[governance] People with disabilities

[Akinremi Peter Taiwo]

Hey Judy,

+1, totally in support. It is an issue that need serious attention
On Nov 17, 2014 4:49 PM, "Judith Hellerstein" <judith at jhellerstein.com>
wrote:

>  Hi Judy,
>
> I think this is an excellent idea. I support this
>
> Best,
> Judith
>
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> On 11/17/2014, 10:07 AM, Judy Okite wrote:
>
>   Thank you All,
>
> for your contributions and support, I highly appreciate it!
>
>  Indeed to have the persons with disabilities voices and concerns raised
> in these forums is important,  but the utmost importance is to have them
> involved, be part of the process, be part of the team.
>
>  Could we have this in signatures and forward it to the secretariat to
> have this discussed as part of AOB in the December meeting?
>
>  De, whats your thought?
>
>  Kind Regards,
>
>   *'Chance Favors the prepared mind'* - Louis Pasteur
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Let me add my voice to Deidre's narration.
>> Yes we often forget those with disabilities and I think now we are
>> reminded of it, thus imperative we all support the call for inclusion. May
>> be pass that as a resolution to make or have a rep from them at part of MAG
>> process.
>> Thus should also apply to member nations too that way we will no longer
>> forget.
>> Nice day all.
>> Remmy Nweke
>> @ITRealms
>> A member of DigitalSENSE
>>
>> Sent from my Windows Phone
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>> From: Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com>
>> Sent: 14/11/2014 15:01
>> To: Internet Governance <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
>> Subject: [governance] People with disabilities
>>
>>    Let me add to Lorena's suggestion of a youth category, (made on the
>> Bestbits list this morning) the need to have a constant voice for people
>> with disabilities. Judy Okite has provided this for the last few years, but
>> she has finished her term of appointment. She made this suggestion herself
>> at the last MAG meeting in Istanbul. Since one billion people around the
>> world suffer from some disability, and the Internet can offer considerable
>> relief for them, they are the holders of a very significant "stake".
>> Sadly it is easy to forget if one does not suffer from a disability
>> oneself, which is why it is so important to have a dedicated voice for
>> these stakeholders in all such groups.
>> Deirdre
>>
>>  --
>> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William
>> Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979
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