You may remember this teacher. He used to do the signing for the TV news, when our media was overtly concerned about accessibility.
e-Learning Jamaica has developed specifications for media that incorporate international standards, and has a mandate to provide learning resources for special schools, for children who have hearing , visual and learning disabilities or challenges.
At the Lister Mair Gilby School for the Deaf, Joseph Edwards teaches Science, Mathematics, Construction and Information Technology. Committed to his many and varied instructional tasks, Joseph participated in most of the instructional materials workshops that were preparatory to delivery to schools.
On World Telecommunications Day, where accessibility and disability as themes collide, it would be a tragedy if the able and the endowed could not demonstrate that they were making full use of provisions, of the equipment, software and print resources received in the spirit of universal access.
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