ICT for Development Persons With Disabilities
ICTs have potential for making significant improvements in the lives of PWDs
ICT4D PWD is a community of people and organizations working together to improve the social and economic impact of Persons With Disabilities
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Disability and Inclusi...
1 member
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Vocational Training
8 members
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PWDs and Technology
6 members
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Intellectual Disability
5 members
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Hearing Impairments
3 members
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Blind
5 members
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Physical Disabilities
6 members
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Links for Hearing Disability
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Links for Blind and Visually Impaired
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BARRIERS TO ICT FOR DISABLED PEOPLE.
Six inter-related barriers to ICT can be identified in existing literature. These are:
• Lack of interest
• L
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Demographics
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Disabled people and ICT: eInclusion Charter
eInclusion Charter
"Disabled and older people should have the same rights to participate in the Information Society as other citizens. Information and communication technology (ICT) such as personal computers, mobile phones and interactive TV should be tools that help overcome barriers they face in education, the workplace and social life."
more info on the link:
www.ictrnid.org.uk/adi/charter.html
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GATE - Global Assistive Technology Encyclopedia
I hope you will be interested in joining us at GATE Gate is a wiki that is free to use on all aspects of assisti ve technology for people with a disability At present much of the information is i...
Tagged: Technology, Assistive, AT, wiki
Started by David Banes Nov 19.
CRPD & ICT 1 Reply
As all know, the CRPD (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with all disabilities) is active and in existant know. Our inagural meeting was in Feb of this year where i had the honor t...
Started by Mohammed Y. Al-Tarawneh. Last reply by Nabil Eid Nov 16.
Mobile phones for many disabled people
Mobile phones have become a necessity in everyday life for many disabled people Mobil phone enabled disabled people such as Deaf – Mute, visually impaired and other of cases disabilities users to h...
Tagged: people, disabled, and, phones, Mobile
Started by Nabil Eid Nov 11.
How to make ICT products and services accessible to PWDs
How to make ICT products and services accessible to all people including the PWDs, the government can play a prime role. The private sector has become more and more important in the society especia...
Tagged: PWDs, all, to, Accessible
Started by Wissal Shahoud Nov 5.
What the role of ICT in Vocational training provision and employment promotion for people with disabilities
What the role of ICT in Vocational training provision and employment promotion for people with disabilities What the role of ICT in examined programmes run by the Government and by some nongovernme...
Tagged: PWD, for, training, Vocational
Started by Nabil Eid Nov 2.
The use (ICT) in the field of disabled
The use (ICTs) in the field of disabled The use (ICTs) in the field of disabled is very high on the political agendas of countries and we are required a lots of efforts at national, regional and g...
Tagged: of, disabled, field, the, in
Started by Nabil Eid Oct 29.
Blog Posts
The Vision behind the Dream!
It was three years ago that e-ISOTIS and AbilityNet decided that they should do something in order to make people aware of and celebrate how ICT, products and services were serving the lives of people with disabilities, and the elderly, and highlight how users could exploit these tools. Together, we wished to make people believe in the power of Accessible ICT… Continue
Posted by Nabil Eid on November 16, 2009 at 1:28pm
ACCESS-IT 2009 Award
Stuides Centre for Handicapped Researh in Syria has got finalist in ACCESS-IT 2009 Award
http://www.caihand.org
The first stage of ACCESS-IT 2009 award competition has been completed.
Around 100 nominations have been submitted from 24 countries including countries outside Europe like United St… Continue
Posted by Nabil Eid on November 13, 2009 at 9:30pm
Workshop in 5 days to use of ICT in Intellectual Education School in sultanate Oman.
The workshop and training course supported by information Technology Authority (ITA) and Ministry of Education in Oman.
The aims of workshop and training course to use ICT for disabled students and to gets informal education in using new technology and to assess ICT skills acquired through formal, non-formal and informal education.
The Training course and de… Continue
Posted by Nabil Eid on November 13, 2009 at 8:20pm
Working at home with Disability
A friend told me that he had seen a lot of folks moving into the work at home - virtual or remote worker world. I checked with the Social Security Administrati… Continue
Posted by Charles Widner on November 12, 2009 at 7:34pm — 2 Comments
Help Plant the Seeds of Hope
ICT for Development Intellectual Disability Students
Studies Centre for Handicapped Research (SCHR), dedicated to providing and improving special educational program through ICTs in Syria to those lives affected by Intellectual Disability, Cerebral Palsy, Autism and Down Syndrome and other neurological conditions resulting in… Continue
Posted by Nabil Eid on November 10, 2009 at 9:07pm
How can we give them a hope to learn in real life !!??
They went with ambitious , they was the first girls went to University from the disabilities girls but they can't continue.
Why!!
Because they can't find help
They can't understand , the University books are difficult ,
doctors still talk and talk with out sign language ,
Also they can't find help from anyone to explain what in that books
So
They stop!!
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The society & gove… Continue
Posted by Mona Mohammed on November 8, 2009 at 9:36am — 1 Comment
The Efforts of United Nations On ICTs and Disability Issues
The Efforts of United Nations On ICTs and Disability Issues
- 1948 The UNGA proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration states that each person has "the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control"
- 1966 The Internatio… Continue
Posted by Nabil Eid on November 5, 2009 at 12:10pm
Opportunities for connecting Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) through ICT.
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have the potential for making significant improvements in the lives of (PWDs).
And ICT has been identified as an important aspect of the wider strategy for the social inclusion of disabled people.
1. Learning at Distance
Distance co… Continue
Posted by Nabil Eid on November 3, 2009 at 8:32pm
ICT and Disability Policy
Policy on disabled persons and Information and Communication Technology(ICT)
Information and Communication Technology, ICT, opens up great opportunities to improve the quality of life of disabled people. We must make the most of these opportunities. Without substantial efforts throughout society, there is a risk that these technical developments will only give… Continue
Posted by Nabil Eid on November 3, 2009 at 10:00am
Inclusion International’s Millennium Development Goals
VISION AND TARGETS FOR 2015
1. Eradicate Extreme Poverty For People with Disabilities and their Families: By 2015, people with intellectual disabilities and their families will live free of poverty and discrimination
2. Achieve Inclusive Education: By 2015, all children with intellectual disabilities will receive good quality, inclusive education with appropriate supports to ensure that each child reaches their highest potential
3. Promo… Continue
Posted by Nabil Eid on November 1, 2009 at 1:33pm
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