Standards, Laws, and Management Strategies (20%)

Question 1

What 3 types of laws can impact accessibility?

Answer 1

1. Civil rights laws
2. Procurement laws
3. Industry-specific laws

Question 2

What are civil rights laws?

Answer 2

Laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability and protect the rights of people with disabilities.

Question 3

What are 4 examples of civl rights laws that protect rights for people with disabilities?

Answer 3

1. Americans w/ Disasbilities Act (US)
2. The Accessibility for Ontarions with Disabilities Act (Canada)
3. The Equality Act of 2010 (UK)
4. The Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Japan)

Question 4

What are procurement laws?

Answer 4

Laws that specifically spell out standards and requirements for purchasing or contracting services.

Question 5

What are 2 examples of procurement laws that focus on accessibility?

Answer 5

1. Section 508 (Rehab Act of US)
2. EN 301 549 (EU)

Question 6

What are industry-specific laws?

Answer 6

Laws written specifically for particular industries that are important to accessibility. (Ex: telecommunications, airplane travel)

Question 7

What declaration was the first to establish fundamental human rights and the regarded as the foundation of international human rights laws?

Answer 7

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) (1948)
Paris, France

Question 8

What is a weakness of declarations like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) (1948) and the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons (1975)?

Answer 8

As declarations, they could only provide a framework and recommendations.

Question 9

What group of people weren’t protected against discrimination in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

Answer 9

People with Disabilties

Question 10

What is the main purpose of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)?

Answer 10

The 1st binding international human rights treaty that serves as a framework for legal advocacy. It provides a powerful tool for monitoring and claiming for equal rights. It’s become a key instrument for people with disabilities to fight discrimination and exclusion and to promote, implement, monitor, and defend inclusion, accessibility, and equal opportunities.

Question 11

What are the protections of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?

Answer 11

1. Respecting principles for communication about and with people with disabilities
2. Accessing health care, habilitation, and rehabilitation
3. Defining and providing reasonable accommodation and accessibility
4. Using assistive technologies (AT)
5. Accessing information including information technology (IT)
6. Supporting independent living and self-determined decisions
7. Fostering personal mobility (buildings, transports, public spaces)
8. Participating in social, economic, employment, educational, political, recreational, sport, cultural, and legal activities
9. Allowing and facilitating monitoring and reporting the progress and claiming disrespect by national and international human rights institutions

Question 12

What treaty aims to ensure people with vision and other print disabilities have access access to books and other printed materials?

Answer 12

The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled (2013)

Question 13

What are 3 international declarations and conventions on disability rights?

Answer 13

1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
2. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
3. The Marrakesh Treaty