- From: <Lovey@aol.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 13:44:33 EST
- To: kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com, w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org, SMCCAFFR@MAIL.NYSED.GOV
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
In a message dated 12/9/98 12:52:48 AM, kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com wrote: <<At 08:18 a.m. 12/08/98 -0500, Steven McCaffrey wrote: >Is it a matter of choice w.r.t government agencies or does >the law require their sites to be accessible? Or does the law >only require information on a site to be made available by >some other means (e.g here is a phone number to call to get >the information sent to you in an accessible format if our >site (or part of it) is not accessible to you). >> FYI: [1] <A HREF="http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/">Americans With Disabilities Act Information</A> The ADA (American with Disabilities Act) includes websites (Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act) and the ADA has taken action against commercial and educational websites for non- compliance. [2] The<A HREF="http://www/hwg.org">HTML Writers Guild</A> is sponsoring a project in collaboration with W3C called <A HREF="http://hwg.org/opcenter/projects/agi/">Accessibility Guidelines Implementation Project</A> - http://hwg.org/opcenter/projects/agi/ Also, the <A HREF="http://wata.org/resource/links/access.htm">HTML Writer's Guild</A> is offering two courses on Access - see the HWG Homepage - www.hwg.org [2] <A HREF="http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/cita/wpa.htm">Web Page Accessibility Resources</A> - http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/cita/wpa.htm [3] <A HREF="http://wata.org/resource/links/access.htm">Links to information about designing accessible</A> - http://wata.org/resource/links/access.htm KPR, LK
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