In fact, if a company has developed their website with web standards??”in this context
defined by using well-formed, semantic HTML and CSS for presentation??”it has already
made huge progress toward being more accessible. In the next section, we will cover some
accessibility basics and how to supplement and refine your markup to meet and exceed
current laws.
Country-specific laws
Many countries have passed their own accessibility laws. While many do not specifically
target Internet websites, they address accessibility for disabled users across all public
areas, under which the Web clearly falls. Almost all use WCAG 1.0 as the recommended
guideline. For a comprehensive list, please see the UI Access site, at uiaccess.com; in the
meantime, here is a brief overview of some countries:
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 19989 is the US government??™s formal accessibility
law and very closely mirrors WCAG 1.0. Its legality only reaches federal websites
and vendors working with the government.
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA)10 is the United Kingdom??™s general
accessibility law, and covers all websites providing service to customers (for
instance, an airline??™s site that allows the booking of flights).
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