online access for disabled people
online access for disabled people
43% of disabled people have never been online.
Help our campaign change this.
Go ON Gold is a national campaign to raise awareness about the barriers faced by disabled people in accessing computers and the Internet, and to help remove those barriers.
You can help by becoming a Digital Champion and helping a disabled person to get online; or your organisation could become a project partner, and help us spread the word.
Paralympian peer and disability rights campaigner Tanni Grey-Thompson is urging people to get involved with Go ON Gold, a new national initiative which aims to raise awareness of the obstacles faced by people with disabilities in accessing computers and the internet – and help remedy them.
A range of technology innovations to help improve people’s lives in easy, practical ways – including helping people with disabilities – were showcased at the recent Technology4Good Awards.
Working as the official broadcaster of the 2012 Paralympic Games is helping to raise the profile of accessibility for disabled people within Channel 4, a senior figure in the channel’s online team has said.