[PDFlist] Global Accessibility News, August 2021

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Latest News

Global Movement Aims To Improve Lives Of People With Disabilities
Multiple leading international organizations have united to launch WeThe15, a global movement that aspires to be the biggest ever human rights movement to represent 1.2 billion persons with disabilities gloabally.
Learn more about WeThe15<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=9aa647c21a&e=6b6416efd0>
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UAE: Partnership Provides Children with Books in Accessible Formats
Kalimat Foundation in partnership with two other UAE-based organizations has provided children aged five to twelve years with books in accessible formats under its ‘Ara’ (I See) initiative to empower and facilitate their access to knowledge and learning.
Learn more about the Ara Initiative<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=7569d04b75&e=6b6416efd0>
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US National Parks Work on Accessibility Improvements
The Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are working on an Accessibility Self-Evaluation and Transition plan to enhance the accessibility that enables persons to discover, understand, and enjoy a range of experiences.
Learn more about the Course in Accessible Tourism<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=49b3b57394&e=6b6416efd0>
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Study Reveals Findings in Food Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities
A research study in Canada has revealed persons with disabilities are at considerably greater risk of food insecurity than others – an outcome partially explained by often interconnected physical and economic barriers.
Learn more about the Study on Food Accessibility<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=e9120d018d&e=6b6416efd0>
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IFC Releases Study on Promoting Accessible Tourism in Nepal
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has released a report, Open to All: A Survey on Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities in Nepal's Hotels, that highlights investment in disability-friendly infrastructure and services can help hoteliers and entrepreneurs tap the accessible tourism market in Nepal.
Learn more about the Report on Accessible Hotels in Nepal<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=d2314ec52d&e=6b6416efd0>
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Engineers at MIT Test Prosthetic Robotic Hand
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have tested a prosthetic robotic hand, designed with a system for tactile feedback that even restored some primitive sensation in a volunteer’s residual limb.
Learn more about the Prosthetic Hand<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=a65491aa1f&e=6b6416efd0>
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New Version of the Qatari Money Reader Application Released
Through the Mada Innovation Program, and in partnership with Qatar Central Bank, Mada Center has launched the new version of the 'Qatari Money Reader' application on smartphones to assist persons with visual impairments and older persons with reading and identifying notes.
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Upcoming Events and Webinars

AbilityNet Hearing Assistive Technology Free Webinar
September 8, 2021
Join the webinar to explore how companies are working to make digital services more accessible for customers with hearing impairments and examples of how assistive technology can help to make the digital world more accessible to customers (software and devices). Find out more about the webinar and register<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=8b2528b69b&e=6b6416efd0>.

M-Enabling Summit
October 4-6, 2021
The 2021 M-Enabling Summit<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=1494dacac2&e=6b6416efd0> is set to offer actionable insights to professionals, advocates and policy makers involved in promoting inclusion and digital accessibility in their organizations. With the theme “Strategies for Inclusive Digital Transformations,” the 2021 M-Enabling Summit will highlight major shifts in business, government, and education driven by the pandemic that will affect anyone involved in inclusion, accessibility, services to Persons with Disabilities, or compliance matters. Register for the M-Enabling Summit<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=319f1a51fd&e=6b6416efd0>.

Initiatives and Announcements

New Blog: 'Automatic Accessibility - Too Good to be True?'
In her latest blog for the G3ict website, Susanna Laurin writes about the FEAT Project carried out by Funka that aims to change how the authoring tool market works. Read the complete blog<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=c1c697ea99&e=6b6416efd0>.

G3ict Values Your Opinion! Take the survey & help shape the Digital Accessibility Rights Education Academy Webinar Series
To honor and feature digital accessibility and inclusive ICT best practices and achievements of the DARE Index responding countries, the G3ict Global Advocacy Division will soon launch a webinar series through its newly-established DARE Academy. G3ict invites interested persons to complete a short questionnaire<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=bfebaf2947&e=6b6416efd0> to help gather input.

G3ict DARE Index - Country Highlight

Every month, we highlight a country's performance according to G3ict's Digital Accessibility Rights Evaluation Index (DARE Index) 2020<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=ba791c92e6&e=6b6416efd0>, a unique resource for advocates and policy makers to benchmark progress in ICT accessibility around the world.
Africa: Liberia
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  *   DARE Index Score: 27/100
  *   Global Ranking: 91
  *   Regional Ranking: 18
  *   Peer Economic Development Group Ranking: 13
  *   Implementation Ranking: 109
Learn more about DARE Index Ranking for Liberia<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=179aaddc2c&e=6b6416efd0>
Explore 137 individual country report cards in the Country Dashboard<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=b047733e7a&e=6b6416efd0> <https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=338b17b6ae&e=6b6416efd0>

Resources & Publications


  *   Visit the G3ict Resource Center<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=02f5d0a0ae&e=6b6416efd0>
  *   Explore G3ict's Digital Accessibility Rights Education Academy<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=dacc672493&e=6b6416efd0>
  *   Visit G3ict's NeuroAbilities Website<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=7ccca1a234&e=6b6416efd0>
  *   Download G3ict's Smart Cities for All Toolkit (available in 10 languages)<https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=4e0451dd77&e=6b6416efd0>

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