Revisiting the law on website accessibility in the light of the UK's Equality Act 2010 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Easton, Catherine

doi:10.1093/ijlit/ear015

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“…Web accessibility research has focused on the application of antidiscrimination laws (Blanck, 2014b;Easton, 2012Easton, , 2013aEaston, , 2013bNoble, 2002;Schaefer, 2003;Wall & Sarver, 2003;Wentz, Jaeger, & Lazar, 2011). This line of study examines the legal basis for web accessibility and the disputes that have emerged from efforts to establish web accessibility as a legal obligation.…”

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Web accessibility and technology protection measures: Harmonizing the rights of persons with cognitive disabilities and copyright protections on the web

Giannoumi

Land

Beyene

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Section: Investigating the Interaction Among Web Accessibility And Tementioning

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Web accessibility and technology protection measures: Harmonizing the rights of persons with cognitive disabilities and copyright protections on the web

Giannoumi

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Beyene

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“…The UK Government also authorized the DRC to issue statutory Codes of Practice, which offer practical guidance for service providers. However, rather than issuing a Code of Practice detailing web accessibility requirements based on international performance standards, the DRC commissioned the British Standards Institution in 2005 to produce the procedural standard PAS 78:2006 (Easton, ). The British Standards Institution appointed a steering group to develop PAS 78 as a non‐consensus guideline.…”

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“…Policy actors have used UD to promote the means of creating web content that the widest possible population can use without modification. Despite these efforts, web content remains widely inaccessible for persons with disabilities (Blanck, , this issue; 2015, in press; Easton, , ; Ritchie & Blanck, ; Sandler & Blanck, ).…”

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“…States Parties may additionally ratify the Optional Protocol to the CRPD, which “recognizes the competence of the Committee [on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities] … to receive and consider communications from individuals or groups of individuals … who claim to be victims of a violation by that State Party” (UN, 2006). However, mechanisms for enforcing the CRPD focus on national legal accountability (Easton, ). This national accountability means that where violations occur, States Parties should change public policy.…”

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Regulating Web Content: The Nexus of Legislation and Performance Standards in the United Kingdom and Norway

Giannoumis

2014

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Despite different historical traditions, previous research demonstrates a convergence between regulatory approaches in the United Kingdom and Norway. To understand this convergence, this article examines how different policy traditions influence the legal obligations of performance standards regulating web content for use by persons with disabilities. While convergence has led to similar policy approaches, I argue that national policy traditions have an impact on how governments establish legal obligations for standards compliance. The analysis reveals that national policy traditions influenced antidiscrimination legislation and the capacity and authority of regulatory agencies, which impacted the diverging legal obligations of standards in the United Kingdom and Norway. The analysis further suggests that policy actors mediate the reciprocal influence between national policy traditions and regulatory convergence mechanisms.

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“…Libraries and other predominantly non‐profit efforts have led digitization efforts. Despite these efforts, cultural content published on the web remains widely inaccessible for persons with disabilities (Blanck, , in press; Easton, , , ,; Kuzma, ; Ritchie & Blanck, ; Sandler & Blanck, ).…”

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A Revaluation of the Cultural Dimension of Disability Policy in the European Union: The Impact of Digitization and Web Accessibility

Ferri

2014

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Reflecting the commitments undertaken by the EU through the conclusion of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 not only gives a prominent position to accessibility, broadly interpreted, but also suggests an examination of the obligations for access to cultural goods and services. The European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 expressly acknowledges that EU action will support national activities to make sports, leisure, cultural and recreational organizations and activities accessible, and use the possibilities for copyright exceptions in the Directive 2001/29/EC (Infosoc Directive). This article discusses to what extent the EU has realized the principle of accessibility and the right to access cultural goods and services envisaged in the UNCRPD. Previous research has yet to explore how web accessibility and digitization interact with the cultural dimension of disability policy in the European Union. This examination attempts to fill this gap by discussing to what extent the European Union has put this cultural dimension into effect and how web accessibility policies and the digitization of cultural materials influence these efforts.

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Revisiting the law on website accessibility in the light of the UK's Equality Act 2010 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Cited by 9 publications

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Web accessibility and technology protection measures: Harmonizing the rights of persons with cognitive disabilities and copyright protections on the web

Web accessibility and technology protection measures: Harmonizing the rights of persons with cognitive disabilities and copyright protections on the web

Regulating Web Content: The Nexus of Legislation and Performance Standards in the United Kingdom and Norway

A Revaluation of the Cultural Dimension of Disability Policy in the European Union: The Impact of Digitization and Web Accessibility

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