Legislation and Other Drivers for Change

• August 1998 Amendment to US Rehabilitation Act Section 508

  • Federal agencies only

• May 1999 W3C publishes Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

  • Levels A, AA and AAA

  • 508 = A and a 1/2

• Sydney Olympics 2000

  • The Australian case of Maguire v The Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games

  • The Committee had been in breach of the Australian Disability Discrimination Act 1992 by failing to provide a website to which Mr Maguire could have access.

How it all began