IST 195 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, User Interface, Section 508 Amendment To The Rehabilitation Act Of 1973
3 May 2018
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Information Technologies
Week: __ 1/29/17
Rehabilitation:
Rehabilitation Act, enacted in 1973, is a federal anti-dicrimination law that implicates federal and
federally finded programs in their treatment of individuals with disabilities.
Section 508
● Requires all Federal information that is accessible electronically must be
accessible for this with disabilties
ADA
● Pulic Server: Netflic
● Public Service: Walmart, Target
● Title 1: Employment
● Title 2: Public Entities
● Title 3: Pub;ic Accomadations
All non-profit higher education institutes recieve federal funding.
Violation of Section 504 in higher education can be addressed with institution or with the Office
for Civil Rights of the US Department of Education
Web Content Accessible Guidelines (WCAG)
● TheWorldWideWeb Consortium (W3C) is an international community that develops open
standards to ensure that long-term growth of the Web
● Web conent Accessiblitity Guidlines (WCAG) developed by W3C
Percievablr: Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways
they can percieve.
Operable: User interface components and navigation must be operable
Understandable: Information and the operation of user interface must be operable
Robust: Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide
Common Issues:
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Document Summary
Rehabilitation act, enacted in 1973, is a federal anti-dicrimination law that implicates federal and federally finded programs in their treatment of individuals with disabilities. Requires all federal information that is accessible electronically must be accessible for this with disabilties. All non-profit higher education institutes recieve federal funding. Violation of section 504 in higher education can be addressed with institution or with the office for civil rights of the us department of education. Theworldwideweb consortium (w3c) is an international community that develops open standards to ensure that long-term growth of the web. Web conent accessiblitity guidlines (wcag) developed by w3c. Percievablr: information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they can percieve. Operable: user interface components and navigation must be operable. Understandable: information and the operation of user interface must be operable. Robust: content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide.
