The Toolkit is made possible thanks to voluntary contributions by a faculty of multiple stakeholders.

TOOLKIT EDITORIAL TEAM

• Dónal Rice, Senior Design Advisor, ICT, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, NDA
  (ITU-G3ict Policy Toolkit Editor)

• Francesca Cesa Bianchi, G3ict (ITU-G3ict Policy Toolkit Editorial Coordinator)

In alphabetical order:

• Clara Luz Alvarez, Mexico

• Tamas Babinszki, Even Grounds, USA

• Kevin Carey, humanITy, RNIB/World Blind Union, UK

• John Clarkson, University of Cambridge, Engineering Design Centre, UK

• Anne-Rivers Forcke, IBM Corporation

• Ambassador Luis Gallegos, G3ict

• Rune Halvorsen, NOVA, Norway

• Axel Leblois, G3ict

• Asenath Mpatwa, ITU

• Nirmita Narasimhan,Centre for the Internet & Society, India

• Felicity Rawlins, IBM Corporation

• Andrea Saks, ITU

• Licia Sbattella, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

• Susan Schorr, ITU

• Andi Snow-Weaver, IBM Corporation

• James Thurston, Microsoft Trustworthy Computing Group

• Cynthia D. Waddell, International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet (ICDRI), USA

CONTRIBUTORS

• J. E. Baker, L. McArthur, J. Silva, Jutta Treviranus, Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto, Canada

• David Banes, AbilityNet, UK

• David Baylor, World Broadcasting Unions (WBU)

• Hardik Bhatt, Department of Innovation and Technology, City of Chicago and Karen Tamley, Commissioner, Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, City of Chicago; Danielle DuMerer and Matthew Guilford, Department of Innovation and Technology, City of Chicago; Laurie Dittman and Joseph Russo, Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, City of Chicago

• Fernando Botelho, Literacy Bridge & Mais Diferenças, Brazil

• Gerald Craddock, NDA/CEUD, Ireland

• Bob English, TecAccess, USA

• Jonathan Freeman,MD i2 media research ltd;  Department of Psychology Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross, UK

• Angela Garabagiu, Council of Europe

• Larry Goldberg, WGBH, USA

• Martin Gould, National Council on Disability, USA

• Gunnar Hellström, Omnitor, Sweden

• James Hubbard, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, NDA, Ireland

• Bill Joley, International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet (ICDRI), USA

• Mike Jones, Wireless RERC, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

• Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium, Japan

• Alex Li, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/ International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC1) Special Working Group–Accessibility Convener

• Ben Lippincott, Wireless RERC, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

• Mark Magennis, National Council for the Blind of Ireland - NCBI Centre for Inclusive Technologies (CFIT), Ireland

• Trisha O’Connell, WGBH-Shapiro National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM); WGBH Educational Foundation, USA

• Mike Paciello, The Paciello Group, USA

• Helen Petrie, University of York, UK

• Inmaculada Placencia Porrero, European Commission

• Rich Schwerdtfeger, Distinguished Engineer, SWG Accessibility Architect/Strategist, IBM

• David Sloan, University of Dundee, UK

• Mike Starling, World Broadcasting Unions (WBU)

• Gregg Vanderheiden, University of Winsconsin-Madison, USA

• Carlos A. Velasco, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technologies (FIT), Germany

• Cynthia D. Waddell, International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet (ICDRI), USA

• Sam Waller, University of Cambridge, Engineering Design Centre, UK

• Chuck Wilsker, Telework Coalition, USA

• Gottfried Zimmermann, Access Technologies, USA   

Dónal Rice, ITU-G3ict Policy Toolkit Editor

Dónal Rice is the Senior ICT Advisor for the National Disability Authority of Ireland (NDA) - Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD) which was launched in October 2007.  The CEUD is dedicated to the principle of universal access, enabling people in Ireland to participate in a society that takes account of human difference and to interact with their environment to the best of their ability.  Dónal has responsibility for the NDA IT Accessibility Guidelines and formerly worked extensively with many public sector departments and agencies on the NDA's Excellence through Accessibility Awards.

Dónal holds a BA in Maths and English from University College Dublin, an MSc in Computing from Griffith College Dublin and is currently undertaking a doctorate in eAccessibility and Legislation with the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the National University of Ireland, Galway.