Key Words: Deaf Education Information, Other Disabilities
Type: Announcement
Topic: Disabilities
Focus: Telecommunications
Summary:
"Making the information superhighway accessible to all people, including persons with disabilities, is the goal of Telecommunications and Persons with Disabilities: Building a Framework; a 57 page, 1994 publication of the World Institute on Disability (WID)." (p. 33)
"It is the second report and final product of the Blue Ribbon Panel on National Telecommunications Policy, which brought together national leaders from major disability organizations, representatives from the telecommunications industry, and policy makers to begin to develop a national agenda for telecommunications access. Most of the panel members are persons with disabilities, and represent a wide variety of disability groups." (p.33)
"This book is a valuable resource for information managers, policy makers, and disability advocates. It provides a comprehensive "how to" manual for implementing universal design in telecommunications." (p. 33)
For more information contact:
World Institute on Disability
510 Sixteenth St., Suite 100
Oakland, CA 94612
Reference:
(1994, November). News Briefs. The NAD Broadcaster, 16(11), 33.
Grace Shanafelt/K.S.U. Student/Deaf Ed. Major