Malaysia

THERE was a glimmer of hope for the disabled at the National Conference for Universal Design and Accessibility last month.

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil announced that Malaysia would ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in New York, the United States, sometime this month.

The minister promised that Malaysia would move forward to provide accessibility to the disabled.

We have just finished conducting the first web accessibility workshop in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. This is the third web accessibility workshop Even Grounds has conducted in the country. It was a very good experience for us, and we are hoping that more individuals in Malaysia are now aware of the importance of web accessibility.