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From: Jonathan Hassell
Date: Feb 12, 2012 2:15PM

Dave, Bevi & Birkir,

Please note that the W3C WAI 'Policies Relating to Web Accessibility' page is rather out of date, in its information on UK guidelines at least.

I'm planning to email the editors with updates for the UK section in the next couple of days.

In the meantime, the best place to find out the UK-specific accessibility law and guidelines is on wikipedia.

For UK law see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_accessibility#United_Kingdom_2
For UK guidelines see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_accessibility#United_Kingdom

As the lead-author of BS 8878 - the major contribution from the UK to accessibility guidelines, which gives guidance on how organisations should embed accessibility into their business-as-usual processes, and harmonises with WCAG - I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have about accessibility in the UK.

You can find my quick overview of BS 8878, including the ways it harmonises with WCAG, at: http://www.hassellinclusion.com/bs8878/

Best regards
Jonathan.