EDF WELCOMES ICT ACCESS PLAN.

• Position: European Disability Forum - Information and communication technologies - Brief article

The European Disability Forum (EDF) welcomed the European Commission's action plan for accessibility to information and communication technologies (ICT) for all. The plan was presented by European Commissioner for Information Society Viviane Reding to EU ministers responsible for telecommunications on 29 November. She called for more legislation in this field, arguing that "there has been practically no progress in the fields covered by the Riga Declaration [on this topic] adopted last year". The EU27 backed her. For the EDF, "It is not about wishes, it is about rights," said...