This section of Designing an Accessible World is hosted by the Telecommunication RERC, a joint project between Gallaudet University, the Trace R&D Center (this site), and the World Institute on Disability.
We are looking for good overviews of legislation and laws from other countries. If you are aware of anything along these lines, please send a message to Christine Thompson.
(See also Telecommunications Access Advisory Committee, below)
Telecommunications is a difficult area to concisely present, since there are so many different definitions for telecommunications and so much covered under many of these definitions.
The broad definition has all types of communication at a distance, as well as all types of information and transaction systems which involve transfer of information over any distance. This would include activities that are currently thought of as being part of telephones, on-line information services, the Internet, and shopping by phone, as well as a host of services which are only now evolving.
Because of the rapidly evolving nature of this area, the organization of this section will be in continual flux for the foreseeable future. We will try to arrange it, however, so that the information which is of current interest can be easily found, and so that the overall site is easily browsable and searchable. Suggestions from users are always welcome.
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