FC: Australia's disability discrimination laws do apply to the web

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:54:40 +1000
From: Thomas Brinsmead
Subject: Re: FC: Judge rules Americans with Disabilities Act doesn't cover web
To: declan () well com

The legal situation in Australia is slightly different. Here, the
Disability Discrimination Act does apply to web access for the blind, as
is indicated by Australia's "Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Commission" guidelines

http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html#s2

"The provision of information and online services through the Worldwide
Web is a service covered by the DDA. Equal access for people with a
disability in this area is required by the DDA where it can reasonably
be provided." Blindness is to be interpreted as a disability under the
DDA.

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  [ Complex Adaptive Systems Research Group    ]
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  [ Faculty of Education and the Arts ]  }
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Callaghan 2308 NSW, Australia




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