Traduction de «Athlète ayant un handicap visuel » (Français → Anglais) :

11. Highlights that, as regards the notions of barrier-free environments and accessibility, inclusive design, as an innovative approach, covers both architecture and services which better suit the needs of all people, regardless of disability and which foster more sustainable and inclusive lifestyles; stresses that accessibility of the internet, including access to ICT skills, can be beneficial not only for people with visual impairments but also for people with other kinds of disabilities, and that more attention should be paid to the deaf and hard of hearing using sign language, especially older people with hearing disabilities, as th ...[+++]eir number and share in society is increasing, according to estimations by the World Health Organisation; calls on the Union and Member States, therefore, to share examples of innovative design and to cooperate in the field of standardisation;

69. Stresses the need finally to address the ‘book famine’ experienced by visually impaired and print-disabled people; reminds the Commission and Member States of their obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to take all appropriate measures to ensure that people with disabilities enjoy access to cultural materials in accessible formats, and to ensure that laws protecting IPR do not constitute an unreasonable or discriminatory barrier to access by people with disabilities to cultural materials;

69. Stresses the need finally to address the ‘book famine’ experienced by visually impaired and print-disabled people; reminds the Commission and Member States of their obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to take all appropriate measures to ensure that people with disabilities enjoy access to cultural materials in accessible formats, and to ensure that laws protecting IPR do not constitute an unreasonable or discriminatory barrier to access by people with disabilities to cultural materials;

As testimony to the child’s vitality, I wish to point to promotion of cultural diversity in the digital field, acknowledgement of new advertising techniques, a legal framework finally provided for product placement, attention finally paid to access to audiovisual media for our fellow citizens with visual or hearing disabilities, and the trust placed in the industry by arrangements to apply the directive using self-regulation or co-regulation.

When we talk about disability, we must remember that we are talking about all forms of disability: people with mobility problems, hearing impairments, visual impairments, mental health problems, learning disabilities, chronic illnesses and other, hidden, disabilities.

Ms. Sales: I want to add to what Ms. McDonald is saying. I do not know very many athletes with a disability that want to be known as an athlete with a disability.