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Accessibility Legislation & Guidelines
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BSI Codes of Practice
The BSI are an organisation who define national standards for best practice in a number of areas, including ICT accessibility.
E.g. the web accessibility codes of practice defines guidelines ensuring web products meet the Equality Act. It defines 16 steps to making a web product accessible.
Open Accessibility Framework (OAF)
Accessibility Guidelines
A guideline for ensuring any IT system is accessible. It defines 6 steps:
Creation
1 - Define Accessible
2 - Stock Elements
3 - Dev. Authoring
Tools
Use
4 - Platform Support
5 - The App Itself
6 - Assistive
Technology
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
A number of organisations have published guidelines to help businesses make sure their systems are accessible.
Some examples include:
- British Standards Institute (BSI) Codes of Practice
- Open Accessibility Framework (OAF)
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Guidelines for making web products accessible to people with disabilities.
There are 12 guidelines split into 4 categories:
- Perceivable
- Operable
- Understandable
- Robust
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Accessibility Legislation & Guidelines
Disability Discrimination Act (1995)
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Accessibility Legislation
Made it illegal to discriminate against someone due to physical or mental disability. This included:
- Treating less favourably due to disability
- Failing to make reasonable adjustment to goods, services, facilities, etc.
- Harassing for a reason relating to the persons disability.
Disability Discrimination Act (2005)
The laws for protecting the rights of those with disabilities have changed over the years.
Some examples include:
- Disability Discrimination Act (1995 & 2005)
- Equality Act (2010)
Changed the 1995 legislation to also cover HIV, Multiple Sclerosis and Cancer.
Also made it so mental illnesses no longer needed to be “clinically well-recognised”
Prevented clubs from refusing members due to disability.
Equality Act (2010)
Brought together all equality legislation (including DDA) into a single law.
Carried through DDA provisions but added:
- Associated Discrimination
- Indirect Discrimination
- Perceived Discrimination
Also banned pre-employment disability and health questions.