ICDRI Activities and Projects
Activity Listing
In addition to the activity of collecting and presenting disability resources
on the Internet, the Center provides other services, some of them are listed
below: The Center is availble to make presentations and to participate in
other activities related to disabilities. For further details, please
contact the Center at icdri@icdri.org
.
Activities 2002 to 2007
News On Accessibility and Disability Issues
ICDRI
Press Releases
ICDRI
Announces Accessibility Oversight Consulting Services
Community Technology Centers Accessibility Resource Page
The Center is collecting resources to help Community Technology Centers to
increase access to their facilities for people with disabilties.
Ongoing Collection of Legal and Policy Best
Practices
The Center has for some time collected the best
practices in the legal and policy venue of disability issues.
These best practices are centered on the work of Cynthia Waddell the
Noted disability advocate.
ISTF Activities
The Center works in cooperation with the Internet Society's Internet
Societal Task Force (ISTF). The Center provides resources and
information to the ISTF on an as needed basis.
Florida ADA Conference in Orlando Florida, August 16-18, 2001
The Center will be presenting a tutorial on making electronic and information
technology accessible to people with disabilties.
Internet Conference Tatarsan, Russia - June 23, 2001
The Center has been invited to make a presentation on Disability
Issues, at the Internet Conference in Tatarsan, Russia.
INET2001 - June 2001
The Center, working in cooperation with the Internet Society's Internet
Societal Task Force will be managing and contributing to panels and workshops
regarding worldwide disability issues, as well as contributing to a tutorial on
building accessible web sites.
In Murcia, Spain a fantastic project has been
started. Its goal is to further the uses of Information Technology (IT)
for older citizens and people with disabilities. The Center working
in Partnership with the University of Murcia will be contributing to the
effort. In late a representative of the Center will be going to Murcia to
make a presentation of the worldwide efforts in this area.
CSUN Conference March 19 - 24, 2001
The Center provided resources to Center Advisory Board and Board Members as
well as Center personnel make presentations at the CSUN Conference on Assistive
Technology for People with Disabilities in
Internet Fiesta, Sofia, Bulgaria
On March 1 and 2, Michael Burks, representing the Center and working in
cooperation with the Internet Society's Internet Societal Task Force, made a
presentation called: Economic Factors Involved with Universal Internet Access and
People with Special Needs - A Working Paper
. Reportedly this paper helped influence the policies of the
Bulgarian Government and other organizations in Bulgaria, not just about
Internet issues but other Disability Issues as well. The Center has
offered to help them in any way possible in the implementation and execution of
their disability policies.
As a direct result of the work being conducted by the White House Initiative
on Asian American and Pacific Islanders, the Center developed a Best Practices
Section that presents a comprehensive and extensive list of Global and Domestic
AAPI health resources.
NCITS V2 Working Group
The Center is providing support for two members of the advisory board who are
serving on the V2 Working Group. This working group is seeking to
create technical standards to make it easier to present content in an accessible
way to various types of devices.
Activities in 2000
The Center provided support for our Advisory Board member Michael Burks and
his above presentation.
The Center provided resources and support for Michael Burks and
his Keynote Speech at CUU 2000 ACM Conference on Universal Usability (
http://www1.acm.org/sigs/sigchi/cuu/organizers.html )
November 16, 2000
NASA Presentation
The Center provided materials and support for our advisory board member
Michael Burks who made an hour long presentation to NASA regarding the Digital
Divide and people with disabilities.
Newropeans Conference in Paris
A representative from the Center went to Paris from October 5-October 7 to
help raise the awareness of the European Union to the issues involved with
people with disabilities and the use of Electronic and Information Technology
UNESCO Paper on Universal Access
Christine Maxwell, Vice Chairman of the Internet
Society, has edited an presented the first ISOC discussion paper to UNESCO
entitled "Global Trends that
Will Impact Universal Access to Information Resources," It was
presented at UNESCO's
INFO/ETHICS 2000 Conference - Right to Universal Access to Information in the
21st Century. Two of the Center's Advisory Board Members, Cynthia Waddell
and Michael Burks, helped contribute to the section on disability issues.
North Carolina ADA Conference
The Center provided resources for the presentations on implementing
accessibility in large organizations.
Florida Technology Conference
A representative from the Center worked with the Florida ADA working group to
raise awareness of disability issues related to electronic and Information
Technology. Other Members of the Center's advisory board and staff acted
to support this activity with research and creation of materials to be
used in the presentation.
