Assessing WCAG 2.0 Conformance in Practice

Duchateau, Sylvie; Boulay, Denis; Burger, Dominique

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14097-6_65

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“…This compliance deficit may be attributed to several factors. Agency sites were ill-prepared for the transition to new browsers, platforms, and devices (Duchateau, Boulay, & Burger, 2010). The scale of agency sites, as the overall growth of indexed pages has expanded, means there are more opportunities for compliance failure.…”

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E-Government and Social Media: The Impact on Accessibility

Sonnenberg

2020

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

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Social media is a valuable tool, providing a means of instruction, communication, and collaboration to many organizations including the government institutions that citizens rely upon. However, while important for distributing information, social media has not historically prioritized accessibility. The federal government has a duty to provide fair and usable information access for those with disabilities, but the delineation between where this responsibility lies becomes blurred when third-party platforms like social media are utilized. The extent to which social media pervades government sites and causes accessibility issues is one that is not well understood. This article presents an overview of the current state of affairs for Section 508, the implications it has for social media, and a study to evaluate the potential impact it has on all users.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

E-Government and Social Media: The Impact on Accessibility

Sonnenberg

2020

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

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“…Duchateau et al highlight that as a standard, the WCAG 2.0 proposes objectives and provides tools by which to achieve them. However, they do not provide a step-by-step methodology and grant a degree of discretion in terms of how these objectives are to be realized [46].…”

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Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities in the European Union: Paving the Road to Social Inclusion

Ferri

Favalli

2018

Societies

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Despite the drawbacks and the challenges highlighted by several scholars, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), in particular the World Wide Web, has the potential to foster social inclusion of people with disabilities. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which entered into force in 2008, has illuminated the role technology can play as a tool to promote the human rights of people with disabilities, and their participation and inclusion in society. The UNCRPD has also conceptualized ICT accessibility as a precondition for the enjoyment of rights, prompting a series of reforms in domestic legal frameworks globally and in the European Union (EU). Against this background, this article aims to address the role played by the EU in fostering "digital inclusion", and critically evaluates relevant EU policies and legal rules, locating them within the broader realm of the implementation of the UNCRPD. It pays particular attention to Directive 2016/2102 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies, as well as on the proposal for a European Accessibility Act (EAA). It attempts to show that, while the EU has thus far played an extremely important role in fostering web accessibility, many remaining obstacles must be eradicated to fully ensure access to the web to people with disabilities. This article adopts a doctrinal legal research methodology and is primarily concerned with the analysis of relevant legal rules and related scholarship. In addition, it is informed by a socially-oriented understanding of disability and builds upon the multifaceted and multidisciplinary literature on disability and technology.

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“…There are many studies about the use, implementation, validity and testing of accessibility standards for the web. Some studies focus on the usability and validity of the standards [12][13][14][15], some on the test quality [16], some on evaluations using the standards [17][18][19], and some are comparative [20,21]. There are also many studies that measure the actual status of accessibility of websites in certain countries or areas at a certain time.…”

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Factors explaining adoption and implementation processes for web accessibility standards within eGovernment systems and organizations

Velleman

Nahuis

Geest

2015

Univ Access Inf Soc

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Local government organizations such as municipalities often seem unable to fully adopt or implement web accessibility standards even if they are actively pursuing it. Based on existing adoption models, this study identifies factors in five categories that influence the adoption and implementation of accessibility standards for local government websites. Awareness of these factors is important for stakeholders adopting and implementing web accessibility standards. To further develop and understand these factors, this study has identified and interviewed experts in the field of (organizational) accessibility. This has led to an extension of the existing models. The extended model was then validated by interviews with key stakeholders. The outcome of this study places existing adoption models in a new context. The result is an adoption model that contributes better to explaining adoption and implementation processes within eGovernment systems and organizations. This adoption model aims to better help local governments in the identification of factors influencing the actual adoption and implementation of web accessibility standards in their situation. The model explains how factors in the different categories contribute to the adoption and implementation of web accessibility standards. The model may also be applicable to the adoption and implementation of other guidelines and (open) standards within local government.

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Assessing WCAG 2.0 Conformance in Practice

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E-Government and Social Media: The Impact on Accessibility

E-Government and Social Media: The Impact on Accessibility

Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities in the European Union: Paving the Road to Social Inclusion

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