Original Statement of Importance (Return to List)

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Statement

3Allenna Leonard Means must be found to provide and maintain access to ICT's, not only for the ecomomically and educationally disadvantaged but for an aging population whose dexterity, eyesight, hearing and ability to master new technology has declined.

Comments on above Statement

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3Alfonso ReyesYes, I think not doing this is promoting a new way of "social exclusion".
27David BestThis presupposes that expanded use of ICTs by this age group is a good thing. Whilst this may be true it is not axionmatic!
31Alfonso ReyesThe point that Allenna's statement triggers to me is the need to put much more efforts in developing new ways of accessing ICT's for people with some sort of dissabilities and this account not only for the elderly. By new ways of accessing I incude not only new physical interfaces (touch screen, light pens, etc) but new ways of navegating through data.
35Raul EspejoWhile I agree that no form of exclusion is acceptable, it seems to me that we need to pay particular attention to the divides emerging from economic and educational differences among and within societies