[WSIS CS-Plenary] SV: [Pwd] Open Forum on the Role of ICT for Disaster Preparedness of Persons with Disabilities, 15:00-17:00 22 September, Palais des Nations Room XXII with English-French SI

[Kicki Nordström]

Dear all,
 
I am of the believe that how to share information to persons with different disabilities would be best ssdone if PWD are consulted themselves and not medical doctors who rarely know nothing of how to coope with your daily life with a disability. We do and pssess all knowledge ourselves.
 
Kind regards
Kicki
 

Kicki Nordström 
World Blind Union 
Immediate Past  President 
c/o SRF Iris AB 
122 88 Enskede 
Sweden 
Tel: +46 (0)8 399 000 
Fax: +46 (0)8 725 99 20 
Cell: +46 (0)70 766 18 19 
E-mail: kino at iris.se 

 

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Från: pwd-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:pwd-admin at wsis-cs.org] För Mayer Max
Skickat: den 22 september 2005 22:48
Till: Hiroshi Kawamura; Pwd at wsis-cs.org; plenary at wsis-cs.org
Ämne: Re: [Pwd] Open Forum on the Role of ICT for Disaster Preparedness of Persons with Disabilities, 15:00-17:00 22 September, Palais des Nations Room XXII with English-French SI


Dear Hiroshi,
 
      You have put together a very strong program for Persons with Disabilities.  Please accept my congratulations.
 
      We have several medical, community, and disabilities providers currently working here on sustained "Relief and Long-Term Recovery  for Vulnerable Populations from Hurricane Katrina, and Emergency Preparedness for Disasters to Come - with Full Inclusion Persons with Disabilities."  This effort may benefit from your strong efforts to include Persons with Cognitive and Intellectual Disabilities, as well as for Persons with all Physical Disabilities. Perhaps it may offer lessons to be shared in the future, as well.
   
      Your active efforts to help promote the exchange of this vital information, tools, techniques and partnerships - using Fully Accessible ICT - will benefit Persons with Disabilities; vulnerable populations; and all populations and will help to encourage the daily growth of inclusion for persons with disabilities in Civil Society.
 
        Please accept my congratulations and thanks.
 

                              Best Regards,

            Mayer Max

 

beyondvision at yahoo.com

 
Hiroshi Kawamura <hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net> wrote:

	Open Forum on the Role of ICT for Disaster Preparedness of Persons with 
	Disabilities, 15:00-17:00 22 September, Palais des Nations Room XXII with 
	English-French SI
	
	Hosted by the WSIS Disability Caucus
	
	The recent South Asian Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and other natural 
	disasters have brought world-wide awareness to the effects of major 
	disasters upon all segments of society. Vulnerable populations such as 
	persons with disabilities, children, or the elderly are at particular risk 
	in a disaster.
	It is vital to consider their special needs in the design of disaster 
	preparedness and warning systems. Additionally, tourists, recent 
	immigrants, and refugees face challenges when confronted with disasters in 
	unfamiliar locations, linguistically isolated, and in need of assimilating 
	lifesaving information and guidance quickly when! under stress.
	Attention to the requirements for persons with disabilities may also 
	benefit the greater general population which can find itself situationally 
	disabled.
	Information and Communications Technology (ICT) based upon accessible 
	design principles is one of the key parts of the solution.
	
	
	Moderator: Hiroshi Kawamura, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with 
	Disabilities Research Institute
	
	Agenda:
	
	1. Presentation: Preparedness and Warning Systems for Populations with 
	Special Needs: Ensuring everyone gets the message (and knows what to do) By 
	Helen T. Sullivan, Markku T. Hakkinen, and Hiroshi Kawamura (DAISY 
	Presentation)
	
	2. Presentation: ITU initiatives on disaster prevention with reference 
	to standard development activities. By Houlin Zhao, ITU Sector-T
	
	3. Open discussion on current situation of persons with disabilities in 
	disaster incidents including Tsunami/earthquake,
	hurricanes/typhoons/cyclones, etc. from disability perspective, and 
	suggestions for human centered approach of disaster prevention/preparedness 
	for all
	
	
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