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

Oct. 18, 2012

      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 (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@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@gmail.com <mailto:carlton.samuels@gmail.**com<carlton.samuels@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
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On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond
    <ocl@gih.com <mailto:ocl@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@gih.com <mailto:ocl@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>
     >
     > 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
     >
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