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Legal Considerations for Web and Information Technology Accessibility Webinar
December 5, 201310:00 am - 11:00 am
Robin F. Wheeler Attorney, South Carolina Access to Justice Commissionrobin.wheeler@scbar.org
Janet Jendron SC ATAC Web Accessibility Committee Chairjanet.Jendron@uscmed.sc.edu
Web Accessibility
http://accessibility.sc.gov/
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Applicable Federal Laws
§504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
§508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
§255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act or CVAA (2010)
South Carolina Laws
South Carolina Human Affairs Law
Rights of Physically Disabled Persons
Includes Bill of Rights for Handicapped Persons
South Carolina Accessibility Policy and Standards http://itstandards.sc.gov/SearchDisciplineResults.aspx?id=Accessibility
Some Cases National Federation of the Blind v. Free Library of Philadelphia (Filed May 2, 2012,
Settled October 2012) National Federation of the Blind v. Target – Settled 2008 National Association of the Deaf v. Netflix – June 19, 2012 Hearing Loss Association of America and AMC Theatres® Agreement (
October 2013) National Federation of the Blind, the American Council of the Blind, and Arizona
State University (settled 2010) Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, Inc. et al v. Time Warner, Inc. (
filed June 1, 2011 - ACTIVE) Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired v. Redbox (filed January 12, 2012,
fact sheet) National Federation of the Blind v. Law School Admissions Council (
settled April 26, 2011) National Federation of the Blind v. United Airlines (2010) –
filed using California laws, not federal laws Deaf Counseling, Advocacy and Referral Agency v. San Francisco Airport (settled 2005)
Lainey Feingold’s web accessibility settlements Weight Watchers Print and Digital Accessibility Settlement
Agreement – June 2013
Bank of America Online and Mobile Security Solutions Settlement Agreement – March 2013
First Addendum to MLB Settlement Agreement – June 2012
Charles Schwab Web Accessibility Agreement – May 2012
American Cancer Society: Extension to Settlement Agreement – March 2012
American Cancer Society Accessible Website and Alternative Formats Agreement – Feb. 2011
Definitions
AccessibleTech.org – ADA National Network, Information, Guidance and Training on the ADA
What is EIT? includes computer hardware and software, operating systems, web-based information and applications, telephones and other telecommunications products, video equipment and multimedia products, information kiosks, and office products such as photocopiers and fax machines.What is Accessible EIT? Accessible electronic and information technology is technology that can be used by people with a wide range of abilities and disabilities. What is Assistive Technology? Accessible technology is “is technology used by individuals with disabilities in order to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible.”
Who’s Affected?
Visual Blindness, low vision, color-blindness
Hearing (including background noise)
Motor Inability to use a mouse, slow response time, limited fine motor control
Cognitive Learning disabilities, distractibility, inability to remember or focus on large amounts of information, age-related limitations, lack of computer/Internet experience
Multiple ways to access information
Who’s Affected?
How Does Accessible Web Design Benefit All Users? - DO-IT from U of Washington
People affected by poorly designed websites
Keeping Web Accessibility in Mind Video – WebAIM
Keeping Web Accessibility in Mind - a Must See - Video
What’s Affected?
Web Pages Office documents - Word, PowerPoint, Excel PDF Documents – all related to Office docs Videos, Graphics Browsers and Plug-Ins Printed materials Search tools for computers, everything! Smart phones - Small screens jump to content (scrolling
is a pain!) Touch input vs. mouse input iPads (and iPhones) - No Flash support Others?
What we have in common
People don’t read web pages.
We all scan content
Headings Links Get to the most important information Choices in how to scan content Intuitive, easy navigation
Examples
Examples of Accessible (and Inaccessible) Web DesignEvery image should have good ALT text Separate block of ALT text Use simple ALT text for simple images Proper use of image maps Make link text descriptive but brief Use link text that can stand alone Provide good keyboard navigation Provide alternatives to controls and applets Provide alternatives to tables and frames Don't assume your formatting will be seen Don't require the use of style sheets
Alt text for graphics
The need for alt text - YouTube
WebAIM on alt text
Link Text
What do these mean?DownloadMoreRead moreClick hereHereClickInfo
Using URLs as the link:www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590591488/qid=1116957951/sr=2-1/ref=p
d_bbs_b_2_1/103-5755258-8204633)
WebAIM on link text
Skip to main content
Why?
Should it be visible or not?
Jim Thatcher on that
Tables
Data Tables Freedom Scientific Surf’s Up WebAIM Creating Accessible Tables
Other Barriers…
Links to inaccessible PDFs or other downloadable documents
Accessible and Inaccessible PDFs
(great tutorial)
Color to convey critical information “Items in red are required” “Items with an asterisk are required” “Click the green button to continue”
Captions!
Bus routes
Other things to consider CSS rather than tables for layout – Zen Garden Sites designed in FLASH – Legos CAPCHA! – Microsoft Signup Ability to resize text without using assistive technology Navigation
Clear, natural language
WebAIM on web writing Cognitive Disorders Readability Tests
Testing Tools
Free accessibility/developer toolbars
• IE Firefox Chrome
•Download the trial version of JAWS screen reader - Works for 40 minutes at a time
• Wave toolbar for Firefox• WAVE online• Word 2010's Accessibility Checker
Testing color …
Color contrast Colour Contrast Analyser - Developed by Vision
Australia the CCA checks for brightness and contrast against WAI algorithms. It is a useful tool that has a colour picker that can be used to pick up on colour in images as well as text.
Vischeck - This is a tool that can be used to simulate the effect of colour blindness on your page colours.
Effective colour contrast - Designing for people with partial sight and vision deficiencies from Lighthouse International.
Resources SCATP Web Page Resources Accessibility Issues – questions, explanations (SCATP) SC Technical College System Resource Guide WebAIM’s - Introduction to Web Accessibility A guide to understanding and implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 -
W3C Working Group Oct 2010 PDF Accessibility Overview (Adobe) Google Video on Web Design Web Accessibility Primer - Cornell University UWA IT Accessibility Policies in Higher Education Free Tools for Captioning YouTube Videos NCDAE Cheatsheets Utube Captioning Ways to evaluate your work
Legal Considerations for Web and Information Technology Accessibility Webinar
December 5, 201310:00 am - 11:00 am
Robin F. Wheeler Attorney, South Carolina Access to Justice Commissionrobin.wheeler@scbar.org
Janet Jendron SC ATAC Web Accessibility Committee Chairjanet.Jendron@uscmed.sc.edu
Keep in touch!
http://accessibility.sc.gov/