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**World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) | **World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) | ||
**Explains how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities | **Explains how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities | ||
== University System of Georgia == | |||
*[http://www.usg.edu/siteinfo/accessibility_tutorial Accessibility Tutorial] | |||
*[http://www.usg.edu/siteinfo/higher_education_the_americans_with_disabilities_act_and_section_508 Higher Education, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section 508] | |||
*[http://www.usg.edu/siteinfo/web_accessibility_and_persons_with_disabilities Web Accessibility and Persons with Disabilities] | |||
== World Laws == | |||
*[http://lflegal.com/2013/05/gaad-legal/ Digital Accessibility Laws Around the Globe], including: | |||
** UN Treaties | |||
**Argentina | |||
**Australia and New Zealand | |||
**Brazil | |||
**Canada | |||
**Denmark | |||
**European Union | |||
**Holland (The Netherlands) | |||
**Iceland | |||
**India | |||
**Japan | |||
**Netherlands (see Holland) | |||
**Philippines | |||
**United Kingdom | |||
**United States |
Revision as of 15:00, 9 December 2015
Laws and Guidelines
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Civil Rights Law
- U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), Office of Civil Rights (OCR)
- Covers places of public accommodation
- Courts have ruled intent of ADA includes the internet
- Section 503
- Civil Rights Law
- Rehabilitation Act, as amended
- U.S. Department of Labor (DoL)
- Refrain from discrimination in employment, including contractors and subcontractors hired to do work for you
- Section 504
- Civil Rights Law
- U.S. Department of Education (DoE)
- Applies to colleges, universities, trade schools
- No otherwise qualified individual with a disability shall (by reason of his/her disability) be excluded from participation in, denied benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any program or activity
- Section 508
- Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998
- U.S. Access Board
- Electronic, information and communications technology must be equally accessible to people with and without disabilities
- Section 508 Refresh underway; expected to "incorporate by reference" WCAG 2.0
- Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA)
- Telecommunications law
- Communications Act of 1934, updated for 21st century technologies
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Video previously broadcast on television with closed captions must also be closed captioned when delivered over the internet
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
- International guidelines, best practices
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
- Explains how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities
University System of Georgia
- Accessibility Tutorial
- Higher Education, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section 508
- Web Accessibility and Persons with Disabilities
World Laws
- Digital Accessibility Laws Around the Globe, including:
- UN Treaties
- Argentina
- Australia and New Zealand
- Brazil
- Canada
- Denmark
- European Union
- Holland (The Netherlands)
- Iceland
- India
- Japan
- Netherlands (see Holland)
- Philippines
- United Kingdom
- United States