- From: Waddell, Cynthia <cynthia.waddell@ci.sj.ca.us>
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 17:52:46 -0700
- To: "'Multiple Recipients of List'" <uaccess-l@trace.wisc.edu>, "'ISTF-participants'" <istf-participants@lyris.isoc.org>, "'W3C interest group'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
The Australian Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission has announced a directive from the Attorney General to address Internet accessibility. See http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/current_inquiries/ecom/ecom.html As part of the effort, the Human Rights & Equal Opporunity Commission has released an Issues Paper that cites to my American Bar Association paper "Applying the ADA to the Internet: A Web Accessibility Standard" under their discussion of "World Wide Web Page Accessibility Audit." See http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/current_inquiries/ecom/ecommerce_i ssues_paper.htm The url for the American Bar paper is found at http://www.rit.edu/~easi/law/weblaw1.htm The mission of the Commission is "to investigate the implications for older Australians and Australians with a disability of new technologies in electronic commerce and the provision of government and other services, and outline their specific needs in accessing services which utilise these technologies. The Commission is to provide an interim report by 1 December 1999 and a final report by 31 March 2000." Cynthia D. Waddell --------------------------------------------------- Cynthia D. Waddell ADA Coordinator City Manager Department City of San Jose, CA USA 801 North First Street, Room 460 San Jose, CA 95110-1704 (408)277-4034 (408)971-0134 TTY (408)277-3885 FAX http://www.rit.edu/~easi/webcast/cynthia.htm http://www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov/access/waddell.htm
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