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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability (2008) recognises the right of disabled people to take part in cultural life on an equal basis. We help this vision come true.
Museums, galleries, archives, libraries and heritage sites use technology ever more to serve their audiences. Wherever it is used, technology should widen access to information, collections and learning for disabled people.
We foster engagement for the cultural equality of disabled people by:
The UK Jodi Awards 2011 were given on 1 December at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, Wales. The free seminar "Digital access for disabled people in the 21st century museum, library and archive" took place beforehand. All shortlisted projects were presented.
The International Jodi Awards 2011 will be given in the morning on 8 December at the International DISH 2011(Digital Stategies for Heritage) Conference in Rotterdam. The Awards ceremony will be followed by "Inclusive Digital Heritage in the 21st Century for People with a Disability" sessions at 11:15-12.15 and 14:00-15:30 hours. Details in pdf conference programme on www.dish2011.nl.
Our joint conference strand on digital access for disabled people in museums with MCN, 16-19 November provided a comprehensive overview of digital access for people with a disability.
On 14 November we run a seminar at the Metropolitan Museum, in collaboration with the New York Museum Access Consortium, folowed by a very lively discussion
On 15 November, we held the seminar "Digital Access for disabled people in the 21st Century Museum" at the Smithsonian Museum, 1which was fully booked out a few days after it was announced.
We are very pleased to be working with the University of York Human Computer Interaction Research Group, Museum Access Consortium and Signes de sens on this series of seminars. We aim to promote global exchange to help make sure that disabled people become valued passengers of the digital train ... which has left the station a while ago ...
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