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		<title>Accessible learning resources can help close disability employment gap, report claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2018 17:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Making digital resources in further and higher education more accessible – in order to comply with new regulations – can improve disabled students’ learning experience and help get more disabled people into work, according to a new report. ‘Accessible Virtual Learning Environments’ was published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Technology (APPGAT) and cross-party think-tank Policy Connect, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit claims Apple’s website is inaccessible for visually impaired users</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2018 23:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lawsuit has been filed against electronics giant Apple in the United States, over claims that its website violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not fully accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired. The action has been taken by Himelda Mendez, described as “visually-impaired and legally blind” in the complaint [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A “tax on accessible books”: mixed emotions at Marrakesh Treaty progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2017 12:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest agreement in the process of implementing the Marrakesh Treaty, which aims to help end the ‘book famine’ faced by blind and visually impaired people, has been met with a mixture of praise and frustration. The treaty aims to increase the availability of books in accessible formats, such as Braille and e-books, by relaxing copyright [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>EU accessibility legislation: Keeping the public sector accessible</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2017 12:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carine Marzin]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Carine Marzin. The EU directive on making the websites and mobile apps of public sector bodies more accessible was adopted at the end of 2016 and is the very first piece of EU legislation on digital accessibility. It will benefit over 500 million European citizens, including an estimated 80 million Europeans living with a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>US Congress called on to create technology equality bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2016 13:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Council on Disability (NCD) has made a series of recommendations to the United States Government on making technology more accessible, including a call to establish a ‘Technology Bill of Rights for People with Disabilities’. Other recommendations called for by the NCD (which is tasked with advising key strands of the US Government on [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A cautious welcome as Europe looks to lock-in web accessibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2016 01:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A provisional agreement to make public sector websites and mobile apps across Europe more accessible has been reached, creating mixed reactions from the accessibility community. The deal between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission was made earlier this month, and relates to the existing ‘Directive on Web Accessibility [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Conquering the website accessibility divide</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2016 00:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna Jodhan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Donna Jodhan. There is the digital divide and then there is the technology divide. Now I&#8217;d like to add the website accessibility divide to this list. The ‘website accessibility divide’ refers to those of us who are unable to access websites due to navigable and usability reasons, versus those who do not have any [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Accessible book body to focus on developing countries</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2014 10:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Jellinek]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An initiative to increase production and dissemination of accessible format books for blind and print-impaired readers in developing countries has been launched by a group of international bodies. Members of the new Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) include the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO); the World Blind Union (WBU); the DAISY talking book format; the International [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Election access at heart of Canadian disability law campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 16:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Jellinek]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The removal of barriers to voting and elections is among key principles of a new Canadians With Disabilities Act which a group of Canadian disability rights advocates is urging all the country’s main political parties to pledge to pass, E-Access Bulletin has learned. The campaign is spearheaded by a group of five leading disability campaigners [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>EU accessibility policy and standards: The slow arm of the law</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Jellinek]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many years, the disability community in Europe has been pushing the EU to write accessibility into its trade rules for ICT goods and services, not least when it comes to ICT purchased by governments themselves. Similar rules have long been in place in the US, perhaps surprisingly for those who like to caricature America [&#8230;]]]></description>
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