Ongoing Ad Hoc Disability Resource Research
Since it's inception in 1998, the Center has helped many people by
researching various types of disability resources on the Internet. The
Center has supplied many people with answers to their questions about a variety
of disability related problems. These questions have come from people in
Singapore, Ghana, Paraguay, Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia,
Portugal, Switzerland, China, and many other places around the world. The
Center seeks to supply answers to all who ask. Where possible the Center
has posted the results of the research so that it can benefit as wide an
audience as possible.
Internet Society Activities (ISOC)
Members of the Center's Staff and Advisory Board are involved in various
activities within the Internet Society. The Center provided support for
Pauline Aguilar, Michael Burks, and Cynthia Waddell in the form of materials and
travel expenses to appear at INET2000. Some of them are listed below:
- The Center Supports Activities of the Interim Steering Committee of the
Internet Societal Task Force (ISTF)
- INET2000 Tutorial on Accessibility
- INET2000 Disability Panel Session
- Pending Paper Publication in ISOC Presentation to UNESCO
Public Service Activities
The Center has provided a representative to the State of North Carolina for
the Information Resource Management Commission Work Group on Accessibility.
This work group is seeking to set standards to make all Information Technology
used by the State of North Carolina accessible to people with
disabilities. The web site detailing the activities of this group can be
found at: http://irmc.state.nc.us/access/
Consulting Activities
The Center continues to provide consulting services ranging from
accessibility assessments to website design and maintenance, as well IT
consulting in the accessibility arena. These services are provided to a
variety of organizations both public and private. The Center is currently
helping to collect state and federal guidelines for accessibility of Information
Technology.
Accessibility Assessments
The Center actively provides accessibility assessments for entities both
public and private.
AWARE Center of the HTML Writer's Guild
The Center actively supports and endorses the activities of the AWARE Center
of the HTML Writer's Guild. The Aware Center promotes website
accessibility. The ICDRI Center supports these activities and the goals of
AWARE.
Activities in 1999
Internet Society Activities
Members of the Center's Staff and Advisory Board have been involved in
various activities within the Internet Society. Some of them are listed
below:
- Member of the Interim Steering Committee of the Internet Societal Task
Force (ISTF)
- INET99 Tutorial Tutorial on Accessibility
- Produced Handbook on Accessibility and Accessibilty Assessments. (In
conjunction with the accessibility tutorial)
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- INET99 Disability Panel Session
- Hosted Disability Birds of a Feather Session
Public Service Activities
The Center has provided a representative to the State of North Carolina for
the Information Resource Management Commission Work Group on Accessibility.
This work group is seeking to set standards to make all Information Technology
used by the State of North Carolina accessible to people with disabilities. The
Center has provided support for this activity since its inception in November of
1999.
Consulting Activities
The Center has provided consulting activities ranging from accessibility
assessments to website design and maintenance as well IT consulting for many
entities some of them are:
CTF
The Center supplied the Community Technology Foundation with assistance
on accessible web site design and maintenance. CTF was started by PACBELL
and is an organization supporting the advancement of communities in the regions
served by PACBELL.
APIAHF
The Center supplied the Asian Pacific Islander Health Forum(APIAHF) with assistance
on accessible web site design and maintenance. The Center assisted with a redesign
of the site to make it more accessible.
DBCOL
DBCOL is an organization seeking to promote the hiring of people with
disabilities in the United States. The Center supplied them with
information on making Information Technology accessible to people with
disabilities, and also provided support for developing training courses.
Wake Technical Community College
The Center supplied both electronic and hard copy course material for Web
Development and General Internet Courses for Wake Technical Community College in
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Bytronix Computers
The Center has assisted Bytronix Computers to gain a better understanding of
accessilibty and Information Technology issues.
Activities in 1998
Members of the Center's Staff and Advisory Board have been involved in
various activities within the Internet Society. Some of them are listed
below:
Internet Society Activities
- INET98 Tutorial on Accessibility
- INET98 Disability Panel Session
- Hosted Disability Birds of a Feather Session
Consulting Activities
APIAHF
The Center supplied the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
with assistance on accessible web site design and helped redesign the site for
better usability as well as providing site maintenance.
Wake Technical Community College
The Center supplied both electronic and hard copy course material for Web
Development and General Internet Courses for Wake Technical Community College in
Raleigh, North Carolina.
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