At the “Art Meets Care Society 2021 Annual Meeting and Convention” held on Sunday, December 5, 2021,
our representative Shindo was selected as a presenter and made a presentation.
Title:
Issues of art appreciation sites aimed at improving accessibility to art and proposals for improvement measures
Presenter:
Hiroyuki Shindo (Representative Director)
Date: December 5, 2021 (Sun) Venue
: Sendai Mediatheque
Gist:
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of art appreciation sites aimed at improving the accessibility of art, and
due to the recent coronavirus pandemic, it is being recognized as an attempt with high social needs.
However, when focusing on people with disabilities and the elderly who have difficulty browsing
websites that require screen readers or text-to-speech tools,
these practices present many challenges.
In this presentation, we will discuss the issues faced by some cases and propose improvement measures to address
them.
In addition, from the viewpoint of reasonable accommodation set forth in the Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities and the Act on the Amendment of the Act, we
will question what an art appreciation website should be.
<Representative’s note>
This time,
we planned to propose improvement measures based on the case studies of several “art appreciation sites” that have insufficient “web accessibility assurance”.
However, since this would be too technical,
we decided to first share our efforts and ideas related to “web accessibility” to
the participants of the conference and ask the participants of the conference whether it is right or wrong.
In addition, by mentioning the content of “reasonable accommodation” in the
amended law of the “Act on Promotion of the Elimination of Discrimination on the Grounds of Disability (Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities)” enacted in May 2021,
we described our outlook on how we will be involved with “web accessibility” in the future.
In the Q&A session,
- Do you have any initiatives for people with intellectual disabilities?
- Is it possible to create a website as art that everyone can enjoy equally?
- Are there any tools other than text readers to assist people with disabilities?
It was a very valuable time for our future activities.
Thank you to everyone who cooperated and supported us.