[Irl-dean] Introductions

[Gerry Ellis]

Hi, Donal,

It was all going so well till you mentioned the hurling ... come on the Dubs!


Gerry Ellis
t/a Feel The BenefIT

Tel   (+353-1) 282-7791
Mob   (085) 716-8665
email gerry.ellis at feelthebenefit.com

If you don't know where you're going,
How will you know when you get there?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <drice at nda.ie>
To: <irl-dean at list.eeng.dcu.ie>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Irl-dean] Introductions


Hi all, Dónal Rice here.

Work first:
I work with the National Disability Authority which is the government 
agency with responsibility for promoting the rights of people with 
disabilities in Ireland. My job title is ICT Accessibility Coordinator and I work primarily on the Excellence through Accessibility (EtA) award 
scheme.  This award scheme, to be launched hopefully this year, aims to 
encourage government departments and the agencies under its remit to 
improve the accessibility of its services.  To learn more about the award, why not come to the "Web Accessibility Quality Marks in Europe seminar" on October 31 2005, 
http://eaccess.rince.ie/events/2005/eaccess-marks-aug-2005/

In support of the EtA award NDA published the NDA IT Accessibility 
Guidelines, http://accesit.nda.ie, in 2002.  I am currently revamping 
these guidelines to incorporate more guidance aimed at the people who need to know about web accessibility such as business managers, web developers and designers and content creators.  I am also scoping out the 
requirements for an on-line forum on web accessibility which will 
(probably) be incorporated into the accessit.nda.ie site. 

I run workshops on web accessibility for public sector organisation. These workshops have a stronger focus on how people with disabilities use the 
web than on technical issues relating to accessibility.  I assist 
government departments and their agencies in any way I can to improve the accessibility of their websites.  So if you work for one of these and want to improve the accessibility of your website, give me a call and we'll 
have a chat.

I sit on the eAccessibility Expert Working Group which provides input on 
the work o the e-Inclusion Unit in the EU DG "ICT for Citizens and 
Businesses"
I recently formed, in partnership with the eInclusion Unit of the 
Department of an Taoiseach, a pan-departmental Irish eAccessibility Group.

Background:
I  am a recovering web developer having worked for a couple of years on 
the oasis.gov.ie website and the Dublin City Public Libraries website 
before that.  I have a degree in Maths and English from UCD, a Grad. Dip. in IT from DCU and am currently doing a Masters of Science in Computing at GCD.

Personal info:
I have a beautiful little daughter called Gráinne.  I live with her and my 
fiancée in Aughrim, Co Wicklow.
I drive a big motorbike. (I am Wicklow's answer to Ewan McGregor).
I will be shouting for Clare against Cork this weekend.  C'mon the Banner.

Dónal Rice
ICT Accessibility Coordinator
National Disability Authority
25 Clyde Road
Dublin 4
Ireland

tel: +353 (0)1 6080400
fax: +353 (0) 1 6609935
email: drice at nda.ie
www: http://www.nda.ie
www: http://accessit.nda.ie


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