Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 November 2000
In November 2000 the Interactive Information Institute at RMIT University initiated and ran an International Web Accessibility Summit in Melbourne, Australia. The Summit was organised by Shar McMillan and Janine Mawhinney.
Understanding web accessiblity is increasingly important. Many organisations are not only required under the Disability Discrimination Act to provide services that are accessible to people with disabilities, but increased accessibility provides easier access to a larger market
Accessibility is the degree to which anyone can access and use a website using any web browsing technology. A fully accessible site is one that is designed to make use of the latest web technologies such as multimedia, while at the same time accommodating the needs of those who have difficulty with or are unable to use these technologies.
Types of disability
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), defines a disability as a physical or mental impairment that has a long-term or substantial effect on a person’s ability to carry out day to day
For all the reasons mentioned above, mentioned above, the accessibility and usability of a web site should be a fundamental underlying concern for any web site open to the public, but especially one providing health information or information about a health resource (such as a clinic).
The World Wide Web Consortium agreed that this concept was so important, that early on they organized a task force to define basic recommendations for accessibility and usability of all web sites. These standards were released in 1999.
The United States goverment
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