This
is an old article. The sydney games lawsuit was the shot that rang around
the world. As far as I know, he won the suit and governments around the
world have begun requiring compliance wtih disabilities acts. In the
United States, it is section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Any company that does business with the government must have an accessible web
site.
England has just begun requiring accessible web
sites. I spoke with a man from Italy that says they are also required to
pass the minimum level of Bobby tests. The new Olympic web site for the games in
Greece are supposed to be fully accessible.
It's
not difficult to program a site to be accessible, you just need to be aware of
what is needed. A standards compliant web site is almost always an
accessible web site. Just make sure you use your alt tags and title tags
and you are 75% there.
If you
haven't downloaded and installed the web developers tool bar for mozilla, go to
http://www.chrispederick.com/work/firefox/webdeveloper/ and
get it. It will give you accessibility testing and lots more for
free.
Ted
-----Original Message-----
From: Taco Fleur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 2:51 PM
To: Web Standards Group (E-mail)
Subject: [WSG]Are there currently any laws in Australia that dictate a website should be accessible to vision impaired people etc.?
If so, to what websites does it apply and has anyone taken any websites to court over not being accessible?
What I could find so far only the following:
- http://www.sportslawnews.com/archive/Articles%202000/SportsBriefs904.htmAre there any links to what standards certain websites need to apply?
I believe this has been asked before however a quick scan though my mailbox did not return anything.
Thanks
