Web Accessibility is a Requirement in Some Settings
- USA:
- ADA, Department of
Justice opinion on accessibility of Web sites, Sept 1996
- Section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act
- EITAAC
developing recommendations for Section 508 standards
- Expectation is for Double-A conformance
requirement for federal sites, software.
- Canada:
- Australia:
- Guidelines at Commonwealth level and in New South Wales
- Government review of Web Accessibility announced mid October
- United Kingdom:
- Interpretation of applicability of DDA in higher education
- Portugal:
- PASIG successfully petitioned Parliament to require Web
accessibility. To be taken up at a European level
- Thailand:
- In Thailand, legislation has passed but not yet been
implemented
