International Standards Efforts Towards Safe Accessibility Technology for Persons with Disabilities: Cross-Industry Activities

摘要

Because of their large potential impact, accessibility standards might be thought of by many as including only the US Department of Justice Rehabilitation Act Section 508 standard or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards. Section 508 requires that electronic and information technology that is developed by (or purchased by) federal agencies be accessible to people with disabilities.' The ADA standard part 36 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181), prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by public accommodations and requires places of public accommodation and commercial facilities to be designed, constructed, and altered in compliance with the accessibility standards established by this part.'