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Re: WCAG and various Laws

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From: Steve Green
Date: Mar 29, 2010 9:33AM

The UK's DDA does not specify any technical requirements. It is assessed
individually for each person who brings a case to court, and it is concerned
with actual outcomes. The judgement takes into account a wide range of
factors including the resources the website owner has available to them to
conduct remedial work.

This means that:

A. It is not possible to know if a website is DDA compliant without going
through the court process.

B. A website may be DDA-compliant with respect to one user but not another.

C. A website may be DDA-compliant with respect to one website owner but not
another.

Steve Green
Director
Test Partners Ltd


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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Geof Collis
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Subject: [WebAIM] WCAG and various Laws

Hi All

I'm looking for resources that let me know what level of accessibility the
following laws have to achieve:

Section 508
UK DDE(?)
Austrailia's Law

thanks for any help

Geof


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