Oman among top 10 countries for digital access rights for disabled

Oman Saturday 01/December/2018 16:11 PM
By: Times News Service
Oman among top 10 countries for digital access rights for disabled

Muscat: Oman has ranked among the top 10 performers globally and first regionally in Digital Accessibility Rights Evaluation (DARE) index conducted by G3ict, The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs, which aims to benchmark digital accessibility for persons with disabilities.
DARE Index score includes points corresponding to the three categories of variables measured: country commitments, capacity to implement and actual outcomes in digital accessibility for persons with disabilities.
Oman’s achievement in digital accessibility is an outcome of the existing legislation, laws, and policies issued over the last 10 years. As well as the exerted efforts by government and private organizations and non/governmental organizations under the leadership of the Information Technology Authority (ITA).
After ITA ensured the accessibility of its website, in 2009, it started to spread awareness among Government entities to enable PWDs access to their Websites.
In 2010, ITA included web accessibility as main criteria in eContent category in His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Award for Excellence in eGovernment.
Digital accessibility – is the extent to which an ICT-based product, tool, information or service can be used by persons with disabilities and the elderly people as effectively as it can be used by a person without a disability.