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I'm Shadi Abou-Zahra

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Accessibility Strategy
and Technology Specialist

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at W3C

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The World Wide
Web Consortium

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I'm Natalia Amelina

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Senior National Project Officer 
in Education

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at the UNESCO Institute 
for Information Technologies

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in Education.

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Join us in this course

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to learn the fundamental skills

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and key resources

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that are becoming
increasingly important

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 across digital professions.

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In according with statistics

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people with disabilities

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can make up around 
15% of the population

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and the United Nations Convention 

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on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities

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recognizes access to information
as a human right.

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And you may know

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that this Convention
was ratified

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by 180 countries 
all over the world

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very likley including
your country too.

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In this course

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you will learn how people
with disabilities use the web 

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including different types
of assistive technologies

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and adaptive strategies.

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You will also learn
how web accessibility 

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improves user experience of

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older people

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people using mobile devices

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and essentially for everyone.

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And of course

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you'll also learn all about
the international standards 

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from W3C

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<font color='#7a7b7b'>and training materials</font>

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and learn first steps
in creating accessible web content

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This course was designed

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for technical and 
non-technical people.

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If you work
with digital technologies

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this course is ideal
for you to get started.