


Philippine Web Accessibility Group members Mr. Jojo Esposa Jr. and Mr. Ervin Reyes formed part of the resource persons during the "Focal Persons Workshop on Accessible ICT" held at Summer Place Hotel, Baguio City from February 19 - 23, 2007.
Attended by 32 regional focal persons and their IT counterpart from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the workshop focuses on the importance if information and communications technology and the removal of barriers making it accessible to everyone including persons with disabilities.
In partnership with the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP), National Computer Center (NCC) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), PWAG core group team formed part of the workshop's resource persons. Jojo Esposa of lectured on "What is Accessible ICT?", Ervin Reyes of MCCID, clarified the deaf friendliness of computers while Gimar Aguillon, deaf webmaster of Nova Foundation and MCCID alumnus proved that disability is not a hindrance in getting the right job.
On the first day, PWAG members including Ms. Nelia De Jesus of NCWDP were interviewed by ABS-CBN News team and other radio stations. A news item was shown in TV Patrol Northern Luzon the following day. Visit this Youtube link to view the TV telecast.