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Public consultation on Web accessibility

The public consultation on web-accessibility and other e-accessibility issues closed on 7 September 2008.

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Communication "Towards an accessible information society"

01-12-2008

Today the European Commission has adopted the Communication "Towards an accessible information society". The Communication is accompanied by a report from the online public consultation

Position papers received

Position Paper from UMIC – The Knowledge Society Agency, Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
Joint ANEC – EDF Position (European Association for the Co-ordination of Consumer Representation in Standardisation - European Disability Forum)
Paper by Jonathan Chetwynd: Communication with symbols, from the web to the internet and beyond
Two humanITy Papers, by Kevin Carey, Director:
Web Accessibility: A turning Point for Legislative Options
Key Factors in Generic Disability ICT Access Rights
Position paper from IPEDIS, a consultancy company specialised in web accessibility
Position paper from BSkyB
Position paper from The Spanish National Organization of the Blind (ONCE)
Contribution from Dr. Ileana Hamburg of the Institut Arbeit und Technik (the Work and Technology research institute of the Fachhochschule Gelsenkirchen)
Contribution from the Royal National Institute of Blind People, UK
Position paper from Technosite, a company of the ONCE Foundation Group, specialised in ICT accessibility and interoperability
Contribution from Erlend Øverby of Hypatia AS or
Contribution from the Employers' Forum on Disability, UK
Contribution from Dr Ian Smythe, Dyslexia Consultant