May 2023 | Discussion Paper
Request for comments: We are happy to share our draft position paper on accessible consumer electronics and their potential to bridge the gap in assistive technology and service delivery. If you have comments or remarks, please share until 23 June 2023. The paper downloads as Word doc. You can provide comments to sabine.lobnig(at)mwfai.org.
May 2022 | Report
This GARI Annual Report summarises the outcomes of our research project on whether devices listed in GARI qualify as assistive technology, gives an overview of changes made to the GARI website and database throughout the past year, and outlines milestones for GARI in 2022.
May 2022 | Press Release
Every year, we celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on the third Thursday in May with the intention to “get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than One Billion people with disabilities/impairments ”. The digital ecosystem consists of a multitude of elements that can each promote or break accessibility for the user. Compliance and safety labels are one such element.
May 2022 | Viewpoint
Many smartphones today include accessibility features that can complement and for many use cases replace specialised assistive technology (AT) such as screen-readers, screen loops, speech-to-text programmes or alternative augmented communication (AAC). In some cases, an accessible mainstream device would even better fulfil the requirements of users with disabilities and/or individual access needs than specialised AT. For this reason, the MWF in 2021 initiated a research project to investigate whether devices listed in GARI fulfil the requirements of assistive technology (AT) and could be eligible for national assistive technology funding. A team of researchers from the Global Universal Design Commission Europe (GUDC-EU), and David Banes Access and Inclusion Services analysed the current policy environment in six countries, analysed eligibility, approval, funding, and provision of assistive technology – checking against user needs, and developed initial indicators for the social return on investment (SRoI) for including mainstream consumer technology in AT provision schemes.
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