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From: Denis Boudreau
Date: Oct 5, 2010 10:06PM

Hi Lon,

On 2010-10-05, at 8:18 PM, Waltenberger, Lon (LNI) wrote:

> US Dept of Justice (they, along with at least the Dept of Education, administer the ADA) expects websites to be tested at least annually by people with disabilities. DoJ responds to complaints and self-initiates inspections through it's Project Civic Access. See http://www.ada.gov/civicfac.htm.

This is great, but is this enforced in any way? Is there any kind of accountability related to this?


> 1. WEB-BASED SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
> E. Periodically (at least annually) enlist people with disabilities to test its pages for ease of use.

I think it's awesome that point E. found it's way into this document. But again, is this enforced in any way? I would hope so, otherwise, I'm afraid most organization wouldn't bother with it.


> And from the settlement with McNeese State University, USA: http://www.ada.gov/mcneese.htm
>
> 24. Modifications to the University´s Web Site:
> 5. Periodically (at least annually) enlist people with disabilities to test its pages for ease of use.

Same concern here.

Thanks. I will definitely try to get something like this in our standards. It's a fantastic idea.

/Denis