Total Access Communication (DTAC), the country’s third largest mobile operator by subscriber base, has launched three initiatives aimed at empowering people with disabilities to take advantage of the digital world.
The initiatives involve data packages, training and support services to help the disabled have more equal access to digital connectivity, through collaboration with the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEP) and the National Association of the Deaf in Thailand (NADT).
According to the UN report “Leveraging Digital Technologies for Social Inclusion” from last year, one in five people across the world has a disability. In Thailand, there are 2.1 million people with disabilities or 3.18% of the country’s population, half of them over age 60. Some 81.5% of people with disabilities in the country only…
