[Nfb-web] NFB to Address United Nations Conference

[David Andrews]

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>From: Pare, John
>Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 3:46 PM
>To: NCB staff
>Subject: National Federation of the Blind to 
>Address United Nations Conference on E-accessibility
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>National Federation of the Blind to Address 
>United Nations Conference on E-accessibility
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>Dr. Betsy Zaborowski to Stress Access to Web Sites
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>NEW YORK CITY (December 1, 2006):  Dr. Betsy 
>Zaborowski, executive director of the National 
>Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the 
>only research and training institute for the 
>blind run by the blind, will address a 
>conference on e-accessibility to be held at the 
>headquarters of the United Nations on December 
>4, 2006.  The conference is part of the UN's 
>celebration of the International Day of Disabled 
>Persons, and is intended to bring global 
>attention to the accessibility of the World Wide 
>Web and other information technologies.
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>"Access to information and communication 
>technologies creates opportunities for all 
>people, perhaps none more so than persons with 
>disabilities," said United Nations 
>Secretary-General Kofi Annan in a statement.
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>Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National 
>Federation of the Blind, said: "Access to the 
>Internet and other information and communication 
>technologies is crucial to the success of blind 
>people around the world in the twenty-first 
>century.  We are pleased that the United Nations 
>is engaged in the critical discussion of how to 
>make the World Wide Web more accessible to the blind."
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>Dr. Zaborowski will explain and demonstrate for 
>the conference the difficulties experienced by a 
>blind person using adaptive technology when Web 
>sites are not accessible.  The conference will 
>take place in Conference Room 4 of the United 
>Nations Headquarters in New York City, from 1:15 
>to 2:45 p.m. on Monday, December 4.
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>John G. Paré Jr.
>Director of Public Relations
>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
>1800 Johnson Street
>Baltimore, Maryland  21230
>Telephone:  (410) 659-9314, ext. 2371
>Cell phone:  (410) 913-3912
>Fax:  (410) 685-5653
>Email:  jpare at nfb.org