Organization setup and strategies
Strategies to ensure accessible pathways into technical committees and working groups for diverse applicants.
Outreach, recruiting and registering participants
Inclusive recruitment and registration require organizational commitment, diverse and accessible outreach, transparent processes, and adequate support. By embedding equity into policies, engaging diverse disability and community groups, ensuring accessible systems, and providing accommodations and financial support, organizations can remove barriers and broaden participation in standards development.
Preparing for participation
This stage focuses on everything necessary to meaningfully support Disabled and Deaf people in participating fully in the standards development process. This includes onboarding, capacity building, accessible resources, clarity in roles and expectations, compensation, and collaborative responsibility for inclusion.
Collectively drafting the standard
This stage focuses on working together to write the standard in an inclusive and accessible way. It includes making sure drafting activities are accessible, supporting different ways of contributing, sharing power and decision-making, and creating space for Disabled and Deaf participants to meaningfully shape the content of the standard.
Publishing, feedback and maintenance
This stage focuses on collecting feedback from the wider community in inclusive and accessible ways. It includes sharing drafts clearly, offering multiple ways to give feedback, allowing enough time to respond, and making sure Disabled and Deaf people can meaningfully influence changes to the standard. This stage focuses on sharing the final standard in accessible ways and keeping it up to date over time. It includes publishing in accessible formats, clearly explaining changes, supporting ongoing feedback, and making sure Disabled and Deaf people remain involved in updates and maintenance of the standard.