Dear Linda, et al:

Please see my:
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 01:23:59 +0800
To: DisabilityConvention@yahoogroups.com
From: brohier <brohier@...>
Subject: VERY URGENT! Fwd: Paragraph 20 B is still up in the air.
sent in the wee hours of this a.m.!

THE SITUATION IS GETTING MORE SERIOUS AS THE MINUTES TICK AWAY!

PLEASE, PLEASE ACT FAST!! THERE IS STILL HOPE, IF WE DO.

As Monthian has suggested in another email just seen:

"Perhaps, at this moment, send messages to the WSIS prepcom secretariat or to the embassy of each country in Geneva may be more helpful."

Website:  www.itu.int/wsis/

Grateful for whatever IMMEDIATE action you have taken/can take!

Bill

At 9/25/2003 04:36 AM -0400, you wrote:

re: http://www.itu.int/wsis/ and specifically http://www.ctrlaltesc.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/08/0539250&mode=thread (afgter registering at home page):
 
Greetings and best wishes for a bright new day:
 
Concerning this particular resource (links above), would you wish to perhaps direct us to specific forums?
 
My impression is that the talks are ongoing two more days but I am not sure on this. Is there a topic directed to that group, like for example a friendly open letter of concern and emphasis?
 
But if not, and in any event, there is a nice search box on the home page, and entering "disabil" did turn up 3 posts, one of which is a post excerpted below. It seems to be quite relevant to having people with disabilities in at the very start of planning. This includes and requires (re paragraph 2B and overall) being part of Goal-Setting, Planning, and Design - and not just being there as "end-users" or "customers" to later test out what others have planned without including them directly.
 
Thank you again for the alert,
 
and sending best wishes, :) LindaMF.
 --- excerpt for discussion: ----
Disability and Internet
posted by a_reader on Thursday August 08, @09:25AM
from the we-shall-overcome dept.

 nileshsingit writes

The great power of the Web is in its universality. In this cyber-world Everyone is Equal. An essential part of that universality is that everyone, regardless of mental, physical, or technological disability has access to the wealth of information contained within.

As a person with disability and a creator of web sites, I am aware of the dichotomy of feeling a sense responsibility to make my sites accessible to as many people as possible and at the same time there is no way to make them accessible as there many kinds of disabilities to cater and each disability has its own set of problems. The visually impaired need text to speech support, the physically challenged need easy navigation. There a many technologies that need to be amalgamated and there are no proper standards to unify and simplify this endeavour. The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The WAI provides information and international guidelines to make the Web accessible and have set of guidelines that assist creators of websites ...

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