Accessibility

Policy

Mahara aims to be usable by as many individuals as possible, including those with disabilities or special needs. To this end, any discrepancies from major accessibility standards, guidelines or legislation shall be logged as defects in the bug tracker, and tagged with "accessibility", for inclusion in an appropriate release.

Web standards, guidelines and legislation

International

• Web Accessibility Initiative
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (draft)
    • An article on the problems with WCAG2 from A List Apart
  • Client-side scripting guidelines

• W3C ARIA

• WebAIM Form Accessibility guidelines
• WebAIM ARIA guidelines

USA

• Section 508

UK

• Equality Act 2010, in particular:
  • Section 20 - Duty to make adjustments
  • Section 29 - Provision of services, etc.
  • Schedule 25 - Information society services.

See also the Equality Act 2010 Statutory Code of Practice (PDF) for Services, public functions and associations.

• Public sector equality duty created by the Equality Act 2010.
• SENDA - Special Educational Needs and Disability Act/Bill
• Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (now merged ino the Equality Act 2010).
• BS 8878:2010 – 16 Steps for an accessible web product

Germany

• Barrierefreie Informationstechnik-Verordnung - BITV

European Union

• Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of public sector bodies' websites.