Taking it online: Web accessibility for local government

Taking it online Web accessibility for local government

Web accessibility

Perceivable

Operable

Understandable

Robust

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/

Web standards

HTML is designed for universal access

“ The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.” - Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web.

Disability is the process which happens when one group of people create barriers by designing a world only for their way of living, taking no account of the impairments other people have.

Print disability ( New Zealand Copyright Act 1994)

a person has a print disability if he or she—

(a) Is blind; or

(b) Suffers severe impairment of his or her sight; or

(c) Is unable to hold or manipulate books; or

(d) Is unable to focus or move his or her eyes; or

(e) Suffers a handicap with respect to visual perception.

The Web is not a barrier to people with disabilities, it is the solution from Constructing a POUR website: http://www.webaim.org/articles/pour/

Access to information

Participation in democracy

Social and cultural inclusion

Education opportunities including life-long learning

Meaningful employment and business interactions

e-Government

New Zealand Government Web Standards 2.0 http://webstandards.govt.nz/

Strong focus on accessibility

Linked with cross-government Digital Strategy: http://www.digitalstrategy.govt.nz

Disability Strategy

cross-government

“ a framework for removing barriers to disabled people's full participation in society”

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

… States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure to persons with disabilities access, on an equal basis with others, … to information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems … From Article 9, Accessibility