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Disability Services - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about egovernment initiatives in the area of disability services.
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- Creating sites accessible to people with cognitive disabilities - Accessibility Toolkit - Version 3 - 2009
- People with cognitive, language and learning disabilities comprise the largest group of those with disabilities accessing the web.
Added: 1 June 2010
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- Government 2.0 Action Plan: DiVine Website - people with a disability supporting each other
- DiVine is the first online community written by and for people with a disability in Australia. It sets new standards for accessibility and inclusion. DiVine aims to inform, engage and entertain people with a disability. It is a vibrant community that encourages participation and a sense of belonging.
Added: 6 October 2010
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- NBN to deliver disability support services to regional Australia
- Tender process to be announced soon, by Diana Nguyen. Computerworld, 1 February, 2012. "Children with hearing or vision impairments who live in regional and remote areas of Australia will soon receive specialist services and therapies via the National Broadband Network... The initiative, to cost the government $4.9 million over three years, is aimed at increasing the accessibility of health and education services to families and children with a disability in regional and remote areas of Australia..."
Added: 9 February 2012;
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- FCC wants help with accessible technologies site
- Commission schedules Open Developer Day for Nov. 8, By Alice Lipowicz. Federal Computer Week, November 1, 2010. "The Federal Communications Commission said it will start an online clearinghouse of technology applications for people with disabilities and wants volunteer Web developers to help..."
Added: 4 November 2010;
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- Queensland Electoral Commission looks to e-voting for blind and vision impaired
- The technology will enable blind and vision impaired voters to cast a secret vote, by Chloe Herrick. Computerworld, 18 October, 2010. "... Queensland’s Attorney-General, Cameron Dick, said the ECQ was using $960,000 to fund research into the technology in an effort to 'provide a framework' for blind and vision impaired voters to cast a secret vote electronically..."
Added: 21 October 2010;
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- 2012 Legacy for Disabled People: Inclusive and Accessible Business - in pdf format (167kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Improving messages to SMEs: The case for the disabled customer. Department for Business Innovation and Skills, Office for Disability Issues, August 2010. "... Our review found that government departments and agencies wanting to promote accessibility and inclusiveness either in the context of the 2012 Games or generally experience a lack of material in respect of the business opportunity disabled customers entail. Some information exists but it is often difficult to find and is dispersed across a variety of channels many of which are not used by SMEs... Our review found that government departments and agencies wanting to promote accessibility and inclusiveness either in the context of the 2012 Games or generally experience a lack of material in respect of the business opportunity disabled customers entail. Some information exists but it is often difficult to find and is dispersed across a variety of channels many of which are not used by SMEs..." Mp>.
Added: 2 September 2010;
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- Ministers call on business to improve disabled access ahead of the 2012 Games
- Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Press Release, 30 August 2010. "With two years until the start of the Paralympics, Ministers today urged companies to see improving disability access as a way of becoming more profitable as well as more socially responsible... To encourage businesses to become more accessible the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) commissioned a report setting out the opportunities that disabled customers bring..."
Added: 2 September 2010;
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- A Giant Leap and A Big Deal
- by Elizabeth Lyle - Special Counsel for Innovation, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Broadband.gov - BlogBand, April 23, 2010. "Today, the Commission is releasing 'A Giant Leap and a Big Deal: Delivering on the Promise of Equal Access to Broadband for People with Disabilities.' It is the second paper in a series of working papers that are being released in conjunction with the National Broadband Plan. And it is the first time the Commission has issued a working paper addressing accessibility and technology issues..."
Added: 2 June 2010;
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- A giant leap and a big deal: delivering on the promise of equal access to broadband for people with disabilities - in pdf format (723kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). OBI Working Paper Series no. 2, By Elizabeth E. Lyle, Policy Advisor, Omnibus Broadband Initiative, Federal Communications Commission, April 2010. "... There are 54.4 million Americans who have disabilities, and 35 million Americans who have a severe disability. For those aged 15 and older, this includes 7.8 million who have difficulty seeing the words in ordinary newsprint; 7.8 million who have difficulty hearing a typical conversation; 2.5 million who have difficulty having their speech understood; 27.4 million who have lower body limitations; 19 million with upper body limita-tions; and 16.1 million with cognitive, mental and emotional functioning disabilities. Historically, it has taken years—even decades—for these Americans to have anything close to equal access to communications... With broadband technologies, we have the opportunity to consider accessibility issues relatively early in the deployment process and ensure that people with disabilities share fully in the benefits of broadband. Even more, broadband 'bridge[s] gaps and provide[s] opportunities that were inconceivable in the past'. Broadband allows people with disabilities to “live independent lives...in their communities of choice.”16 For example, broadband allows people with disabilities to telecommute or run a business out of their homes. The National Telecommuting Institute believes that over the next two years it will be able to double the number of people with disabilities it places in in-home jobs (from 400 to 800 annually), and that broadband will be key to its success..."
Added: 2 June 2010;
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- Smart cane to help blind navigate
- by Lance Whitney. CNet News Crave Blog, August 4, 2009. "A new "smart" cane developed by students at Central Michigan University may be just the first step in helping blind people more easily get around by themselves. The Smart Cane uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to detect obstacles and alert the user on where and how to navigate while walking..."
Added: 5 August 2009;
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- Disabilities information Web site gets Web 2.0 upgrade
- Labor Department adds social media tools, By Doug Beizer. Federal Computer Week, July 27, 2009. "Labor Department officials added social media tools to a new version of the DisabilityInfo.gov Web site, which it relaunched today under the new name Disability.gov, according to agency officials..."
Added: 28 July 2009;
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- UN Gathers IT Specialists in Support of People With Disabilities
- Government Technology, December 2, 2008. "UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will open a meeting of information and communication technologies (ICT) specialists and representatives of persons with disabilities, on 3 December at UN Headquarters in New York City. The meeting will explore ways to ensure that persons with disabilities have greater access to the digital world..."
Added: 4 December 2008;
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- Disability Equality
- Source: DWP. eGov Monitor, Monday, 1 December, 2008. "The Government has today highlighted progress towards achieving its ambition of equality for disabled people by 2025 with the publication of a series of reports from 11 Secretaries of State, the Office for Disability Issues' (ODI) annual report and additional research about the Disability Equality Duty..."
Added: 2 December 2008;
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- IT to tackle 'Blue Badge' fraud
- Kablenet, 20 October 2008. "The Department for Transport is to spend £10m on a data sharing scheme to crack down on abuse of disabled parking permits..."
Added: 22 October 2008;
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- Missouri Launches New Disability Portal
- Government Technology, October 10, 2008. ""America's People, America's Talent, America's Strength" is the official 2008 theme for National Disability Employment Awareness Month, which is observed in October nationwide. In recognition of the month, Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt today announced the launch of a new Internet site -- The Missouri Disability Portal -- to assist Missourians with questions about disability resources..."
Added: 13 October 2008;
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- Virginia Easy Access
- Virginia Department for the Aging. "For seniors and adults with disabilities and the providers that support them. A public private partnership with the Commonwealth of Virginia, SeniorNavigator, and 2-1-1 Virginia..."
Added: 14 August 2008;
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- Virginia Launches Easy Access Site for Seniors, Disabled
- Government Technology, August 13, 2008. "Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today announced an online resource especially designed for seniors and adults with disabilities. Virginia Easy Access, presented by the Virginia Department for the Aging, is part of the commonwealth's No Wrong Door initiative..."
Added: 14 August 2008;
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