Yes, so our best option is to get accessibility integrated early on in the development process. Obviously we are not going to re-write the web (unless Bruce Maguire goes to town on us).
I don't believe that integrating accessibility into a project adds a significant cost to a project anyway. Especially when compared to the benefits of doing so. But I'm pretty sure it would add a significant overhead if it's done as a separate process at the end. Which is probably why SOCOG didn't bother. I think part of the issue is that to integrate accessibility into our projects and ensure that we are actually providing a benefit to the people who rely on it - we really need a panel of users with various vision, hearing, dexterity disabilities etc to test our work with... But most of us don't have that luxury. Craig -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Webb, KerryA Sent: Friday, 26 June 2009 3:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [WSG] accessible free web hosting account Andrew Stewart said: > > It is clear that a publicly funded website like that for the Olympic > Games should be accessible, but are you suggesting that the same rules > should apply to a high-school student doing a website for a school > project? - again another tough line to draw. The scale of the internet > means that the Australian laws will only have a very small impact on > the internet as a whole. > The way the law is written is that a person has been entitled to lodge a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission if they find a site inaccessible, be it SOCOG or the high school student's. Arbitration would ensue. More recently though the legislation has been amended so that a complainant can take a case directly to the state/territory Supreme Court. So, you won't go to jail for having an inaccessible site, but you could be required by the Court to make it accessible, as SOCOG was. But as previous poster Andrew said, it's the right thing to do. That's a good rule to follow. Kerry ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This email, and any attachments, may be confidential and also privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies of this transmission along with any attachments immediately. You should not copy or use it for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any other person. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] *******************************************************************
