What the others have mentioned is, of course, pertinent. The following should also help :
The law concerned is the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1992. HREOC (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission) has some good documentation explaining it all. Your best starting point is probably here : http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html And to sum up the relevance : all websites created, owned or hosted in Australia must comply to the DDA. You, as the creator/developer/designer, bear as much responsibility as your client. So, you can be held just as liable by the courts as the site owner - your biggest problem will be convincing your clients to give a damn... Cheers, Lachlan Original Message: ----------------- From: Taco Fleur 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.htm Are there any links to what standards certain websites need to apply? ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
