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Web Accessibility
The law and the low-down:
- Accessibility and the Law
- The Disability Discrimination Act
- DDA Part 3 Code of Practice
- The Disability Rights Commission
- Publicly Available Specification 78
- The Web Accessibility Initiative
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
- WCAG Priorities and Conformance
- PAS 78 Testing and WCAG Validation
- Government Accessibility Guidance
The bottom line:
Inaccessible public information web sites are illegal.
The Disability Rights Commission
The Disability Rights Commission is actively seeking to clarify legal and implementational matters relating to web site accessibility.
Following a Formal Investigation, the DRC findings (PDF) revealed that Most websites (81%) fail to satisfy the most basic Web Accessibility Initiative category
and amongst developers, only 9% claimed any sort of expertise
, citing problems with the cost in time and resources, lack of knowledge, the lack of authoritative guidance, and conflict with aesthetic and other design considerations
.
This points the finger squarely at web design agencies as a whole.