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• UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: dispositions covering ICT accessibility
  • Overview of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its dispositions on ICT accessibility
  • Definitions
  • Accessibility provisions for States Parties to the Convention
  • Assessment framework
• Who benefits? Global demographics and the imperative for accessible ICTs
  • Introduction
  • Establishing Metrics for Digital Inclusion
  • Changing Views on Disability
  • Global Demographics – Capability variations and age variations
  • Beneficiary populations of accessible ICT
• e-Accessibility basics
  • Introduction to e-accessibility basics
  • Accessibility and the purposes of ICTs
  • Basic accessibility principles
  • Standards and guidelines
• Technology Areas
  • Wireless phones
  • Radios
  • Television
  • Remote consoles
  • Landline phones
  • Web sites
  • Personal computers
  • Software
  • Electronic kiosks
  • Broadband services
  • Access to published works
• Product development and design
  • Introduction to product development and Universal Design
  • What is an accessible product?
  • Using Universal Design to improve product accessibility
  • Considerations for specifying, incentivising and implementing Universal Design
  • Activities of standards bodies relevant to Universal Design
  • Higher education engineering curricula
• Public procurement
  • Introduction to public procurement
  • Rationale for public procurement policies incorporating ICT accessibility mandates
  • Core issues in creating effective public procurement policies
  • Case studies
  • Public Procurement of Accessible ICTs - Training Workshop Presentation
• Promoting assistive technologies for persons with disabilities
  • Introduction to assistive technologies
  • Understanding needs
  • Solutions to meet needs
  • How AT supports education
  • How AT supports independent living
  • How AT supports personal mobility
  • How AT supports working
  • How AT supports communication
  • Implementing assistive technologies
  • Policies and programs promoting assistive technologies
  • Open Source Software-Based Assistive Technologies
• International cooperation
  • Overview
  • Convention dispositions
  • European Union
  • Other regional cooperations
  • U.S. TEITAC
  • International standards development
  • International civil society organizations involved in ICT accessibility issues
  • International industry associations involved in ICT accessibility issues
  • International research programs
• Local government
  • Introduction to local governments
  • Secure commitment to accessibility from the executive office
  • Involve the local disability community in program efforts
  • Identify and adopt comprehensive ICT accessibility standards
  • Integrate accessibility into IT governance, project management, and procurement processes
  • Train employees on adopted ICT accessibility standards
  • Utilize tools that facilitate adherence to accessibility standards
  • Test products using common assistive technologies
  • Upgrade assistive technology tools and adapt accessibility standards regularly
  • Audit and report on progress regularly to ensure compliance
• Developing policy
  • Introduction to developing policy
  • Step 1: Identifying priorities
  • Step 2: Disability policies approaches
  • Step 3: Policy development
  • Step 4: Policy examples from around the world
• Guides by Policy Area
  • Telecom/broadcasting
  • Education
  • Labor/social affairs
  • Interior/homeland
  • Health
  • Transportation
  • e-Government services
  • Local government
  • International cooperation
  • Public procurement
• Annexes
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Convention cont'd
  • Why a Toolkit?
  • Editorial team and contributors
  • Tips on conducting accessible meetings and conferences
  • Privacy policy and terms of service
  • Accessibility

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