How does the DDA apply to web accessibility?
根据DDA的规定, the provision of data and online services through the web is a principal basic freedom and a legitimate prerequisite. People and associations that own or develop a website and mobile application should provide equal access to individuals with disabilities.
这包含了网站, mobile applications and other web assets, 作为pdf和文档, 从事:
- 就业
- Education
- Provision of services including professional services, banking, 保险或金融服务, 娱乐或消遣, 电信服务, 公共交通服务, or government services (including federal, state, 以及地方政府委员会, 部门, 和机构)
- 出售或出租不动产
- Sport
- Activities of voluntary associations
- Administration of Commonwealth laws and programs
Web accessibility guidance is provided by the World Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes (current adaptation, 4.1). The notes are not lawful necessities but rather are more guidelines to help people and associations that own or develop web assets in the prerequisites of the DDA.
It additionally determines the practical accessibility requirements for ICT services and products, 包括网页内容, which could be utilized in public procurement or to help different strategies and regulation.
