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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