Hello
My understanding is that there is no specific accessibility
standard/specification to which one has to legally conform in the UK
(unlike the US, which has the Section 508 leglislation and accessibility
standard for federal websites). Of course there is the DDA/SENDA
legislation in the UK but it does not state that one needs to conform to a
particular accessibility standard/specification/guidelines such as WCAG,
nor does it state exactly what one how one should handle web-based
accessibility, unlike Section 508, which as an example states: "When
animation is displayed, the information shall be displayable in at least
one non-animated presentation mode at the option of the user".
However, the DRC (Disability Rights Commission) (now the Equality and
Human Rights Commission) in conjunction with BSI (British Standards
Institution) has developed "PAS 78: A guide to good practice in
commissioning accessible websites (2005), which gives guidelines for
creating accessible websites. It's available free from
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/Documents/Disability/Accessibility%
20guidance/Website%20accessibility%20guidance%20PAS78%20(BSI%20publicly%
20available%20specification).rtf. However, as far as I am aware there is
still no legal requirement to conform to these particular guidelines in
preference to any other.
Best Regards
Sharon.
Sharon Perry,
Accessibility Domain Co-ordinator,
JISC CETIS,
University of Bolton.
Website: http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk/domain/accessibility
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