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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. The DOJ is clarifying the regulations but that does not mean website discrimination will be tolerated.
To make electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities (e.g., color blindness, vision disabilities, hearing disabilities).
All three standards – 508, ADA, and WCAG – have the same goal: to make electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities (e.g., color blindness, vision disabilities, hearing disabilities) in a way that is comparable to the access available to others.
A civil rights law that “prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public”. The law guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. The latest guidelines, known as WCAG 2.1, are an internationally recognised set of recommendations for improving web accessibility.
There are currently 3 levels, A, AA and AAA . All three must be met independently to be in compliance.
508 requires that accommodations be made for federal employees and members of the public with disabilities who wish to access government Information and Communications Technology (ICT), including government websites and multimedia.
Section 508 is limited to those in the federal sector and doesn’t apply to the private sector. Federal agencies include:
On 23 September 2018 new regulations on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies came into force in the UK. These regulations implement the EU directive on web accessibility and require public sector websites and mobile applications to achieve specific accessibility standards.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. The latest guidelines, known as WCAG 2.1, are an internationally recognised set of recommendations for improving web accessibility.
There are three levels within WCAG 2.1, A, AA and AAA. Currently a website needs to pass both Level A and AA – it is important to note that the A and AA tests are. So, for a page to pass AA, it needs to have passed all the A tests and the AA tests.
The Equalities Act 2010 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that came into force on 1 October 2010 bringing together over 116 separate pieces of legislation into one single Act.
The Act provides a legal framework to protect the rights of individuals and advance equality of opportunity for all.
The EU Directive on the accessibility of public sector websites and mobile apps (Directive (EU) 2016/2102 using European standard EN 301 549 V1.1.2 (2015-04)), came into force for in the UK on 23 September 2018. The aim of the regulations is to ensure public sector websites and mobile apps can be used by as many people as possible.
This includes those with:
There are three key dates for compliance to be achieved:
However, this EU Directive does not replace the Equalities Act, that still applies now.