Accessibility Standards and Laws Flashcards
Web accessibility laws tend to fit into the following 3 categories
- Civil rights laws: These are laws that emphasize equal rights for people with disabilities
- Procurement(upphandling) laws: These laws require that accessibility be taken into account when making a purchase or when contracting for services.
- Industry-specific laws: Sometimes an industry is so important to accessibility that the government writes a law just for that industry.
What year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights commissioned?
Who led the commitee?
- 1946
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Which convention is the basis for ICT, Assistive Technology, accessibility and universal design?
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD)
Describe what the Monitoring, Reporting and Claiming Process is (linked to UN CRPD)
Countries have to regularly share updates and actions taken to implement the provisions of the convention.
It allows individuals or groups to file complaints or claims if their rights under the convention are violated.
What is The Marrakesh Treaty (2013)?
Full name:
The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled
Seeks to ensure that people with vision or other print disabilities can access published materials such as books.
When did the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union become a law, and what treaty (fördrag)?
- 2009
- Treaty of Lisbon
What was the purpose of Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
To unify and clarify various rights throughout the EU member states.
What Charter(kontrakt) is described:
Every individual shall be entitled to the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms recognised and guaranteed in the present Charter without distinction of any kind such as race, ethnic group, colour, sex, language, religion, political or any other opinion, national and social origin, fortune, birth or any status.
The African Charter on Human and People’s Rights
What Charter(kontrakt) is described:
ARTICLE II:
The objectives of this Convention are to prevent and eliminate all forms of discrimination against persons with disabilities and to promote their full integration into society.
ARTICLE III:
- Involve government and private entities to adopt the legislative, social, educational, labor-related, or any other measures needed to eliminate discrimination against persons with disabilities and to promote their full integration into society.
Making available goods, services, facilities, programs, employment, transportation, communications, housing, recreation, education, sports, law enforcement and administration of justice, and political and administrative activities, buildings, vehicles…
The Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities
The Equality Act 2010. Where and why?
United Kingdom
Its purpose was to unify and strengthen anti-discrimination laws in the workplace and society.
The following characteristics are listed as protected:
- age
- disability
- gender reassignment
- marriage and civil partnership
- pregnancy and maternity
- race
- religion or belief
- sex
- sexual orientation
What is the laws that protect rights for people with disabilities called in these countries/states?
(Civil right laws)
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Japan
United States:
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Canada:
The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
United Kingdom:
The Equality Act of 2010
Japan:
The Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
It applies to…
The ADA is enforced by…
Applies to:
- Employers with 15 or more employees,
- State and local governments,
- Employment agencies,
- Labor unions,
- Joint labor-management committees,
- Private entities that are considered places of public accommodation.
Enforced by:
Consumers (people with disabilities) filing formal complaints
The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
It applies to…
Every person or organization in the public and private sectors of the Province of Ontario, including the Legislative Assembly of Ontario” if the person or organization “provides goods, services or facilities… employs persons in Ontario… offers accommodation… owns or occupies a building, structure or premises… or is engaged in a prescribed business, activity or undertaking or meets such other requirements as may be prescribed.”
Procurement Laws
What is the names of the Procurement Laws in United states and Europe that focuses on accessibility?
(Purchasing goods and services from external sources)
United states:
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
Europe:
EN 301 549: “Accessibility requirements for ICT products and services”
European Accessibility Act (EAA)
Procurement Laws
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (United states)
What does the law require?
And applies to…
Require:
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires the U.S. federal government to take accessibility into account when procuring information technologies: websites, telephones, copiers, computers, and other technologies, including both hardware and software.
Applies to:
- US federal government
- To sell to the federal government, private entities have to offer accessible products and services. They fill in a declaration called VPAT (USA, Section 508 - Procurement law)
