[DCAD] February DCCG Meeting Report

[Andrea Saks]

Dear Deirdre,

So nice to "see" you again ! Will see you at the meeting!

Andrea



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Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:13:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [DCAD] February DCCG Meeting Report

Dear Muhammad,
Thank you for the information, and thank you generally for this attempt to resuscitate DCAD.
I've always felt a little shy about my involvement with DCAD because the disabilities I have been fighting about have always presented a first level challenge to somebody else. My first IGF was in Hyderabad. Among other things I was looking for help for my friend Susan who had been robbed by motor neurone disease of all movement except for her eyes and her smile. Surely technology could offer something? Then I turned round and looked at where I come from in the Caribbean where disability was only then beginning to be realised as NOT a reason for exclusion, for being hidden away. The technology could change lives, but only if people knew that it existed. And there were so very few of us from the region, and so many issues fighting for attention.
In 2020 and 2021 DCAD had been given funds to increase accessibility to the IGF for people living and working with disabilities (thank you again Vint and Google - I see some of those names in the members list). Last autumn I was contacted again about funding possibilities (I had been a member of the disbursement committee) but DCAD had gone silent.
We need DCAD. The disability I am currently living with once again "belongs to" someone else, and this time I can't think of any way that the technology could make things easier or better. But there are lots and lots of technological solutions for other disabilities which need to be publicised for lots and lots of little people in lots and lots of (often little) places all over the world.
I would not like to see DCAD subsumed by another organisation because DCAD's remit seems to be about people rather than being about technology, about identifying the problems through the people who face them, and about networking in support of one another.
I would like to see an expansion to include broader views on the question of accessibility and what constitutes accessibility.
And this year I look forward to seeing many people for whom a small amount of money can make a huge difference in accessibility, in this case to the IGF, benefit from what remains of that generous donation. I'll volunteer now to help again. :-)
See you on Thursday.
Hugs
De

On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 at 12:08, Muhammad Shabbir Awan <mshabbirawan at gmail.com<mailto:mshabbirawan at gmail.com>> wrote:



Dear DCAD,



Please find the Summary Report (prepared by the secretariat) for the February 21 DCCG meeting attached in this email. I attended this meeting on behalf of DCAD. In future, who ever is selected as the chair/coordinator of the DCAD will attend these meetings. Please note that the DCs some participants represented in this meeting have been unable to locate. Their names are highlighted yellow in Annex I of the Report.



Recording of the meeting can also be accessed here: February DCCG Call: GDC Consultations Input First Draft - Zoom<https://zoom.us/rec/play/2E7DdbvmG9NjHWh3VPanKNWxkUnFFW9O8pRJQJzurszjpN_GbeLzn20x61EqNCpGkPC5bEZblle6ShE8.KkN4So6Thty8KBxq?autoplay=true&startTime=1676986566000>.



There were a number things discussed, but, a  noteworthy point in this meeting is the deadline of annual report of DCs including DCAD to be submitted by 5 March to remain in the list of active DCs. Though, DCAD doesn’t have much to report for the going year, but still we have to submit a report. I’m working with Judith to compile a brief report which will be shared with you all once complete; however, given the time constraints, I am sorry but we would not have much time for the comments. therefore, if you think that there’s something which really should go in the report, kindly send it to me or Judith.



Best regards,

Dr Muhammad Shabbir.

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