Accessibility Bulletin Week 16 –accessibility news around the globe

23 Apr 2020 | Accessibility

Adam Turner
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This week we take a look at what has been discussed in the news on the topic of accessibility.

 

GLOBAL | 10 Reasons to switch to centralized budgeting for accessibility

Centralized budgeting is a key activity for creating an accessibility environment that will mature more quickly. If you look at r the BDF Accessibility Maturity Model, you will see that both models (which have a lot of similarities) place a lot of value on having a centralized accessibility process and budget.

https://medium.com/@sheribyrnehaber/10-reasons-to-switch-to-centralized-budgeting-for-accessibility-42c5f9c2faca

  

EU | Accessible Technology Charter: Accessibility Maturity Model

Self-assessment against the Accessibility Maturity Model provides an indication of how well your organisation has embedded its understanding of accessibility issues in areas such as IT governance and procurement. It will also help you decide on your organisations current ICT accessibility performance.

https://members.businessdisabilityforum.org.uk/resource-category/resource/accessible-technology-charter-accessibility-maturity-model/

 

US | Another ADA Lawsuit Alleges Website Not Accessible to the Blind

Anne West, a business owner based in Hartford, Conn., alleges Wine Enthusiast’s catalog website is not accessible to individuals with visual disabilities and does not comply with the federal American with Disabilities Act.

https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataId=226707

 

US | What Restaurants Need to Know About ADA Website Compliance

Over the last few years, there has been a huge increase in the number of lawsuits and claims by disabled individuals asserting that businesses’ websites—and, increasingly, their mobile apps as well—violate Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disabilities in “places of public accommodation.”

https://www.qsrmagazine.com/outside-insights/what-restaurants-need-know-about-ada-website-and-mobile-app-accessibility

 

GLOBAL | Future efficiency of delivering accessibility, process automation?

The present approach to demonstrating compliance is ad hoc and fails to address underlying issues - taking time, it’s expensive and is plagued by human limitation. AAAtraq identified 4 problem areas; Staff Development, Supplier Management, Compliance Reporting and Litigation Insurance - these became the cornerstones of the automation.

https://AAAtraq.com