Abstract of a paper to be presented at the Destinations for All World Summit 2014 in Montreal (D4All)
Conference site: http://www.destinationsforall2014.com/en/
D4All presentation by Scott Rains:
https://independent.academia.edu/ScottRains/Drafts
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Voici une présentation pédagogique des enjeux de la nouvelle Recommandation CST RT017, de son calendrier et des changements techniques qu'elle occasionne.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., November 11, 2014—Today the Equal Rights Center (ERC)—a national non-profit civil rights organization—released a new toolkit to help veterans with disabilities advocate for accessible housing.
“Every year, hundreds of thousands of veterans return home to new challenges and barriers due to physical and mental disabilities resulting from their service to and for our country,” said Melvina Ford, executive director of the ERC. “Under the federal Fair Housing Act, these veterans are entitled to accessible housing and beyond that our gratitude and respect.”
According to government sources, 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for service-related disabilities, more than double the estimate of 21 percent who filed such claims after the Gulf War.
The lack of available accessible housing for these veterans with disabilities contributes to higher rates of unemployment and homelessness. Approximately 12 percent of the homeless population is made up of veterans, which in real numbers amounts to almost 50,000 homeless veterans on our streets.
“Our veterans—particularly those who return home with service-related disabilities—deserve equal treatment and opportunity in all aspects of their new lives,” said James Schenck, president and CEO of Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed). “It is imperative that we ensure that veterans with disabilities have the resources and education to be effective advocates for themselves and their families.”
The Veterans with Disabilities Toolkit highlights the rights to accessible housing afforded to veterans with disabilities under Title XIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, known as the Fair Housing Act (FHA). This toolkit provides: an overview of the rights provided by the federal FHA, information on accessible design requirements of multifamily development, how to request a reasonable modification or accommodation from property owners or managers and answers to frequently asked questions.
The Matera Manifesto on Cultural Inclusion (In Italian and English)Scott Rains
THE MATERA MANIFESTO
This document summarises the results of the discussions between
experts in Universal Accessibility meeting in the international event
entitled "ZERO BARRIERE - L'Accessibilità Conviene" (ZERO BARRIERS:
Accessibility for All), organised on 27 and 28 September 2014 in
Matera by Officina Rambaldi, with the active participation and
patronage of MiBACT (the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and
Activities and of Tourism, the Council of Europe and of many other
local, regional and international institutions.
The participants duly wish to:
- Reiterate the right proclaimed in Article 27.1 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, 1948, which reads: “Everyone has the
right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to
enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its
benefits”;
- Underline the significance of the United Nations Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted by the General
Assembly in 2006, with special reference to Art. 30;
Abstract of a paper to be presented at the Destinations for All World Summit 2014 in Montreal (D4All)
Conference site: http://www.destinationsforall2014.com/en/
D4All presentation by Scott Rains:
https://independent.academia.edu/ScottRains/Drafts
Abstract of a paper to be presented at the Destinations for All World Summit 2014 in Montreal (D4All)
Conference site: http://www.destinationsforall2014.com/en/
D4All presentation by Scott Rains:
https://independent.academia.edu/ScottRains/Drafts
Abstract of a paper to be presented at the Destinations for All World Summit 2014 in Montreal (D4All)
Conference site: http://www.destinationsforall2014.com/en/
D4All presentation by Scott Rains:
https://independent.academia.edu/ScottRains/Drafts
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 11, 2014—Today the Equal Rights Center (ERC)—a national non-profit civil rights organization—released a new toolkit to help veterans with disabilities advocate for accessible housing.
“Every year, hundreds of thousands of veterans return home to new challenges and barriers due to physical and mental disabilities resulting from their service to and for our country,” said Melvina Ford, executive director of the ERC. “Under the federal Fair Housing Act, these veterans are entitled to accessible housing and beyond that our gratitude and respect.”
According to government sources, 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for service-related disabilities, more than double the estimate of 21 percent who filed such claims after the Gulf War.
The lack of available accessible housing for these veterans with disabilities contributes to higher rates of unemployment and homelessness. Approximately 12 percent of the homeless population is made up of veterans, which in real numbers amounts to almost 50,000 homeless veterans on our streets.
“Our veterans—particularly those who return home with service-related disabilities—deserve equal treatment and opportunity in all aspects of their new lives,” said James Schenck, president and CEO of Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed). “It is imperative that we ensure that veterans with disabilities have the resources and education to be effective advocates for themselves and their families.”
The Veterans with Disabilities Toolkit highlights the rights to accessible housing afforded to veterans with disabilities under Title XIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, known as the Fair Housing Act (FHA). This toolkit provides: an overview of the rights provided by the federal FHA, information on accessible design requirements of multifamily development, how to request a reasonable modification or accommodation from property owners or managers and answers to frequently asked questions.
The Matera Manifesto on Cultural Inclusion (In Italian and English)Scott Rains
THE MATERA MANIFESTO
This document summarises the results of the discussions between
experts in Universal Accessibility meeting in the international event
entitled "ZERO BARRIERE - L'Accessibilità Conviene" (ZERO BARRIERS:
Accessibility for All), organised on 27 and 28 September 2014 in
Matera by Officina Rambaldi, with the active participation and
patronage of MiBACT (the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and
Activities and of Tourism, the Council of Europe and of many other
local, regional and international institutions.
