CSUN Session: Web accessibility: legal ramifications & awareness within higher education.

Cynthia Wadell, ICDRI

1 Americans with disabilities act.
2 UK case.
3 UN treaty on rights for persons with disabilities.

1
Defined: impaired abilities.
Protection from discrimination in employment practices... What if inaccessible website?
Import of accessibility officer and complaint procedure.
NB: Exact legal ramifications specific, here, to US
law... ADA = Americans with Disabilities Act.

2
Latif vs. PMI
UK based case.
Applied to US companies operating in the UK.

3
UN treaty on rights of persons with disabilities.
Impacts ~350 million people world wide.
At least 125 countries have signed.
-Process of alignment of laws internationally.

Resources:
Cynthia's book: Web Accessibility. (2006)
cynthiasays.com free online web accessibility checker.
-Not a substitute for human judgment.
Cynthia's digital divide paper available on line. Linked from ICDRI.org website.