Unit 1: Page 39: Legislation Ensuring Accessibility Flashcards
Whats the role of the Disability
Discrimination Acts 1995 and 2005?
Until 2010 the Disability and Discrimination Act was the main legislation banning discrimination on the basis of disability.
Whats the role of the Equality Act 2010?
When it was passed in 2010, the Equality Act brought together and replaced a number of laws, including the Disability Discrimination Act, creating a single legal framework to ensure equality for all. The act applies to both personal life and the workplace.
Whats the relevence of the Disability Discrimination Acts 1995 and 2005 and
Equality Act 2010?
- Under the Equality Act of 2010, website owners and hosts have obligations to make their sites accessible to all.
- Service providers must provide special computer software or additional staff support to make their systems accessible, at no extra charge.
What’s the role of the British Standards Institute (BSI) codes of practice
The BSI codes of practice cover a wide range of subjects, including accessibility. They are in place to ensure compliance with legislation.
What’s the relevence of the British Standards Institute (BSI) codes of practice to IT Systems?
BSI Standard BS 8878 aims to ensure that web products (e.g. websites, web services and email) are accessible to users with a physical impairment or learning difficulty.
What’s the role of the Open Accessibility Framework (OAF)?
- This European research project sets out a process for ensuring that IT systems are accessible.
- The framework is broken into steps in two categories: creation of systems, and use of systems.
What’s the relevance of the Open Accessibility Framework (OAF) to IT systems?
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 supports.
2.Provide accessible software.
3.Provide assistive technologies.
What’s the role of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 and 2.0?
These guidelines are defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to ensure web content is accessible to all regardless of disability.
What’s the relevance of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 and 2.0 to IT systems?
The guidelines define three different priority levels for accessibility.
Priority level 1 is considered the minimum to allow users with a disability to access a website.
Explain accessibility and equality
Accessibility isn’t about promoting access or giving advantage; it ensures equal access to all, regardless of any impairment or condition. IT and computing offer a great deal by way of assistive technology as far as equality is concerned; so it is essential that this is mirrored within industry.
