legislation ensuring accessibility

Question 1

Disability Discrimination Acts 1995 and 2005

Equality Act 2010 (legislation)

Answer 1

Until 2010 the Disability and Discrimination Act was the main legislation banning discrimination on the basis of disability.
The act applies to both personal life and the workplace
The act stated that website owners and hosts have an obligation to make their sites accessible

Question 2

British Standards Institute (BSI) codes of practice

Answer 2

The BSI codes of practice cover a wide range of subjects, including accessibility They are in place to ensure compliance with legislation.
BSI Standards BS 8878 aims to ensure that web products are accessible to users with a physical impairment or learning difficulty.

Question 3

Open Accessibility Framework (OAF)

Answer 3

The European research project sets out a process for ensuring that IT systems are accessible. The framework is broken into steps in two categories.

Question 4

Open Accessibility Framework (OAF) categories

Answer 4

Create steps:
1)define what accessible means for the particular platform
2)provide user interface elements
3)provide authoring tools
Use steps:
1)provide platform support
2)provide accessible software'
3)provide assistive technologies

Question 5

Web content accessibility guidelines

Answer 5

These guidelines are defined by the World Wide Web Consortium to ensure web content is accessible to all regardless of disability. The guidelines define three different priority levels fir accessibility. Provide level 1 is considered the minimum to allow users with a disability to access a website.