FCC Co-Hosting Conferences on Accessible Mobile Communications & Access to Broadband - December 5 - 7

 

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is co-hosting the International M-Enabling Summit & Showcase at FCC headquarters and at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. The conference will take place on December 5 and 6. Speakers will discuss ways to increase the availability and use of accessible mobile communications and services among senior citizens and people with disabilities. The FCC is also co-hosting the Broadband Adoption and Persons with Disabilities Inquiry Workshop. This free event at will be held at FCC headquarters in Washington, D.C., on December 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The workshop will look at ways to measure and promote broadband distribution and use by persons with disabilities across the world. Information about these events is also in text format.

FCC Co-Hosting Conferences on Accessible Mobile Communications & Access to Broadband - December 5 - 7
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Sun, 04 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

10 Theaters Get Special Sound Systems to Help Hearing-Impaired Audiences - Patch.com

 

10 Theaters Get Special Sound Systems to Help Hearing-Impaired Audiences
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Supporters say that the upgrades to sound systems will make the three Florida cities among the most friendly in America to people who are hearing-impaired. There already is a "Hearing Loop" at the Van Wezel, where the Sertoma Club underwrote the first ...

10 Theaters Get Special Sound Systems to Help Hearing-Impaired Audiences - Patch.com
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:25:14 GMT

ICT Access Barriers ‘Common Across Europe’

 

The problems encountered in putting ICT accessibility policies into practice are common across Europe, according to early findings of a survey of policies in 30 nations (the EU countries, plus Norway, Iceland and Switzerland), E-Access Bulletin has learned.

According to research carried out in June for the EU-funded ‘i-access’ project on access to electronic information and lifelong learning, problems encountered include creating accessible content; standards compliance; problems procuring accessible systems; and a lack of awareness and understanding.

The project is run by the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education to raise awareness of the issues surrounding accessible information provision for lifelong learning. While some survey respondents said their organisations provided style guides for creating content, only about half of these addressed accessibility aspects such as considering how a screen-reader would cope.

“There are an estimated 80 million people in the EU with disabilities of varying sorts and to differing degrees, and as the age profile shifts, so too will the proportion with disabilities”, John Galloway, a consultant working on dissemination of i-access findings told E-Access Bulletin this week. “There is no one solution to the issue of ensuring that any information in an electronic format, whether a web-page, a text message, an on-screen document, or an information film, is available to all of them equally,” Galloway said.

“For each country, we need to find out – what policies do they have, and how do they put them into practice? What are the differences and similarities? The lessons learned from across Europe will be brought together for everyone to share, so this difficult issue can be addressed.”

Full details of the research and a report of a project conference co-hosted by the Danish Ministry of Education in Copenhagen this June are due to be published shortly, with the final project recommendations expected towards next summer, Galloway said.

 

ICT Access Barriers ‘Common Across Europe’
Dan Jellinek
Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:59:48 GMT

Second ANPRM on Section 508 from US Access Board Due Out First Week of December

 

Mr. Tim Creagan of the US Access Board indicated today that the second advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) should appear in the in the next few weeks. The US Access Board has submitted the ANPRM to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and it will be published ...

Second ANPRM on Section 508 from US Access Board Due Out First Week of December
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:44:42 GMT

NAD Demands Access to the Movies at Landmark Theatre

 

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), along with two law firms, Stein & Vargas and Chason, Rosner, Leary & Marshall, LLC, brought a lawsuit against Silver Cinemas Acquisition Company for failure to provide captioned movies in violation of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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NAD Demands Access to the Movies at Landmark Theatre
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Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:15:27 GMT