AAPD Telecommunications and Technology Policy Initiative |
TTPI's Projects
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TTPI Friends & Partners | Areas of Impact
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 The mission of the Telecommunications and Technology Policy Initiative (TTPI) is to ensure that all technology -- products and services is designed with disability users in mind. The work of this initiative supports AAPD’s mission to expand policy development in new areas as a leading organization working at the intersection of disability policy with telecommunications and technology policy in the U.S. and worldwide. This work also supports AAPD efforts to organize people with disabilities politically, economically and socially. For more information about TTPI, please e-mail Jenifer Simpson.
TTPI Program Overview (PowerPoint)
Jenifer Simpson’s paper on Inclusive Information & Communication Technologies for People with Disabilities. - (View Paper)
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 Through greater accessibility and usability and expanded availability, people with disabilities become part of the mainstream and are not left behind as new products and services enter the marketplace.
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Through engagement with AAPD’s technology initiative, companies learn of the concerns of persons with disabilities, make better products and services, and demonstrate their commitment and leadership as socially responsible entities.
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Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC): As a representative member of this federal advisory committee, AAPD works for standards for federal procurement that include the needs of people with all types of disabilities. |
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Digital Television Transition: AAPD collaborates with the American Council of the Blind, National Association of the Deaf and Telecommunications For the Deaf, Inc., under a grant from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, to ensure that all households with people with disabilities learn about the transition from analog to digital television and won’t get left in the dark when the transition happens on February 17, 2009. |
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Health Information Technology: AAPD works in collaboration with other groups to ensure that the accessibility and usability needs of persons with disabilities, such as in electronic personal health records and health exchange networks, are included. |
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Community Emergency Preparedness Information Network (CEPIN): Working with TDI, Inc. to develop technology-based tools for emergency responders to communicate with people with disabilities. |
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JSimpson@aapd.com
