Re: online accessibility

I am not very practical yet with the Australian laws, although I believe
Web accessibility fits into the Disability Discrimination Act 1992
("DDA"). I found an interesting article from HREOC [3].

However, world trends (including US, Italy, etc.) are to follow the W3C
guidelines in terms of Web Content accessibility (WCAG). The current
standard is WCAG 1.0 (1999) and WCAG 2.0 is on the way.

I suggest you have a look at the guidelines [1] and at least the HTML
techniques[2]. However, the topic is quite extensive and I don't think it
is quite appropriate for this list. If you need more information, don't
hesitate to contact me.

Cheers,
-Gabriele

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/
[3] http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html

Rick Miles said:
> I have found reports whitepapers etc. but haven't yet found any state
> (VIC) or
> federal legislation with reference to internet accessibility to
> forms/info/and such.
>
> Does anyone know of any specific laws with regards to accessibility?
>
>
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>
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