Information Sources for further readings
- World Summit on the Information Society Geneva 2003-Tunis 2005 and Follow-up Activities (http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/prompt/wsisindex.html)
A comprehensive information source on disability in the context of the World Summit on the Information Society and its follow up activities including 2 international conferences on disaster preparedness of persons with disabilities held in Phuket in 2007 and 2009.
- DAISY Consortium official website (http://www.daisy.org/)
The DAISY Consortium has been developing standards for global knowledge sharing. Disaster preparedness and other basic life-saving information need to be shared in an accessible format for every individual regardless of disabilities and language. New DAISY4 standard aims at addressing accessibility requirements of everybody at emergency as well as at disaster preparedness development stage.
- World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) website (http://www.w3.org/WAI/)
- United Nations Enable (http://www.un.org/disabilities/)
- Hyogo Framework for Action (http://www.unisdr.org/we/coordinate/hfa)