<p dir="ltr">Very good points June and Deirdre I support you feedback 💌</p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 16, 2025, 3:25 PM Deirdre Williams via DCAD <<a href="mailto:dcad@lists.igf-dcad.org">dcad@lists.igf-dcad.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Good afternoon DCAD.<div>First off - great job, congratulations to all of those who volunteered for the editorial committee.</div><div>My comments:</div><div>1. Are we assuming a self-identifying group of persons with disabilities or are we trying to imagine all possible challenges to access and trying to remove them or at least mitigate them? Many people dislike self-identification, and in some countries/organisations you cannot legally ask for it. Did the editorial committee give this dilemma any thought?</div><div>2.Visible disabilities are self-revealing but cognitive, hearing and some medically caused disabilities, to name only a few, are invisible. This point needs to be made in the Guidelines to ensure that organisers and volunteers are aware of it.</div><div>3. The mapping is a GREAT idea. The IGF in Istanbul took place in an amazing building that had about 5 different levels and illogical (to me at least) provision of lifts. I expect Judy remembers how we hurtled along, at one stage through a kitchen and across something like a roof to move up and down. Not all lifts will accommodate wheel chairs.</div><div>4. The local volunteers are a very helpful institution. Would it be feasible to have a small cadre trained in how to lift properly to facilitate bathroom breaks.</div><div>5. Language is a serious accessibility challenge for ALL participants who do not speak the language of the IGF host country. This challenge is made very much worse if the individual participant is also a person with a disability.. The Guidelines should remind organisers of this, and it should be mitigated as far as possible..</div><div>6. In terms of the overall presentation of the document, would there be any gain from extracting those recommendations that are repeated under each sub-heading and putting them together in a "General" section at the beginning? The document has a lot of information very tightly packed together.</div><div>Thanks again for all the hard work. It was encouraging to see so many different voices around the time of the IGF in this space. We don't need to wait for the IGF meeting to share ideas, projects, opinions ... properly speaking the IGF is a year long rather than a once a year activity, so let's keep talking.</div><div>Best wishes</div><div>De</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 at 07:50, Muhammad Shabbir Awan via DCAD <<a href="mailto:dcad@lists.igf-dcad.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dcad@lists.igf-dcad.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear DCAD Members,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I hope this message finds you well. As part of our efforts to enhance inclusivity at IGF meetings, the </span><strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">DCAD Accessibility Guidelines</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> for IGF have been updated. The revised guidelines are available at the following link:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">👉</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <a href="https://igf-dcad.org/accessibility-guidelines/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:windowtext">DCAD Accessibility Guidelines 2025</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The guidelines can be downloaded as .pdf or word documents as well as are available as webpage.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I highly encourage you to review these guidelines and share your valuable feedback. Your insights as accessibility advocates and experts are crucial in ensuring these guidelines comprehensively address the needs of all participants and reflect the best practices for accessibility.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please send your feedback to us no later than </span><strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">24 February 2025, 23:59 UTC</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You can email your comments to </span><strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:info@igf-dcad.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">info@igf-dcad.org</a></span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you for your continued support and dedication to making IGF meetings more inclusive and accessible for all.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Warm regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr. Muhammad Shabbir,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Coordinator,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">IGF - Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability (DCAD),<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MShabbirPhD/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://twitter.com/MShabbirPhD/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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