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Publications & Reports 
The Accessibility Imperative
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"The Accessibility Imperative" is the first attempt made to present in one comprehensive volume the challenges and opportunities of implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in matters of accessibility to Information and Communication Technologies. The Convention at large - and more specifically its Article 9 - creates the first universal framework specifically addressing these issues which affect over 600,000,000 persons living with disabilities worldwide. This book was developed based upon the proceedings of the first Global Forum of the G3ict, the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs, held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on March 26, 2007. It presents the perspective of multiple stakeholders from all regions of the world and from a variety of backgrounds: industry, policy makers, international institutions, academia, and non-governmental organizations representing persons living with disabilities. Additional editorial content was contributed to G3ict and included in this first edition from meetings held in Russia, Korea, and the United States during the Spring of 2007. With 129 countries having signed the Convention as of May 2008, the scope of legislative and regulatory work which will take place over the next few years in matters of ICT accessibility is considerable. This first edition will be the first reference made available to policy makers and their many constituents to facilitate the process of identifying the best path towards effective implementation of the Convention.
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The Accessibility Imperative: DAISY Format
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The downloadable file is an audio version of "The Accessible Imperative", which conforms to DAISY/NISO standards (Digital Talking Book). This edition is accessible to visually-impaired or otherwise print-disabled persons.
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Webcast on Assistive Technologies: Leveraging ICTs for Persons with Disabilities, Challenges and Opportunities
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Compiled by G3ict , this Webcast was presented at the ITU Regional Workshop on "ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities," held in Lusaka, Zambia (July 15-16, 2008)
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Speech by World Blind Union (WBU) President on the Occassion of the Launching of the "Global Right to Read" Campaign
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Read the speech made by WBU President Dr. William Rowland in Amsterdam on Wednesday 23rd April 2008 on the occasion of WBU’s Press Conference launching the Global Right to Read Campaign.
This document also contains a press release announcing the launch of the Global Right to Read Campaign.
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Summary of the Discussion Draft of the “21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act”
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Summary of the discussion draft of the bill entitled "21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act", which aims to establish new safeguards for disability access to ensure that people with disabilities are not left behind as technology changes and the United States migrates to the next generation of Internet-based and digital communication technologies.
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U.S. 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act Discussion Draft
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The discussion draft of the bill entitled "21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act" aims to establish new safeguards for disability access to ensure that people with disabilities are not left behind as technology changes and the United States migrates to the next generation of Internet-based and digital communication technologies.
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Moving Towards a Fully Inclusive Digital Europe
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EICTA, founded in 1999, is the voice of the European technology industry. This brochure provides an overview of the need for accessible technologies in the European technology industry while profiling several companies that are currently highly active in effort towards accessible technology. Companies featured include Adobe, Epson, HP, IBM, JVC, MediXine, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Oracle, Panasonic, RIM, SAP, SIEMENS, Sony, and Sun Microsystems.
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Compassionate Assistive Technology
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Approaches the problem of technological inaccessibility through compassion. Focuses on developing computer, global networks, and artificial vision aids for the disabled while working for integration, policymaking and research and development of accessibility ICTs.
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AT home with AT
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Introducing Assistive Technology into
the Existing Homes of Older People:
Feasibility, Acceptability, Costs and Outcomes.
For more information please also see related reports: Tinker, A. (2003) Assistive technology and its role in housing policies for older people. Quality in Ageing. 4.2.4-12 McCreadie, C. and Tinker, A. (2003) Older people, housing and assistive technology: Promoting independence at home. Revista Espanola Geriatrica y Gerontology 38 Supp 1 p. 75, VIth European Congress of Gerontology, Barcelona, Spain, 2-5 July . McCreadie, C. (2003) Shower success: older people talking about baths and showers. Working with older people. Volume 7, issue. Tinker, A, McCreadie, C and Lansley, P. (2003) Assistive technology: Some lessons from the Netherlands. Gerontechnology, 2, 4, 332-337 Lansley, P., McCreadie, C. and Tinker, A. (2004) Can adapting the homes of older people and providing assistive technology pay its way?, Age and Ageing, Vol 3 No 6, 571-576 Lansley, P., McCreadie, C., Tinker, A., Flanagan, S., Goodacre, K., and Turner-Smith, A. (2004), Adapting the homes of older people: A UK case study of costs and savings, Building Research and Information, Vol 32, No 6, 468-483 Tinker, A. (2004) Introducing assistive technology into the homes of older people: The REKI research project. Housing Care and Support, Sept. Vol 17 No 3, 30-34 Tinker, A, Lansley, P, McCreadie, C and Turner-Smith, A (2004). Home Help Housing Today, 30 April, 28-9 Tinker, A (2004) Introducing Assistive Technology (AT) into the homes of older people, Housing Care and Support, 7,3,30-34 Mc Creadie, C and Tinker A (2005) The acceptability of Assistive Technology to older people, Ageing and Society, 25, 1, 91-110 Lansley, P., Flanagan, S., Goodacre , K., Turner-Smith, A. and Cowan, D. (2005), Assessing the adaptability of the existing homes of older people, Building and Environment, 40, 7, 949-963 Tinker, A., and Lansley, P. (2005) Introducing assistive technology into the existing homes of older people: Feasibility, acceptability, costs and outcomes. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. Vol 2 Supplement 1, 2005, 1-3 Goodacre, K., McCreadie, C., Flanagan, S. and Lansley, P (2007) Enabling Older People to stay at home: How adaptable are existing properties? British Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol 70, No 1, 2007, 5-15
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