- From: Andy Heath <a.k.heath@shu.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:21:47 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Further to my previous point about the requirement for reasonable adjustments being in force already in the uk there are two more points I think highly relevant .... 1. Its one thing having an act that says you must do it, but without clear unambiguous technology standards and tools that provide ways to talk about conformance (such as EARL) and clear solutions (outside of design guidelines - that's another discussion) much confusion about where to go will remain (as it does). My feeling is that when all the promising pieces of standard come together as they are doing then the ways forward will be clearer. 2. I commend to you the work we are doing collaboratievly with other organisations in IMS and CEN-ISSS Learning Technologies workshop to get these pieces working together. I think lots of the stuff we do with a "Learning" label on it is in fact not learning-specific at all and will have much wider applicability in my view and are suitable for main planks. Its a good thing in my view to pool efforts and creativity on these things. The UK act is brilliant - when the technological standards pieces are there to support it and the solution space is more coherent (this is not at all to say the solution is only technological). Andy Heath. > For accessibility of learning my understanding is that the requirement > for reasonable adjustment is in force already. > > For example see > > http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/directions/issue4/senda.html > > I agree with David's point about services > > > Andy Heath > >> >> Tom Croucher said: "In the UK currently you are not obligated to be >> accessible, however in Oct 2004 when the Disability Discrimation Act >> of 1995 >> (DDA) part III comes into force then all public web sites (as services >> I gather, although I am not a lawayer) are obligated to be accessible >> to a reasonable degree." >> My understanding is that this is incorrect. Goods, facilities and service >> providers have been covered since 1999 under the DDA Section III, which >> requires them not to unjustifiably discriminate against someone on >> account >> of a disability. >> If they provide goods, facilities and services through a web site, then >> legal argument has suggested that the web site is covered by this >> legislation. >> >> See: >> http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/01-2/sloan.html >> http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_l >> >> egalcase.hcsp >> >> >> > > -- andy _______________________________________________ Andy Heath Sheffield Hallam University andy@andyheath.org.uk
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