Monthly Archives: September 2010

Agreement with EU publishers could help sharing of accessible books

28/09/2010 – 12:23 pm

European publishers and disability organisations have signed an agreement that could help convert more books into accessible formats.
The agreement aims to help ease the “book famine” faced by those who are “print-disabled” – blind, partially-sighted and dyslexic people – in which only about five per cent of books are ever converted into accessible formats such [...]

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Euthanasia protest will mark opposition to ‘very dangerous’ bill

27/09/2010 – 11:51 am

Disabled anti-euthanasia campaigners are to stage a protest outside the Scottish parliament, as a committee of MSPs hears evidence on a proposed bill that would legalise assisted suicide in Scotland.
The end of life assistance (Scotland) bill would allow those “whose life has become intolerable”, and who met a series of conditions, to “legally access assistance [...]

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