Sector representatives highlighted the importance of removing barriers and promoting the design for you ” in the ICT
during the closing of the II Congress national CENTAC of technologies of accessibility.
-Councillor of for equality and Welfare Social of the Junta de AndalucÃa, Micaela Navarro, bet by putting new technologies at the service people
Seville, 2011-October representatives of new technologies and disability sectors have bet last Tuesday to eliminate barriers and promote the designor for you ” in the technologies of communication and information (ICT) sector.
Thus expressed it during the closing of the II National Congress of CENTAC accessibility technologies, has been the past Tuesday 18 at the monastery of La Cartuja in Seville.
Councillor of for equality and Social Welfare of the Junta de AndalucÃa, Micaela Navarro, he has stated that new technologies must be put at the service of quality of life of people and not become one barrier ”. Must continue to call for the Elimination of all forms of barriers ” and promote the design for you ”, said.
Keep the guard to know that we must not retreat or one iota the path have to strengthen the capacities of people and not to put the focus on disability ”, has underlined.
The director-general of the coordination of sectoral policies on disability, Jaime Alejandre, has ensured the inclusion and non-discrimination are values which must permeate disability policies, which must be transverse. In addition, opted to seek new technologies to promote the design for you ”.
Previously, the round table was held market accessibility and tools to meet: needs, expectations, and future developments ”, in which the manager of Vodafone SAU, José Manuel AzorÃn-Albiñana, social products has ensured that required products and services that adapt to what people need ” and has bet because companies offer the benefits of personal communications to all people without exception ”.
For its part, technologies accessible from Technosite, Lourdes González Perea, Director has stressed the importance of having the user when designing products and services accessible, so opted for social networks and the co-design to establish the interests and needs of users.
The consultant of innovation for Value Creation and innovation director of COMONÓ communication, Ignacio Pérez Alcázar, has insisted that is always cheaper create an accessible product that any project rebuilding a posteriori ”, by what has been committed to the needs of accessibility of the user.
Expert technologies accessible and social projects, Juan Carlos Ramiro, referred to existing Spain on accessibility standards and has encouraged the private sector to require the management standards of universal design ”.
Later, during the round table make ICT a more accessible world? ”, national Deputy of the PP and spokesman of the Committee on integral policies for disability in the legislature finished, Paco Vañó, has assured that new technologies rather than a tool, are an attitude towards life, which must be addressed taking own circumstances and needs, so that ICT should have a design for all ”.
For its part, the director-general of persons with disabilities of the Council for equality and Social Welfare of the Junta de AndalucÃa, Gonzalo Rivas, has referred to the importance of the Elimination of technological barriers, as well as the architectural, and has been considered to be an obligation ”, taking into account that are entering into a new virtual life ”.
General director of ” the city accessible ” and President of the Spanish Association of professionals of Universal accessibility, Mariela Fernández Bermejo, explained the draft the city accessible ”, composed of a multi-disciplinary team whose objective is to humanize the city and the environment, making accessible environments and situations in cities through the accessible architecture but from the phase of the design
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CENTAC
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Its objective is to promote the development of business, industrial level accessibility technologies and services, in order to improve the lives of persons with disabilities and their families through new technologies and the technologies of the information.
CENTAC is structured as a private foundation with a privileged situation between service, Spanish industry,
The Centre is an example of public-private partnership, to count in its patronage with entities such as the Ministry of health, Social Affairs and equality, the Royal Board on disability, El Corte Inglés,
CENTAC has recently released new website (www.centac.es) and has joined Facebook and Twitter.
