[gui-talk] Fwd: legal ruling on Canadian Government website accessibility
Steve Pattison
srp at internode.on.net
Sat Dec 4 03:24:54 UTC 2010
From: Jennison Mark Asuncion asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca
To: access-l at access-l.com
Monday, Canada's Federal Court ruled on a case that has resulted in the
Federal government being directed to make its websites accessible
within the next 15 months. This was as a result of a case involving a
blind woman, Donna Jodhan, who launched a Constitutional challenge that
spoke to problems experienced accessing several government sites.
The complete ruling can be found here
http://goo.gl/sOyJN
Here's a Globe and Mail article on the ruling: Court orders Ottawa to make
websites accessible to blind
http://goo.gl/pxy9J
As part of the ruling, several statements were made referencing the
accessibility of Adobe PDF and Flash. In response, Adobe's Andrew
Kirkpatrick has provided context and clarification on a couple of points
raised
http://goo.gl/gBIGO
Jennison
Jennison Mark Asuncion
Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network <www.adaptech.org>
LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/jennison
Regards Steve
Email: srp at internode.on.net
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