Accessible ICT Workshops - Philippines.
The national government of the Philippines, through the National
Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons and the Commission on
Information and Communications Technologies partnered with Vision
Office for a series of training workshops on Accessible Information
Technologies. Three workshops with an emphasis on accessible web
development were presented to webmasters and policymakers in the
country's main regions of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao during
2004-2005. More... |
First award presented to Congress and its webmaster. |
When Groups Decide
A three-hour workshop on decision-making by groups or teams was
presented to companies and universities during 2005. The lively
workshop has been attended by faculty and staff of City University,
Canada, Ateneo University Davao, and Holy Angel University in the
Philippines as part of faculty development programmes |
 Vision Office
does it excellently - smart activities, cool presentations,
intelligent discussion and fun!" - Faculty member. |
Interregional Seminar on Accessible ICT produced milestone
international documents
In March 2003, twenty-eight participants - national experts, regional
and interregional experts discussed issues relating to technology and
accessibility for persons with disabilities, and produced two
documents, now commonly known as the
Manila
Declaration and
Manila Accessible ICT Design Recommendations. Vision Office, AIMS
and ICDRI served as presentation and resource team for the
UN-sponsored event.
Go to the website... |
The Accessible ICT logo has come to symbolize a commitment to ICT
accessibility for persons with disabilities. |
Other Seminar/Workshops or Presentations Led or Co-facilitated by
Vision Office
- Considering Web
Accessibility in Web Design, presented at Integrating
Differences: Theories & Applications of Universal Design,
Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York,
October 18-20, 2001
- Seminar on
Accessibility for All in Central and Eastern Europe,
September 3-6, 2001, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Seminario
sobre Accesibilidad en Internet para Todos (Seminar on
Internet Accessibility for All), June 4-7, 2001, Mexico City,
Mexico
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Universal Web Accessibility Symposium 2000, October 31,
2000, San Antonio, TX, USA.
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Internet Accessibility: Lessons of Pilot Action in Support of the
United Nations Global Programme concerning Persons with Disabilities,
presented at Designing for the 21st Century II, An International
Conference on Universal Design, June 17, 2000, Providence, RI,
USA.
- Internet
Accessibility - An ASEAN Perspective, July 12-16, 1999,
Bangkok, Thailand.
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Accessibility 1998, December 16, 1998 to May 6, 1999, New
York, NY
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Mr. Clinton Rapley presenting at Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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