Web Accessibility Policy Making: An International Perspective

G3ict and CIS are pleased to announce the publication of a new, improved edition of the Web Accessibility Policy Making: An International Perspective. The report published in cooperation with the Hans Foundation provides an updated synopsis of the many policies that governments have implemented around the world to ensure that the Internet and websites are accessible to persons with disabilities.

Accessibility

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India has an estimated 70 million disabled persons who are unable to read printed materials due to some form of physical, sensory, cognitive or other disability. The disabled need accessible content, devices and interfaces facilitated via copyright law and accessibility policies. We have organised Right to Read campaigns in the four metro cities of Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai, made a submission to amend the Indian Copyright to the Ministry of Human Resource Development, researched on accessible mobile handsets in India, analysed the Working Draft of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, and published a policy handbook on e-accessibility and a book on universal service for persons with disabilities.

Key Research

Books

Universal Service for Persons with Disabilities: A Global Survey of Policy Interventions and Good Practices, G3ict & CIS, authored by Axel Leblois, Nirmita Narasimhan and Deepti Bharthur, 27 December 2011.
e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities (Russian Version), 4 November 2011.
e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities,edited by Nirmita Narasimhan, ITU and G3ict with support from Hans Foundation, (released by Smt.Vibha Puri Das, Secretary, Dept of Higher Education, Ministry of HRD, New Delhi), 27 October 2010.

White Papers

Accessibility Policy Making: An International Perspective (Revised Edition 2011), G3ict, edited by Nirmita Narasimhan, May 2011.
Web Accessibility Policy Making: An International Perspective – A G3ict White Paper, G3ict, edited by Nirmita Narasimhan, 21 December 2009.

Submissions

Accessibility in the New Telecom Policy 2011, submitted to the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India, 9 December 2011
Right to Knowledge for Persons with Print Impairment: A Proposal to Amend the Indian Copyright Regime, Inclusive Planet and Alternative Law Forum, submitted to the Ministry of HRD, November 2009.

Other Research

Making Mobile Phones and Services Accessible, International Telecommunication Union and the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs, January 2012.

The Working Draft of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2010: Does it exceed its Mandate in Including Provisions Relating to Other Disability Legislations?, Inclusive Planet and the Centre for Law and Policy Research, 24 February 2011.

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