The US Government has a mandate to ensure that all of their pages meet Section 508 compliance ( http://www.section508.gov/ ). The last company I worked for in DC did a few web apps for NASA and a few other agencies, and they had to be checked against a standard checklist for accessibility. That doesn't necessarily mean turning off flash and all that, just that the web site has to give everyone access to the same information somehow.
The ADA regulations are typically more about the design of a building and site, or other physical accommodations for those with some type of disability. I don't think it gets to the level of detail of web accessibility, but I could be wrong (haven't read the whole regs). Personally, I think that the Section 508 rules should be followed when practical. I'm definitely not a fan of those all flash / no substance pages. But when marketing drives web design, sometimes bad things can happen. - Scott On 2010-10-15 16:53, Eric Shubert wrote: > > I see that the ADA regulations were revised recently, and will be taking > effect 3/15/11 (http://www.ada.gov/regs2010/ADAregs2010.htm). > > I wonder, to any ADA regulations cover this sort of thing, at least for > government sites? How about guidelines for NGOs and other sites? > > Please forgive me for not finding the answers myself. > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
