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Disability
is not Inability |
::Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies
and Environments Formed
Youth with disabilities who are excluded from the mainstream
due to lack of access to the urban environment, children who do
not receive information on health promotion in an appropriate
format and developers who are involved in re-building and re-construction
are now working with the help of a new organization, the Global
Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments, GAATES.
GAATES is a leading international organization that brings together
experts in accessibility of electronic and communication technologies
and accessibility of the built environment.
| GAATES brings together experts in accessibility
of electronic and communication technologoes and accessibility
environments... |
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GAATES has an International presence in 6 regions: the Asia-Pacific,
Arab, North America, South America, European and African Regions.
GAATES has members in over 100 countries that include technical
experts, individuals, organizations of people with disabilities,
companies involved in information and communication technologies,
architects and interested supporters.
Members of GAATES have worked extensively with UN agencies including
a recent presentation by the Chair, Betty Dion at the UN during
the final discussions for the Ad Hoc Committee on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities, the World Summit on the Information
Society, and the World Urban Forum.
From the left: Bob Topping, Mukhtar Al Shibani, C.J. Walsh, Betty
Dion, Phillip Thompson, Joseph Kwan
GAATES membership includes some world leaders in the field of
accessibility of the built environment. They have developed local,
national and international accessibility guidelines and recently
published the International Best Practices in Universal Design:
A Global Review for the built environment.
GAATES members have demonstrated expertise in all aspects of
access to electronic, information and communication technologies.
This includes, but is not limited to expertise in assistive technologies
(design, implementation, and training), workplace/home/public
space adaptations, accessible Web site design, accessible multimedia
production, etc.
Contact us for further information at: gaates@bdel.ca
GAATES
458 Melbourne Ave.
Ottawa, ON
K2A 1W3
CANADA
Source: disabilityworld webzine.
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