- From: grace de la Flor <grace.de-la-flor@bristol.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:35:39 +0000
- To: w3c-wai-eo@w3.org
The transfer of legal responsibility onto website producers to make electronic products accessible leads into the discussion of which software package produces the most accessible web sites. It also raises the question of; if governments begin policing web sites is it their responsibility to offer up the tools for accessibility validation? -- Resources regarding UK legislation -- 1. Disability Discrimination Act - A brief guide http://www.disability.gov.uk/dda/act.html 2. Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 Read the legislation first hand http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2001/20010010.htm 3. Office of the e-Envoy Guidelines for UK Government websites http://www.e-envoy.gov.uk/webguidelines.htm 4. TechDis JISC service aimed at enhancing ICT access http://www.techdis.ac.uk/ 4.1 a quick summary of the legislation as it relates to ICT at: http://www.techdis.ac.uk/news/smbp15.pdf The new law will requires 'reasonable adjustments' be made to websites so that they are inclusive to all wishing to access resources contained within a domain. In terms of website accessibility the following is considered best practice : · Websites should meet W3C WAI priority 1& 2 guidelines · Validate all HTML & CSS with validation software The legislation isn't specific as it relates to ICT which means that this is a 'case law' type of legislation which will depend on precedents in court opinion on a case by case basis. --------- grace.de-la-flor@bristol.ac.uk Institute for Learning and Research Technology University of Bristol 8-10 Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1HH, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 7184, Fax: +44 (0)117 928 7112 http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ and http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/id/
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