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Hi,
For some time now I have been trying to preach the accessibility route
to clients, however the main questions that I seem to get back are (1)
what standards should we adhere to, W3C's, Section 508 or a subset and
(2)when is it likely to be a legal requirement.
The first question is difficult to answer until the laws are in place,
but I generally answer that adhering to the W3C's recommendations are
the best route for the time being.
The second question is even harder to answer - the big problem I have
is trying to keep up to date with what is going on with the legal side
of things.
I believe that there are proposals going through Europe relating to
accessibility and websites and also that the UK Government is wanting
government related sites to be fully accessible by a set date (2006?),
However this is all based on odd snippets/rumours of info that I have
picked up rather than hard facts or authoritative speculation.
Please could you recommend resources that I can keep an eye on to
ensure that I am up to date with what is happening.
I thought that this list would be a good place, but it seems a little
quiet.
Cheers,
Julian Voelcker
Cirencester, United Kingdom