On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 12:06:29PM -0400, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > Backing up the discussion a bit. > > The Ontario government has the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities > Act (AODA) https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/05a11 > > I know that at least a number of government Ministries do try to produce > AODA complaint sites and associated documentation and training because my > wife has worked on a number of these projects for well over the last 5 > years. > > AODA compliance and the associated certification process can add months to > the timeline of a project along with significant costs. > Each version of site or document can end up being subject to a review > process by an external certification organization. > AODA testing is a slow and tedious process and is one of the first things > that will get cut when budgets become limited, much like documentation and > testing. > > Clearly the existing web services from ontario.ca are not sufficient. > There is an argument that the AODA has remedies for people who find > themselves without the ability to access Ontario government services. > I have never tried to raise a complaint with the compliance and enforcement > people so I have no idea how well or poorly the process works. > > Its interesting that there were mentions of the U.S. ADA but nothing about > Ontario's AODA and the federal ACA.
Just because getting it certified is tedious is no excuse for not designing it with that in mind from the start. Making a design that is entirely not suitable is a great way to ensure it will be a lot of work and expensive when you have to then do it all over after the fact to do it right. -- Len Sorensen --- Post to this mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
