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Blind Citizens Australia (BCA): National Policy

Access to Telecommunications and the Internet

Web Accessibility
United Nations (UN) report reveals most websites do not cater for the disabled. Commissioned by the UN for the 2006 International Day of Disabled Persons, the study examined 100 different travel, finance, media, politics and retail websites from twenty countries worldwide. Read the UN report.

Blind Citizens Australia: Information Access Advocacy Guidelines: Eight Steps to Web Accessibility
This document provides a set of guidelines that can be used by blind and vision-impaired people in order to effectively advocate for access and increased accessibility to information and services on the World Wide Web (WWW). Please note, these are a set of guidelines only. BCA: Eight Steps to Web Accessibility.

TEDICORE (Telecommunications and Disability Consumer Representation): TEDICORE is the voice on telecommunications of Australia's peak organisations of people with disabilities. In its representative capacity, TEDICORE works for better access to and equity in telecommunications for people with a disability in Australia through working with government, industry and regulators. BCA members Frank Nowlan and Tony Starkey (BCA nominee) are members of TEDICORE's Project Advisory Body. Visit the TEDICORE website to find out more.

Accessible consumer telecommunications services

Telstra - Telstra Disability Services provides a range of products and services for people who are blind or vision impaired.

Optus - Optus provides bills in braille and large print. To find out more visit, Optus disability services.

Using the telephone: Information on ‘Using the telephone’ provided by Vision Australia

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC): Access to electronic commerce and new service and information technologies for older Australians and people with a disability

Today's Date: 30/08/08    Last updated:11/02/2007

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