[ALAC] Fwd: ALAC and accessibility for people with disability
Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com
Thu Oct 18 23:03:16 UTC 2012
+1
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Gunela Astbrink <g.astbrink at gsa.com.au>wrote:
> Yes, I understand that. And I hope that many other countries support
> Hungary's proposal.
>
> Resolution 70 is useful background information on the activities of the
> ITU-T in terms of accessibility.
>
>
> On 19/10/12 8:50 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks Gunela, the Hungary proposal that I had mentioned was their
>> proposal in terms of the review of the ITRs in WCIT 12.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Gunela Astbrink <g.astbrink at gsa.com.au
>> <mailto:g.astbrink at gsa.com.au>**> wrote:
>>
>> Useful update from Sala.
>>
>> The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has
>> been signed by 154 countries with 125 ratifications and as you say,
>> Sala, the US has not ratified yet.
>>
>> With regard to WCIT, you might be interested in the ITU-T Resolution
>> 70 on telecommunications/ICT accessibility for people with
>> disabilities
>> http://www.itu.int/pub/T-RES-_**_T.70-2008<http://www.itu.int/pub/T-RES-__T.70-2008>
>>
>> <http://www.itu.int/pub/T-RES-**T.70-2008<http://www.itu.int/pub/T-RES-T.70-2008>
>> >
>>
>> This states that consideration of accessibility should be taken in
>> standards development. I'd like to see this integrated approach in
>> ICANN processes too. It's more than web accessibility.
>>
>> Gunela
>>
>>
>> On 19/10/12 4:48 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
>>
>> Streaming into the Caribbean WCIT Consultations and learning alot:
>>
>> Also interesting to note the following:
>>
>> * There is a United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons
>> with
>>
>> Disabilities on this area, see:
>> http://www.un.org/__**disabilities/default.asp?id=__**150<http://www.un.org/__disabilities/default.asp?id=__150>
>>
>> <http://www.un.org/**disabilities/default.asp?id=**150<http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=150>>
>> (Whilst the US
>> signed, it did not ratify the same. Although other
>> countries have)
>> * There is a submission by Hungary in the review of the ITRs
>> to add a
>>
>> component to enable access for disabled persons and they are
>> proposing 8(b) which countries should get behind as it is
>> central to
>> the issue of Access;
>> * Whilst there have been other resolutions from the
>> plenipotentiaries,
>>
>> where it was resolved that a Fund be created, only Cyprus
>> has been
>> giving money into the that Fund
>>
>>
>> Much awareness still has to be done apparently for access.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Gunela Astbrink
>> <g.astbrink at gsa.com.au <mailto:g.astbrink at gsa.com.au>
>> <mailto:g.astbrink at gsa.com.au <mailto:g.astbrink at gsa.com.au>**
>> >__>
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Sala,
>>
>> Thank you so much for your kind words. It's good to hear
>> that the
>> session I organised at PacINET on accessibility made an
>> impact.
>>
>> Faaolo Utumapu from Samoa demonstrated how her screen reading
>> software with speech synthesis works and how she can navigate
>> through accessible websites. She also demonstrated how
>> barriers are
>> placed in front of her when websites are not accessible. For
>> example, if she were to use the myICANN website, she would
>> not be
>> able to know to follow certain image links if they do not
>> have an
>> alt tag with a description. Nor would she be able to read
>> the large
>> image map about Internet governance as it is a jpg with no
>> descriptive text.
>>
>> Sandra, these are two examples of accessibility errors on the
>> myICANN website. The website in itself is user-friendly and
>> I hope
>> that there are only a few accessibility issues to fix.
>>
>> The W3C WCAG 2.0 guidelines may have been overlooked by the
>> web
>> developers but I hope that this is now being dealt with,
>> Carlton.
>>
>> It would be great to get feedback from staff about this
>> issue.
>>
>> As both Olivier and Sala have intimated, accessibility for
>> people
>> with disability will help to make ICANN truly inclusive. It
>> actually
>> goes beyond web accessibility of ICANN sites and should be
>> incorporated into wider policy and processes even relating
>> to new gTLDs.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Gunela
>>
>>
>> On 17/10/12 8:27 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
>>
>> Dear Olivier,
>>
>> Gunela is an extraordinary advocate and has
>> consistently raised W3C
>> issues in various foras both nationally, regionally and
>> globally. I will
>> never forget when at a PACINET Annual Conference which
>> is an annual
>> meeting organised by the ALS that I subscribe to in
>> American
>> Samoa last
>> year when I saw this blind Samoan girl conduct a demo
>> with her
>> machine
>> and articulate confidently and articulately her desire
>> for
>> accessibility. Our ALS have a number of advocates who
>> despite the
>> numerous physical challenges continue to make an impact
>> in
>> discussions
>> and in running initiatives in their countries in Tonga,
>> Samoa
>> and Fiji.
>>
>> For the ordinary end user there are elements of
>> accessibility
>> that the
>> global community should consider. I would also like to
>> take this
>> time to
>> thank Gunela for reminding us of this important cause.
>>
>> Warm Regards,
>> Sala
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Carlton Samuels
>> <carlton.samuels at gmail.com
>> <mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.**com <carlton.samuels at gmail.com>>
>> <mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.**__com
>> <mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.**com <carlton.samuels at gmail.com>>>
>> <mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.
>> <mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.**>____com
>>
>>
>> <mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.**__com
>> <mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.**com <carlton.samuels at gmail.com>>>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> The simple response is to ask staff to verify if
>> the W3C web
>> accessibility
>> guidelines were adopted for the website. And if
>> not, why not?
>>
>> Failing, I would ask if any assistive technologies
>> were
>> contemplated at
>> all? And if not, what are the plans for remediation.
>>
>> - Carlton
>>
>> ==============================
>> Carlton A Samuels
>> Mobile: 876-818-1799
>> *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment &
>> Turnaround*
>> =============================
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Olivier MJ
>> Crepin-Leblond
>> <ocl at gih.com <mailto:ocl at gih.com>
>> <mailto:ocl at gih.com <mailto:ocl at gih.com>> <mailto:ocl at gih.com
>> <mailto:ocl at gih.com>
>>
>> <mailto:ocl at gih.com <mailto:ocl at gih.com>>>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>> > 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 <mailto:ocl at gih.com>
>> <mailto:ocl at gih.com <mailto:ocl at gih.com>> <mailto:ocl at gih.com
>> <mailto:ocl at gih.com>
>> <mailto:ocl at gih.com <mailto: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 <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/____wcag.php>
>> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/_**_wcag.php<http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/__wcag.php>
>> >
>>
>>
>> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/_**_wcag.php<http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/__wcag.php>
>> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/**wcag.php<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
>> <tel:%2B61%20417%20715738> <tel:%2B61%20417%20715738>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
>> P.O. Box 17862
>> Suva
>> Fiji
>>
>> Twitter: @SalanietaT
>> Skype:Salanieta.**Tamanikaiwaimaro
>> Fiji Cell: +679 998 2851
>>
>>
>>
>>
> --
> Gunela Astbrink
> GSA Information Consultants
> PO Box 600
> Ballina NSW 2478
> Australia
> Mobile: +61 417 715738
> Email: g.astbrink at gsa.com.au
>
--
Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
P.O. Box 17862
Suva
Fiji
Twitter: @SalanietaT
Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro
Fiji Cell: +679 998 2851
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