The participants duly wish to:
- Reiterate the right proclaimed in Article 27.1 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, 1948, which reads: “Everyone has the
right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to
enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its
benefits”;
- Underline the significance of the United Nations Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted by the General
Assembly in 2006, with special reference to Art. 30;
Abstract of a paper to be presented at the Destinations for All World Summit 2014 in Montreal (D4All)
Conference site: http://www.destinationsforall2014.com/en/
D4All presentation by Scott Rains:
https://independent.academia.edu/ScottRains/Drafts
Abstract of a paper to be presented at the Destinations for All World Summit 2014 in Montreal (D4All)
Conference site: http://www.destinationsforall2014.com/en/
D4All presentation by Scott Rains:
https://independent.academia.edu/ScottRains/Drafts
Abstract of a paper to be presented at the Destinations for All World Summit 2014 in Montreal (D4All)
Conference site: http://www.destinationsforall2014.com/en/
D4All presentation by Scott Rains:
https://independent.academia.edu/ScottRains/Drafts
Described Video Best Practices: Artistic and Technical Guidelines
1. Described Video Best Practices: Artistic and Technical Guidelines
Robert Pearson, Director, Accessible Digital Media, Accessible Media Inc. (AMI),
Toronto, Canada (presenter)
Beginning in July 2012 and completing in July 2013, Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) and
the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) embarked upon a process to begin
to develop Described Video (Audio Description) Best Practices for the Canadian
broadcasting industry with the support of the Canadian Radio-Television &
Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Producers of description along with
broadcasting industry and community group representatives voluntarily came forward
to develop the Described Video Best Practices (DVBP) in an effort to standardize the
delivery of description (DV) and to bring context to a practice that is both a science
and an art.
One of the intents of these Best Practices was to highlight how Canada has led the
development of the conventions for DV since description’s introduction to North
America in the 1990’s. In 2001, the CRTC began to impose conditions of license
requiring minimum levels of described programming on major English-language
conventional television stations. In 2004, at the time of license renewal, the
Commission began to impose similar conditions of license on analog and English-
language pay and specialty services whose schedule was comprised mainly of
programming that lent itself well to Described Video, i.e. drama, documentaries and
children's programming. In 2009, AMI-tv became the first to air ‘open described’ and
‘closed captioned’ programs for people who are blind, partially sighted, deaf or hard
of hearing, 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Some broadcasters are now
embarking on new types of DV such as ‘live’ simultaneous DV, and others are
creating ‘embedded’ description during the production of the program.
The Canadian broadcasting industry as well as community groups and independent
organizations have tried in the past to develop a set of guidelines as they relate to
described video but these processes have either failed or proposed guidelines
without consensus from interested parties. It is felt that given the current regulatory
environment, the nature by which this process has been designed and the
participation of broadcasters, program producers, DV providers and vested
community groups that the product of this work is to be a required industry-adopted
set of Best Practices.
2. Les pratiques exemplaires dans le domaine de la description vidéo :
recommandations artistiques et techniques
Robert Pearson, Directeur, Accessible Digital Media, Accessible Media Inc. (AMI),
Toronto, Canada (présentateur)
Entre les mois de juillet 2012 et juillet 2013, Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) et
l’Association canadienne des radiodiffuseurs (ACR) ont entreprit d’établir un guide
des meilleures pratiques dans le domaine de la description vidéo (description audio)
destiné à l’industrie de la radiodiffusion canadienne, avec le soutien du Conseil de la
radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (CRTC). Les producteurs de
descriptions vidéo ainsi que les membres de l’industrie de la radiodiffusion et les
représentants de groupes communautaires ont unis leurs forces pour créer un Guide
de pratiques exemplaires dans le domaine de la description vidéo (PEDV) dans le
but d’uniformiser les étapes de production de la description vidéo (DV) et de donner
un sens concret à ce domaine d’activité qui relève à la fois de la science et de l’art.
L’un des objectifs de Best Practices était de souligner la participation du Canada
dans le développement de normes pour la DV en Amérique du Nord depuis ses
débuts dans les années 1990. En 2001, le CRTC a établi des conditions
d’accréditation qui exigeaient un niveau minimal de diffusion avec DV sur les chaînes
télévisées conventionnelles anglophones. En 2004, lorsque le temps fut venu de
renouveler la licence, la Commission imposa le même type de conditions aux
chaînes télévisées analogues et aux chaînes payantes et spécialisées anglophones
dont la programmation offre du contenu qui peut être adapté à la description vidéo,
comme par exemple les drames, les documentaires et les émissions pour enfants.
En 2009, AMI-tv devient la première chaîne télévisée à offrir la « description
ouverte » et le « sous-titrage » à ses auditeurs aveugles ou à vision réduite, et à ses
auditeurs sourds ou avec troubles de l’ouïe et ce, 24 heures par jour, sept jours par
semaine. Certains diffuseurs offrent désormais d’autres types de DV, soit la
description vidéo simultanée en direct alors que d’autres choisissent d’offrir des
descriptions intégrées lors de la production de leurs programmation.
L’industrie de la radiodiffusion canadienne ainsi que plusieurs groupes
communautaires et organisations indépendantes ont déjà tenté de définir une liste de
recommandations pour encadrer la description vidéo, mais ces tentatives n’ont dans
certains cas pas porté fruits ou les parties impliquées n’ont pas réussi à s’entendre
sur l’ensemble des recommandations proposées. Dans le contexte d’encadrement
actuel, il semble important, de par la nature même du processus et le degré de
participation des radiodiffuseurs, des producteurs de programmation, des
fournisseurs de DV et des groupes communautaires impliqués, que les efforts
apportés se résument par une liste de pratiques exemplaires adoptées par
l’ensemble de l’industrie.