Accessibility
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Laws
- US Rehabilitation Act Section 508 (http://www.section508.gov) covers Federal government websites (http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=11#web)
- US American with Disabilities Act of 1990 (http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/pubs/ada.txt) has been ruled to not cover websites
- UK Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1995 (PDF) (http://www.drc-gb.org/open4all/law/Code%20of%20Practice.pdf) specifically mentions websites
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Online Checkers
The following webpages will test your site for compliance:
- Silktide (http://www.silktide.com)
- Watchfire WebXACT (http://webxact.watchfire.com/)
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Further Reading
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Guidelines
- W3C WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 1.0 (W3C 5 May 1999) (http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/) Full Checklist (http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505/full-checklist)
- W3C WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) (http://www.w3.org/WAI/)
- UK Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) article (Feb 2005) (http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-accessibility/uk-website-legal-requirements.shtml)
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Litigation News
- Blind patrons sue Target for site inaccessibility (News.com 10 Feb 2006) (http://news.com.com/Blind+patrons+sue+Target+for+site+inaccessibility/2100-1030_3-6038123.html?tag=nefd.top)
- Disabilities Act doesn't cover Web (27 Sep 2004) (http://news.com.com/Disabilities+Act+doesnt+cover+Web%2C+court+says/2100-1030_3-5384087.html?tag=nl)
- Judge: Disabilities Act doesn't cover Web (News.com 21 Oct 2002) (http://news.com.com/Judge+Disabilities+Act+doesnt+cover+Web/2100-1023_3-962761.html?tag=nl)
