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European Disability Forum

Achieving web-accessibility for disabled users AAATE Conference 1 st September 2009 Nadège Riche, EDF Policy Officer. European Disability Forum. Who we are Represents 50 million people with disabilities Represents all types of disability

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European Disability Forum

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  1. Achieving web-accessibility for disabled usersAAATE Conference1st September 2009 Nadège Riche, EDF Policy Officer

  2. European Disability Forum Who we are • Represents 50 million people with disabilities • Represents all types of disability • Umbrella organisation of disability organisations in the European Union • Organisation OF people with disabilities and not for disabled people • Our motto: Nothing about people with disabilities without people with disabilities

  3. European Disability Forum What we do • Objective: to promote the rights of people with disabilities and fight against discrimination • At European and international level • Areas of work: non-discrimination, social affairs, education, health, EU funding, transport, tourism, built environment, ICT, standardisation,…

  4. Accessing the web • Accessing the web is a human and fundamental right • Recognised by the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities • Assessed by EU institutions • Access to the web means (e-)inclusion: • Access to independent living • Access to education, training and work • Access to public and private services • Access to leisure and culture • Access to communication and individual expression • Access to –civic- participation

  5. Web-accessibility • Definition: • Access to mainstream websites by the widest possible number of people, regardless of their age and/or disabilities, in accordance with the concept of design for all/universal design • Development of assistive technologies as a complementary approach • Scope: • Public websites • Websites of entities that provide services of general services/basic services for the public • Private website • Intranet • Focus on new websites and functionalities

  6. WCAG 2.0 • Harmonised implementation of WCAG 2.0 over Europe • Developing evaluation and assessment methodology as well as conformity assessment methods • Third-party certification with automatic and human testing • Developing authoring tools incorporating accessibility requirements • Raising awareness and skills of people designing and producing websites

  7. Nadège Riche EDF Policy Officer nadege.riche@edf-feph.org www.edf-feph.org

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