC are about to launch a policy paper on Internet accessibility for 
> people with disability (drafted by me).
> 
> I'd like to see ICANN also taking this issue on in a systematic way. For 
> example, mechanisms could be considered on how to encourage new gTLDs to 
> consider accessibility.
> 
> Happy to discuss further.
> 
> Regards,
> Gunela
> 
> -- 
> Gunela Astbrink
> GSA Information Consultants
> PO Box 600
> Ballina NSW 2478
> Australia
> Mobile: +61 417 715738
> Email: g.astbrink at gsa.com.au
> 
> 
> 
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