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Email Newsletter from the Scottish Accessible Information Forum, (SAIF), December 2006.

Contents list.

Section One : New publications and posters now available.

Hot off the press! Our new publications Making E-communicaiton Accessible is now available free in hard copy by contacting SAIF at the contact details at the end of this newsletter or can be downloaded in Word or PDF from the publications section of our website. Those of you already on our mailing list will receive a copy in January 2007.

In addition, we hav produced 2 supplementary posters Making Word Documents Accessible and Making Websites Accessible which provide further practical guidance on accessible information. These posters are available in hard copy or can also be downloaded from our website in our publications section.

Section one ends.

Section Two : Scottish Executive Disability Working Group Report 2006.

The Scottish Executive Disability Working Group has just published its final report. SAIF was represented on one of the satellite groups and UPDATE attended the core group. The hope of the group was that the recommendations within the report will provide a direction for the future of disability equality in Scotland and help build on existing policy.

One of the report's recommendations is that the Scottish Executive should implement and promote SAIF's Standards. The recommendation has been accepted the the Executive as follows:

"The Scottish Executive funded the production of the SAIF Standards and will work to implement them. We will work with SAIF and others to promote the Standards."

The full report can be viewed at Scottish Executive under publications.

Section two ends.

Section Three : Removing Barriers and Creating Opportunities.

SAIF gave evidence at the Equal Opportunities Committee earlier this year. The Committee's report entitled "Removing Barriers and Creating Opportunities" has now been published and is the culmination of over 2 years work by the Committee on the solutions to the barriers faced by disabled people accessing work, further and higher education and leisure services. There are a number of recommendations endorsing the work of SAIF. In particular, recommendation 135 which states:

"In view of the importance of promotion of the provision of accessible information, the Committee recommends that the Scottish Executive consider its current level of support for services such as the Scottish Accessible Information Forum with a view to significantly expanding capacity in the provision of advice and training to organisations throughout Scotland on the provision of accessible information and accessible formats."

The full report can be viewed by following the link below:

Removing Barriers and Creating Opportunities Report

Section three ends.

Section Four : New seminars and training events.

An exciting new seminar entitled "Beyond the School Gate", aimed at the education sector will take place next year on the 15th March 2007 at the River House Conference Centre in Stirling. This seminar will look at embedding accessible information in the Curriculum for Excellence. More information and a booking form can be downloaded from the Home page of this newsletter, or contact Susan or Steve at the contact details at the end of this newsletter.

We have now run 6 Information Explosion! Information Inclusion training days this year due to demand. One of these days was arranged specifically as an in-house training day for one organisation. If your organisation would be interested in running this course in-house then please contact Susan or Stve at the contact details at the end of this newsletter.

Section four ends.

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