Accessibility to the Internet for People with Disabilities Presentation by Gunela Astbrink at PacINET2008 at the National Auditorium in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. September 2008.

1. Accessibility to the Internet for
Overview
people with disabilities
PacINET 2008 l Needs of people with disabilities
Cook Islands l Opportunities for government
l Types of accessibility in ICT
l Examples of developments in the Pacific region
l Potential for partnerships
Gunela Astbrink l Ways forward
Internet Society of Australia
Statistics Needs of people with disabilities
l 650 million people globally have a disability l A variety of ways to communicate and to
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