Why develop accessible websites? What does it mean to have access to the website? The answer lies in the complex 60 year history of obstacle movement and the 30-year legislation formulated before the network. This is an ongoing attempt to define how the act that brought us wheelchair slopes applies to website design. This is the first article in a series I am writing about the accessible web experience. The next article details the \
The first website without a website in the world was opened 11 days after the Ministry of Justice issued Title II and Title III regulations of government and private institutions on August 6, 1991, one year after the adoption of the American Disability Act (ADA). Open to the public. Therefore, website accessibility is not explicitly addressed in ADA. However, the class action against target in 2006 was a decision made by the federal court, that is, ADA’s requirements actually apply to the website. Since then, DOJ generally believes that ADA is applicable to institutional websites that provide services to the public. The accessibility design standards of DOJ in 2010 are as follows: Its title II describes the process of accessing internet websites. \
Title II applies to state and local government agencies. The statement of the Ministry of justice is somewhat vague and inconsistent with Title III applicable to privately owned public facilities, but most DOJ decisions confirm that ADA applies to these websites. The advantages of civil litigation also support this point. So, what does it look like to comply with Ada on the website? The original DOJ accessibility design standard (PDF) published in 1991 provides detailed provisions on the maximum force (5 pounds f) required to open the internal automatic closing door, i.e. the maximum pitch (36 inches). If the ATM can only be accessed from a parallel path (10 inches), the maximum depth of arrival of the ATM control. However, the 1991 guide did not mention any content required by the website. The
This caused a lot of confusion. What are accessible websites and inaccessible websites? In order to clarify this issue, W3C (Worldwide Web Consortium) first released it in 1999 and carried out the best practice of accessibility design for WCAG (web content accessibility Guide) in 2008. In 2017, the U.S. court judgment in Gil v.winn-dixie case was legally binding and identified as an \
Since 2010, DOJ has notified the rule making process in advance, and finally defined the legal standards for the accessibility of non-governmental organization websites in the United States. The process was delayed for several years until the 2017 executive order effectively interrupted the process again. Therefore, the United States’ formal culture of non-governmental organizations’ compliance with website accessibility provisions will be retained indefinitely, but the core principles will remain unchanged and will be maintained in hundreds of court proceedings. The websites of companies and other organizations that provide services to the public must be accessible. If DOJ does not have a final rule, WCAG is generally recognized as an industry standard in compliance with regulations. The
But accessible design means more than avoiding litigation or complying with Ada
