Disability meets DigitalAlison Smith
Campaign for Disability + Deaf Digital rights
Raise issues, directly challenge, positive action
Provide advice + consultancy
DavidCollier
The Future is NOT
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“You are getting into territory here where,
like all the best blogs, you are both a jewel in
the crown for the West Midlands and also a
thorn in the side.” Jason Hall, Screen WM
http://www.switchnewmedia.com/NDI10/Accessible_Video/index.htm
Digital makeover
Shortlisted: 2010 Consumer Action Award
Level 1 Award: £4,500
The built environment - what’s the problem?
have to plan every visit out in location to parking spaces + accessible loos
refused entry to schools, busses, trains, college, shops, clubs, pubs, hotels - for being disabled
can’t to try clothes on in a store because there is no accessible changing room.
finding the induction loop headset is broken - after the performance has started
unable to buy sweets for their kids because the door is too heavy to open
Disabled and Deaf people are discriminated against every day
walking painfully across a rain swept car park because the security guard refuses to allow parking in the blue badge spaces provided
unable to go to cinema screenings or watch TV because they are not BSL interpreted, Audio Described or Subtitled
unable to read websites - it costs £1,000 license fee for JAWS screen reader software
Disabled + Deaf people are discriminated against every day
unable to read text because there’s no large print, braille, easy text formats available
What is Digital access?All things digital are fully accessible for ALL Disabled people
Websites meet AAA of the W3C guidelines
Websites coded to work with assisted
All design of products + web development include accessibility from the very start
Websites including content, navigation + information also relevant for ALL Disabled people
Disabled people are worth £80 Billion a year to the UK economy
1 in 3 people are either Disabled or know someone who is Disabled.
18% of the UK population is Disabled under the DDA Act [including people with Cancer, HIV, MS and past conditions]
Only 1% of Websites are FULLY accessible [United Nations 2006]
Equalities Act 2010 - it’s impact
£25,000 Digital Content Development Programme
Partners:
New digital access project starting Sept 2010 ...
The Deaf Muggerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us7nAFSfo1U
Written by Ben GreenCinematography by Chris StevensDirected and edited by William Mager
The Victim: Ben GreenThe Mugger: Matthew GurneyThe Interpreter: Katherine Yeoman-OwensPost production support: Nicky Evans
Audio Description
For partially sighted and blind people video content is also inaccessible - unless it has been audio described.
What follows is an introduction by the broadcaster Channel 4.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu0GYkuCrRg
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