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Global Accessibility News – June 25, 2012
Africa Jun 25, 2012
The Attorney General is revising building control regulations to cater for the needs of people with physical disabilities, the Minister of Transport and Communications Nonofo Molefhi Read More...
Middle East Jun 25, 2012
ISTANBUL: July 7 is the last day of a seven-year timeframe provided in law for Turkey’s public domains to be made accessible for persons with disabilities; Read More...
Asia-Pacific Jun 25, 2012
With the Australian Government and the Human Rights Commission adopting the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, this six-week online course, Australia’s first tertiary-backed accessibility course for Read More...
Americas Jun 25, 2012
OTTAWA: The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, on June 22 invited not-for-profit organizations to apply for funding for projects that support Read More...
Europe Jun 25, 2012
UK: Campaigners with disabilities are calling for bus and train companies with a poor record on accessibility to be stopped from getting future contracts. Under Government proposals, Read More...
Africa Jun 25, 2012
Vodacom South Africa has launched a new range of smartphones for customers with vision disabilities, which includes the Nokia C6 Zooms phone, Nokia E6 and Nokia Read More...
Africa Jun 24, 2012
GHANA: The President of Ghana Blind Union (GBU), Mr Yaw Ofori Debra, has called for the need to maintain set standards in the construction of accessibility Read More...
Americas Jun 23, 2012
TORONTO： Excellence Canada on June 22 announced a call for applications for the second annual Excellence Canada - Ontario Accessibility Award. The award recognizes and celebrates organizations that have Read More...
Americas Jun 22, 2012
PHILADELPHIA: For people with vision disabilities daily activities such as reading a newspaper, texting or checking Facebook often require the extra step of sitting down at Read More...
Americas Jun 22, 2012
Jordan Hilkowitz is layering household products into a beaker for his latest science experiment. Right beside his mom’s coffeemaker on the kitchen counter, he is preparing Read More...
Americas Jun 22, 2012
GUATEMALA: “You don’t need to see to be able to read” was the message Guatemala sent to the world last month when it launched Central America’s Read More...
Asia-Pacific Jun 22, 2012
CHENNAI: People who are blind in the state can now get replies to their queries under the Right to Information (RTI) Act in Braille, thanks to Read More...
Asia-Pacific Jun 22, 2012
HEFEI: The first encyclopedic dictionary for the country’s 20 million people who are deaf and hard of hearing was published early June, Xinhua news agency reported. The Read More...
Americas Jun 21, 2012
Disability has been included in the Rio+20 Outcome Document – a result of our joint efforts in advocacy and partnership toward disability-inclusive development in the work Read More...
Americas Jun 21, 2012
TORONTO: In a continuing effort to make media accessible to all Canadians, Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) announced today the launch of its Described Video TV Guide Read More...
Americas Jun 21, 2012
More than 100 Heads of State and government today gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the start of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development Read More...
Africa Jun 21, 2012
WA, GHANA: Lack of confidence and information on Ghana’s electoral process have been identified as major barriers to the participation of women and persons with disabilities Read More...
Europe Jun 21, 2012
Portuguese cable operator Zon Multimedia has launched a new service for customers with hearing disabilities, enabling them to contact customer support through a video interpreter. A call Read More...
Americas Jun 21, 2012
An upcoming online seminar aims to help make municipal elections more accessible for persons with disabilities and encourage more people to take part in the democratic Read More...
Americas Jun 21, 2012
HAPEVILLE, GA.: One metro Atlanta woman has filed a claim with the FAA against the Hartsfield-Jackson airport. Elle Dyer’s outrage comes after a bad experience at the new international terminal. Dyer, Read More...
Americas Jun 20, 2012
SUNNYVALE, CALIF.: Metropolitan State College of Denver was facing two critical IT challenges with its aging storage hardware—how to replace that outdated hardware in the face Read More...
Middle East Jun 20, 2012
PALO ALTO, CA: Bookshare, the largest online accessible library of copyrighted content for people with print disabilities, in partnership with Mada (Qatar Assistive Technology Center), has released Read More...
Africa Jun 20, 2012
The Higher Colleges of Technology Dubai, Women’s Campus (HCT-Dubai), in collaboration with CISCO UAE and CISCO Kenya narrowed the digital divide among UAE and Kenya by Read More...
Africa Jun 20, 2012
GHANA: The Ghana Education Service and school authorities have been urged to do more to make the school environment friendly to children with physical disabilities. The Ghana Read More...
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