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Free Software Foundation Appoints Director of Access Technology

By Bruce Byfield

“”People with disabilities deserve to have control of their own
technological destinies.”

“With this statement, the Free Software Foundation (FSF)
announces that it is turning its attention to accessibility. In
addition to explaining the important of accessibility in the newly
released GNU Accessibility Statement, the FSF has appointed
accessibility expert Chris Hofstader as Director of Access
Technology Software, a position that combines both political
activism and working directly with developers on various
projects.

“The appointment comes after what Hofstader calls a “leadership
vacuum” in accessibility, particularly in free software. Hofstader
notes that, although the United States has signed the United
Nations’ Convention on the Rights and Dignity of Persons with
Disabilities, under the former Bush administration, American laws
about accessibility in government procurement went unenforced.”


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