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Accessibility

Posts on web accessibility regulations such as Section 508 and the EU Accessibility Directive, as well as the controversies behind them.

The Section 508 refresh has landed

10 January 201713 March 2017

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Montoring compliance with the EU public sector #a11y directive

20 December 201613 March 2017

The EU has published their preferences for monitoring compliance with the Directive on the accessibility of web sites and apps in the public sector.

Categories Accessibility

What’s new with the European Accessibility Act

8 December 201613 March 2017

The draft European Accessibility Act would harmonise technical standards and accessibility requirements for hardware and physical systems across Europe.

Categories Accessibility, EU policy

A plain English guide to the EU public sector accessibility directive

5 December 201613 March 2017

Web sites and apps of public sector bodies within Europe must come into compliance with these accessibility requirements.

Categories Accessibility, EU policy

Israel’s a11y law

7 October 2016

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Section 508 is coming. This is not a drill.

15 September 2016

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Should screen readers be detectable in analytics?

9 August 201610 August 2016

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A bump in the road to the EU Accessibility Act

26 July 201626 July 2016

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Brexit and you: what’s next for digital laws? #wceu

27 June 201619 December 2016

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Categories Accessibility, Brexit, E-commerce, EU Cookie Law, EU policy, UK policy, VATMOSS / EUVAT

Is the Section 508 refresh on its way?

14 June 2016

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Bigger, better, and brilliant: EU approves a new #a11y directive

4 May 201614 June 2016

Public sector web sites across Europe will be transformed in the years to come thanks to an improved, revamped, and rather superb EU web accessibility directive.

Categories Accessibility, EU policy

Oh you have got to be kidding: more US #a11y drama

3 May 201619 December 2016

It shouldn’t even be possible to be shocked any more by the self-serving nonsense which characterises the progress, or lack thereof, of US accessibility laws. But here’s some more.

Categories Accessibility

Text version of the UK’s position on the EU #a11y directive

5 April 20165 April 2016

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Popular “instant site” platform breaks accessibility law

9 March 20164 May 2016

 

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What’s ahead for European web accessibility law in 2016?

4 February 201626 February 2016

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Further absurdity in #a11y lawmaking

10 January 201626 February 2016

Something very disturbing jumped out at me in an article on the current status of the Section 508 refresh.

Categories Accessibility

What is Section 508 and why is it driving #a11y professionals mad?

19 October 201526 February 2016

I’ve written for the Powermapper blog on Section 508, the US Federal government’s web site accessibility law.

Categories Accessibility
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