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Accessibility to ICTs: Achieving equitable communications for everyone - International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - english information

https://www.itu.int/en/action/accessibility/Pages/default.aspx

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Accessibility is one of the Areas of Action of the "Telecommunication Standardization Sector" of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). ITU is "a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for all matters related to information and communication technologies". DCAD's aim is to "ensure that ICT accessibility is included in the [ITU] key debates around Internet Governance". The page linked here provides lots of infomation on ITU's activities in the field of accessibility, e.g. reports about events, publications such as the Accessibility Guidelines, or links to sub-sections such as the Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability (DCAD)" or the "Joint Coordination Activity on Accessibility and Human Factors (JCA-AHF)".
DCAD is a subsection of the "Telecommunication Standardization Sector" of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). ITU is "a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for all matters related to information and communication technologies". DCAD's aim is to "ensure that ICT accessibility is included in the [ITU] key debates around Internet Governance". The page provides informations and reports of workshops and other meetings, an Accessibility Guide, and more. [Abstract: Site editor’s information and wikipedia information, supplemented by editors of Education Worldwide]

Keywords

assistance for the handicapped; disabilities; promotion of disadvantaged persons; new media; educational technology; new technologies; Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie (IKT) / Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Inklusion / inclusion; Digitalisierung / digitalisation; Zugang / accessibility; Standardisierung / standardisation; Richtlinien / guidelines; Barrierefreiheit / Accessibility;