Comment: | The British Computer Society Disability Group (BCS-DG) focuses on the role of IT in giving disabled people a better quality of life and helping them reach their full potential in their chosen areas of education, work, leisure and personal endeavour, by breaking down barriers to accessibility, social and digital inclusion. Aims of the group include:
+ encouraging the computer industry to consider the needs of disabled people at the design stage;
+ identifying and correcting shortfalls in the provision of equipment;
+ offering a forum to stimulate new IT developments in this field.
The Group publishes a magazine, organises meetings, roadshows and conferences and has set up a local support network for disabled people. BCS Disability Group projects disabled people in a positive manner, not as helpless people in need of charity, but as individuals who can contribute to society. |
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