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Web Accessibility The Law, Standards, and Guidelines Trainer’s Name Trainer’s Title Phone Number Email/Web Address ADA Trainer Network Module 7h 1

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Web Accessibility

The Law, Standards, and Guidelines

Trainer’s Name

Trainer’s TitlePhone Number

Email/Web Address

ADA Trainer Network

Module 7h

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DisclaimerInformation, materials, and/or technical assistance are intended solely as informal guidance, and are neither a determination of your legal rights or responsibilities under the ADA, nor binding on any agency with enforcement responsibility under the ADA. The Mid-Atlantic ADA Center is authorized by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to provide information, materials, and technical assistance to individuals and entities that are covered by the ADA. The contents of this document were developed under a grant from the Department of Education, NIDRR grant number H133 A110020. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

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Who Defines Web Accessibility?

• World Wide Web Consortium– Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2– 12 Guidelines (Success Criterion)– 4 Principles

• Perceivable, operable, understandable, robust– Internationally recognized

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Who Defines Web Accessibility?

• Federal Government– Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act –§1194.22

Web-based intranet and internet information and applications

– 16 Standards– Applies to federal government agencies only

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Web Accessibility in NY

• New York State– New York State‘s Official Policy/Standards

“Accessibility of Web-Based Information and Applications” available at http://www.cio.ny.gov

• Requires compliance with Section 508– Applies to NYS Executive branch offices only

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Web Accessibility in NJ

• State of NJ IT Circular No. 07-12-NJOIT published June 13, 2007

• Applies to web sites and services provide by NJ state agencies in the executive branch as a public service

• Minimally compliant with Section 508, encouraged to follow WCAG 2.0 guidelines

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Web Accessibility In Puerto Rico

• PR Law Number 229: “Ley para Garantizar el Acceso de Información a las Personas con Impedimentos” (Law to Ensure Access to Information for Persons with Disabilities)

• All agencies, public corporations, and public entities comply with the web page accessibility requirements for people with disabilities

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Web Accessibility in the Virgin Islands

• No policy currently exists

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Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973

– Prohibit discriminating against individuals with disabilities– Ensure “effective communication” for people with disabilities

• Office for Civil Rights (OCR)– Institutions that use the internet for communication regarding programs, goods and

services must make that information accessible; – must “effectively communicate” with individuals with disabilities including students,

faculty, staff and the wider community• Department of Justice (DOJ)

– Must provide “equal access to their programs, services or activities unless doing so would fundamentally alter the nature” of the programs, etc. or “would impose an undue burden”

AccessIT, 2011

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Americans withDisabilities Act (ADA)

• Prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities

• Ensures “effective communication” for people with disabilities in programs, goods and services

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New Regulations in Title III – Reservation Systems

• Regulations include several significant provisions designed to enable individuals with disabilities to make reservations at places of lodging as effectively as others, including via the web

• Effective March 2012

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Mid-Atlantic ADA CenterTransCen, Inc.

401 North Washington Street, Suite 450Rockville, MD 20850

Toll-Free: 800.949.4232 (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV)

Telephone 301-217-0124Fax 301-251-3762TTY 301-217-0124Email [email protected] www.ADAinfo.org

The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the Department of Education, NIDRR grant number H133 A110020. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.