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

Moira Cluniemclunie@rnzfb.org.nz

Mike Lloydmlloyd@rnzfb.org.nz