disabilities in news
Who's on the wrong side of the UK digital divide?
News However, take-up amongst the most disadvantaged groups in society - those on low incomes, the elderly and people with disabilities - is lower. It's several years since former Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged to have... [07 Apr 2008]
Education council pledges £60m to IT
News The investment will focus on a number of areas, including procurement in line with the organisation's Learning for Living and Work initiative for individuals with learning disabilities, upgrades to IT equipment in the... [03 Aug 2007]
Berners-Lee: Internet must not discriminate
News That means ensuring anyone can use the web regardless of what software or hardware they're running, which internet service provider supplies their connection, which language they speak, and what disabilities they have,... [02 Mar 2007]
Ofcom launches price-comparison services scheme
News It will make sure these services are accessible to everyone including those without internet access or with disabilities. Ofcom today launched an accreditation scheme for price-comparison services that target consumers... [08 Dec 2006]
UK retailers fail disability web access test
News The UK's top online shopping sites all fail to meet basic web accessibility guidelines put in place to make it easier for people with disabilities such as sight impairments to use the internet. The study of the top 30... [21 Sep 2006]
Websites make poor showing on e-accessibility
News With the use of ICT quickly becoming an essential part of the economic, educational and social life of European citizens, there is growing concern about whether new high-tech products and services are fully accessible, especially to... [28 Nov 2005]
Shaw Trust turns to Sirocom in £2.5m VNO deal
News Shaw Trust, which helps those with disabilities and other disadvantages get into the workforce, will use a converged VPN service to tie together around 200 home workers as well as 1,300 personnel in 60 offices across the... [11 Nov 2005]
Massachusetts officials scrutinise decision to go open
News He also contended that OpenDocument does not sufficiently address the needs of people with disabilities. Quinn said OpenDocument-based products do need to be improved to address people with disabilities. [02 Nov 2005]
Make tech accessible to all, demands EC
News The European Commission has called upon the continent's governments to do more to make technology accessible to pensioners and those with disabilities. The EC has adopted a communication encouraging member states to make... [16 Sep 2005]
IBM lends a hand to extend Firefox's reach
News IBM will donate 50,000 lines of code to the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox web browser to make it friendly for people with visual and motor disabilities, Big Blue said on Monday. For instance, the amount of tabbing... [16 Aug 2005]
Tech brain implant reads man's mind
News Other academics are already working on the possibilities of cybernetics to overcome physical disabilities. Cybernetics - the fusion of human beings and technology - is helping one paralysed man control his environment by... [01 Apr 2005]
Biometrics faces problems with... faces
News Biometric scanners used for the national identity card scheme could exclude people with visual, facial or other physical disabilities from using the technology, according to a leading expert on Tuesday. [14 Dec 2004]
MPs call for better web access
News The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) is examining what the government needs to do to improve access for people with disabilities such as deafness and blindness so they may be included in the online world. [19 Nov 2004]
UK banking websites 'failing customers'
News The sites were also tested against the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) guidelines, which aim to ensure people with disabilities are not prevented from accessing information on the website - though this score was not... [30 Mar 2004]
Government sites fail web accessibility and standards test
News Only seven were in full compliance with Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) guidelines - which aim to ensure that people with disabilities are not prevented from accessing information on the website - although this is an... [10 Feb 2004]
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