[Reader-list] CIS Workshop on Web Accessibility

[taraprakash]

Hi all. Thanks Pranesh for posting this invitation. I wonder how do the 
organizers define the term "accessibility". One section of the society that 
suffers from the lack of accessibility of the web and which has not been 
mentioned here is the visually challenged people.
w3.org has certain guidelines for making web accessible to the blind but in 
India you are not legally bound to meet those guidelines. I wish the 
organizers do a thorrough research on this issue and address in the proposed 
workshop.

Regards
TaraPrakash
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pranesh Prakash" <pranesh at cis-india.org>
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Subject: [Reader-list] CIS Workshop on Web Accessibility


> Dear All,
> Greetings from CIS.  We are organising a "Workshop for Web Developers
> on Web Accessibility" in New Delhi from February 16th-18th, 2009. The
> workshop will have seven trainers from Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore who
> are experienced in web accessibility issues and WCAG 2.0. The workshop
> aims to bring together participants from government departments, NIC
> and web developers from organisations from the private sector in
> different parts of the country to come together and learn and share
> basic concepts of web accessibility.  There shall be thirty
> participants in all. The call for participation is open now on a
> first-come-first-served basis.  There are no fees for participation.
> Those interested may contact Nirmita Narasimhan, Programme Manager at
> <nirmita at cis-india.org>.
>
> About the organizers: The Centre for Internet and Society is a
> Bangalore based non-profit, which brings together a team of
> practitioners, theoreticians, researchers and artists to work on the
> emerging field of Internet and Society to critically engage with
> concerns of digital pluralism, public accountability and pedagogic
> practices, with particular emphasis on South-South dialogues and
> exchange. We focus on areas such as anonymity/privacy, censorship,
> surveillance, free and open source software, open standards, open
> access, family, sexual practices, addiction, intellectual property
> rights, piracy, ICT4D, digital and participation divide and digital
> communities and movements. Please visit our website at
> <http://www.cis-india.org> to learn more about our work.
>
> Regards,
> Pranesh
>
> -- 
> Pranesh Prakash
> Programme Manager
> Centre for Internet and Society
>
> T: +91 80 40926283
> W: http://www.cis-india.org
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