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Disability legislation puts onus on IT managers
News Public sector IT managers will need to be more active about tackling inclusion issues under new legislation due to come into force in December, a disability charity has warned. The Disability Equality Duty (DED) is a general regulation that...
[October 31, 2006, 12:54]
Pennsylvania Disability Insurance
Downloads Pennsylvania Disability Insurance Software assists PA disability insurance consumers to learn about the Pennsylvania income protection coverages they own or purchase. We believe that an educated Pennsylvania disability insurance buyer finds the...
[August 27, 2007, 12:15]
W3C finalises disability guidelines
News Bringing a five-year project to a significant milestone, the World Wide Web Consortium finalised guidelines for building browsers and media players that work better for people with disabilities. The W3C's recommendation of its User Agent...
[December 19, 2002, 8:37]
Web sites under scrutiny for disabled access
News The first formal investigation into Web site access for Britain's 8.5 million disabled people has been launched by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC). The head of legal services at the DRC, Nick O'Brien, told ZDNet UK: "We are not specifically...
[April 8, 2003, 11:00]
Where to start...
Talkback Well, in Wikipedia, first off, I've given up arguing against the US-based editors who insist the correct phrase for mental disability is 'retardation', 'handicap' etc, but perhaps these are not the norm in the US?
[September 8, 2009, 8:58]
I understand what you are saying...
Talkback A person can indeed admit to wrongdoing, and yet not meet the criterion for culpability due to mental disability. Well, in Wikipedia, first off, I've given up arguing against the US-based editors who insist the correct phrase for mental disability...
[September 9, 2009, 2:16]
Call for law to improve websites for disabled
News Reding said in a speech on Thursday that a potential 'European Disability Act' should ensure European approaches to e-accessibility are not fragmented. Struan Robertson, a senior associate at Pinsent Masons solicitors, told ZDNet UK on Friday that...
[October 2, 2009, 17:24]
UK Web sites face new accessibility rules
News Until now there has been ambiguity over the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, because the wording of the Act does not specifically mention Web services. If the disability rights commission endorsed W3C standards then there would be a benchmark to...
[February 27, 2002, 17:22]
Take a longer look at accessibility
Leader Under the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act, all UK organisations are required to take "reasonable steps" to ensure their online services are accessible to people with disabilities. Accessibility is about what vendors call assistive technologies...
[August 23, 2004, 11:45]
Has Agile promoted itself enough?
Blog It was the brainchild of Rosie McIntosh, who became passionate about disability rights through her work with learning disability charity ENABLE Scotland. Last Friday we held an Agile scoping and planning session for a client called WeeDayOut.com...
[September 25, 2009, 18:03]
Massachusetts ODF plan will use Office plug-in
News Disability unfriendly? The move was criticised by disability-rights groups, which complained that going to ODF-compliant products, such as the open source OpenOffice suite, would not adequately address their needs.
[August 25, 2006, 17:35]
Ortho Notes: Clinical Examination Pocket Guide (Orthonotes™)
Downloads Ortho Notes offers succinct and critical information on your PDA, at your fingertips.This valuable resource gives you the essential orthopedic information you need in class, clinical and practice.Key FeaturesIncludes sections on Alerts/Alarms and...
[December 18, 2007, 6:00]
Charity funds IT training for disadvantaged groups
News McCrorie became involved in the Switched On Communities scheme after being introduced to Momentum, a local disability charity, by a member of the Glasgow Disability Alliance. The community partners were already working in training with a disability...
[February 29, 2008, 13:29]
Macromedia to help open Web to all
News Generally, the disability community has been trying to access (Web content using) existing technology," said Bill Freeman, president of the American Disability Association. Macromedia plans to launch a new product that helps designers and...
[December 3, 2001, 9:59]
Support standards, not multiple browsers
Leader The bigger issue is that a site that does not work with minority browsers is a site that is almost certainly not written to standards, and a site not written to standards is not only likely to have accessibility issues, but is also likely to fall...
[August 26, 2005, 13:50]
CIGNA Corporation Uses a Cisco Routed Access Solution for Enabling Innovative Security Controls and Improving Manageability
White Papers CIGNA Corporation provides employee benefits plans for organizations and offers health care, and disability and life insurance coverage products and services in 30 countries. They wanted to deploy in-depth security defenses, but their legacy...
[June 18, 2008, 1:01]
Lawyer warns that PDFs fail on accessibility
News PDF documents on websites and intranets need to be accompanied by accessible HTML or text versions if they are to comply with disability legislation, a leading technology lawyer has claimed. Struan Robertson, a senior associate at Pinsent Masons...
[May 1, 2007, 16:29]
Care Organisation Enhances Specialised Services to Community With Mobile Software
White Papers U.K.based charitable organisation Thera Trust supports adults with a learning disability and aims to give them not only a leading role in the support they receive and how it's delivered, but also in the direction and management of the organisation.
[November 10, 2006, 0:00]
Kazaa and eDonkey brace for attack from Netsky
Talkback dear sir/madami have been bombarded with varius viruses worms etc , it has caused me great disress,made worse by my disability, i have not opened any attachments & dont understand why ? if i had my way i would love to cause the same pain & distess...
[April 8, 2004, 9:38]
Yes, but...
Talkback What about people who can't get to the voting booth due to disability, or being out of the country that week, or any other number of good reasons? . Is there any way to make voting more inclusive without some risk of manipulation?
[February 1, 2007, 14:09]
