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what is inclusive planet

inclusive planet is a social venture with a very simple yet powerful agenda - to engage smart minds across the world to create scalable technology-led solutions to challenges faced by people with disabilities. we apply ourselves to the task of bringing together technologists, designers, disability experts and other such folk to throw their might against problems such as the lack of accessible content, inaccessibility of online content, non-inclusivity of modern technologies and suchlike.

currently we're working on

1. inclusiveplanet.com,a platform to enable print-impaired persons to collaborate on major challenges they face

2. on design and technology to increase the accessibility of the web and improve the relevance of digital technology to the print-impaired, and on

3. policy research and legal changes to increase access for the print-impaired.

to read more about what we are upto, click here

recent activity on inclusive planet

twitter

inclusiveplanet: .@AquinasWI @mpaciello @jeffbigham Why Accessibility Research- first post on new #Yahoo #Accessibility Blog http://bit.ly/a9x3ei #a11y #axs

inclusiveplanet: RT @mpaciello @maccymacx @ladymoonan Seeking colourblind web user in central #London for web research session #disability #UK #accessibility

inclusiveplanet: RT @sunil_abraham Influencing Innovation: The Americans With Disabilities Act | #USA #accessibility http://viigo.im/4jzJ #a11y #axs

our blog

Experience blindness – A simple screen reader experience for the sighted (Part 1)
Ever wondered how a person with a visual impairment uses a computer? Surf the web? Read a book or an article? I know many people who shy away from asking these questions. The important thing is to realise that there’s no harm in asking these questions. The real harm is in not bothering to find the answers [...]

Campaign for amendment to copyright laws in India
Update as on May 1, 2010   After our last post on the Right to Read campaign on April 15th the copyright amendment was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on April 19th. The bad news is that the amendment still contained the same disastrous wording which would effectively prevent NGOs, educational institutions and persons with [...]

Darkness at Noon – Prejudices faced by a blind person
One of our member, Krissy, sent this to us. A truly amazing piece by Harold Krents. Harold Krents, a graduate of Harvard Law School, practiced law in Washington, D.C. Blind from birth, he was a strong advocate for the rights of the handicapped. He speaks about the everyday prejudices faced by a blind person. Darkness [...]