[Sigia-l] Accessibility guidelines in Great Britain

From: Jonathan Baker-Bates (Jonathan.Baker-Bates_at_oyster.com)
Date: Thu Sep 02 2004 - 04:42:44 EDT

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>=20-----Original=20Message-----
>=20From:=20sigia-l-admin_at_asis.org=20[mailto:sigia-l-admin_at_asis.org]=20
>=20On=20Behalf=20Of=20Boniface=20Lau
>=20Sent:=2002=20September=202004=2002:17
>=20To:=20sigia-l_at_asis.org
>=20Subject:=20RE:=20[Sigia-l]=20Accessibility=20guidelines=20in=20Great=20=
Britain
>=20
>=20
>=20>=20From:=20Katrin=20Gehrke
>=20>=20=20
>=20>=20Now=20my=20question:=20What=20exactly=20are=20"reasonable=20adjust=
ments"=20
>=20in=20regard=20
>=20>=20to=20web=20sites?
>=20
>=20For=20a=20building,=20reasonable=20adjustment=20is=20often=20adding=20=
ramps=20
>=20for=20wheelchair=20access.=20For=20a=20web=20site,=20it=20can=20be=20a=
dding=20
>=20capability=20to=20allow=20users=20adjust=20absolute=20size=20text,=20u=
se=20a=20
>=20higher=20contrast=20color=20scheme,=20navigate=20menus=20using=20keybo=
ards,=20etc.
>=20
>=20
>=20>=20We=20are=20familiar=20with=20the=20Web=20Content=20Accessibility=20=

>=20Guidelines=20(WCAG)=20
>=20>=20by=20the=20W3C.=20Are=20"reasonable=20adjustments"=20conform=20wit=
h=20priority=201=20
>=20>=20(must),=202=20(should)=20or=203=20(may)=20of=20the=20WCAG?
>=20
>=20It=20depends=20on=20the=20affected=20area.=20For=20example,=20if=20a=20=
reasonable=20
>=20adjustment=20allows=20users=20to=20access=20an=20area=20otherwise=20
>=20inaccessible,=20then=20such=20adjustment=20is=20a=20priority=201.
>=20

Most=20lawyers=20in=20the=20UK=20think=20that=20if=20a=20case=20ever=20com=
es=20to=20court=20over
this,=20the=20court=20would=20use=20Priority=201=20as=20their=20baseline=20=
indication=20of
reasonableness.=20If=20the=20defendant=20could=20show=20Priority=201=20com=
pliance=20then
it=20would=20be=20pretty=20unlikely=20the=20plaintiff=20could=20show=20tha=
t=20was
unreasonable.

But=20that's=20only=20if=20you=20approach=20this=20from=20a=20legal=20poin=
t=20of=20view,=20which
is=20nuts,=20obviously.

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