Are you aware of an individual, or an organisation or an initiative that you believe has made an impact in the quality of life of people with disabilities and elderly with the support of ICT?
Do you believe you personally have made some significant contributions to the quality of life of people with disabilities and elderly with the support of ICT?
Nominations are requested for the ACCESS IT awards 2008. These can be self nominations or nominations of others.
The Access-IT awards 2008 (in association with eAbilities, the Platinum sponsor of 2008), jointly organised by e-ISOTIS and AbilityNet are aimed at identifying and promote the impact to quality of life and independent living being made by Public, private voluntary groups and/or individuals to an inclusive society through ICT and Assistive Technology.
The Access IT awards aim to recognise the following categories:
- Nomination for Assistive Technology Use Award
This award aims to recognise an individual or an organisation that through their efforts, commitment and advocacy that have advanced the availability of assistive technology to people with disabilities.
- Nomination for Assistive Technology Innovation Award in transportation
This award will recognise an organisation or individual that through innovation and the support in the development of assistive technologies has enhanced the quality of transportation of people with disabilities.
- Nomination for Assistive Technology Innovation Award at work
This award will recognise an organisation or individual that through innovation and their support in the development of assistive technologies have enhanced the quality of the working conditions of people with disabilities.
- Nomination for Assistive Technology Innovation Award at home
This award will recognise an organisation or individual that through innovation and their support in the development of assistive technologies have enhanced the quality of the living conditions of people with disabilities especially in their home environment.
Step 2 - Identify the category & tell us your story
Download the nomination form at www.access-it-awards.org - Describe your initiative, product, network, service or website. Keep it simple (no more than two sides of A4) and explain how your involvement has enhanced the lives of people with a disability and how it relates to the award you have selected. If you have a case study with real users, they would be delighted to receive it
Step 3 email it to us
Nominations will be accepted up until June 1
Email - access-it-awards@eisotis.org with your nominations
Shortlisted entries will be notified by June 18
Posted in National Stuff | Tags: AbilityNet, Assistive technology, Digital Inclusion, Disability, e-ISOTIS, eAbilities
