Road Ahead for Web Technology Must Include Accessibility for Disabled Community, Says Rosenworcel

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said the way ahead for Internet use should have a significant focus on inclusion of Americans with disabilities. She urged the FCC to continue the work that drove its efforts to implement the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, by continuing the discussion on accessibility in new technologies by design. Instead of playing an endless game of catch-up, “we can have accessibility and innovation walk together hand in hand,” she said Wednesday in remarks at the World Wide Web Consortium in California, posted by the FCC Thursday. Introducing technology, like wearable devices, on a global scale can result in “endless” possibilities for accessibility for people with disabilities worldwide, she said.