SV: [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

Sun Sep 25 17:00:34 BST 2005

Dear unknown person,

We are not talking about medical errors, we are talking about how to inform persons with different disabilities in a mergency situation! I still think it is inappropriate to consult doctors and professionals working in the field of disability when it comes to communication, PWD themselves shall always be consulted, we are the stakeholders and know the best of how we can communicate with existing technology. However, new and future ICT may give us even better opportunities and we welcome all atempts to develop new technology that can serve all people in an information society, system which are useable for all on an equal basis.

Yours
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: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org] För Sandza Laurent
Skickat: den 23 september 2005 20:44
Till: plenary at wsis-cs.org
Ämne: RE: [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

Dear all, 
Well, me I very frankly hold to congratulate you for the vigilence that you to carry out through your research on the medical level. My sister has just died because of a medical error.
Kind regards.
Nordström <kino at iris.se> a écrit :

	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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