Digital Inclusion
David Banes
Director of Development

Background
• What innovation is
impacting on
Digital Inclusion for
people with a
disability ?
• What are the
implications for
Strategy ?

The platform is shifting
• Rise of Social
Computing
• Nintendo Wii
• From PC to Surface
• Consultation becomes
collaboration
• Excluded have direct
access to data

Mobile, Portable, Pervasive
• Solutions and technologies
increasingly follow the user
• Evolution of ubiquitous Assistive
Technology
• Technology operating across
platforms, devices and settings
• Inclusion Policy and funding must
link
– Employment
– Education
– Mobility
– Citizenship

Internet and UGC etc
• Consultation is not enough
• Users shaping opinion
• Users generating policy
• Crowdsourcing

Digital Content
• Content is king
• Copyright clarity
• Purchase ideas not
formats
• The new battlefield
• No Content No
Inclusion

Motivation
• The divide needs a new bridge
• Beyond Employment and Education
• What motivates ?
• Community
• Connection
• Fun

IT Connect for Disabled
Digital world is a single entity
Our response to that must be
consistent
Single Gateway to Digital Access
Facilitating
Access across Life stages
Access across Geography
Access that follows the user not
the context or the platform

Integrated Networks

Integrated AbilityNet
Virtual
www.abilitynet.org.uk
www.abilitynettraining.org SOC
SSOC
www.abilitynet.wetpaint.com
www.twitter.com/abilitynet
@abilitynet
www,youtube.com/abilitynet
www.myspace.com/abilitynet
Remote
enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk
Physical
0800 269545

Integrated me
www.abilitynet.org.uk/blog
www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast
Linkedin
Friends reunited
eBay
david.banes@abilitynet.org.uk
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