Accessibility laws around the world?
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Hi,
Do you know if there are places where 'A level' accessibility (or higher) is mandatory by law? where? what level is required?
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Section 508 compliance is mandatory for government organizations in the States, and is the only mandatory standard I know of. You may find this comparison of it to WCAG useful.
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WebAIM has an article that looks at world laws, but it's possibly a bit old._________________
James Coltham - Local gov web manager by day, web and accessibility blogger at lunchtime, freelancer by night. Tweets at @prettysimple.
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Variation on a theme here, but does anyone know of any country specific guidelines which are in use? I've been able to find some government guidelines for a few countries (Sweden, Ireland, Canada - confined to public sector websites) but wondered if anyone knew of any others.
Thanks in advance.
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This link seems useful too: Is website accessibility mandated in some countries?
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You can start with Section 508 of the United States.
I also put together a couple of relevant articles:
Accessibility in Japan
Accessibility in the Philippines
Web accessibility in Korea
I hope this helps!
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Even Grounds, Inc.
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