Moving into 2014, web accessibility is expected to make serious advances and movement throughout the year. Changes are anticipated in everything from finalizing accessibility plans, refreshing current policies, to increased accessibility overall.
The Section 508 that is known today will be refreshed in the upcoming twelve months, the update will call for government establishments to be compliant at level AA of the WCAG 2.0.
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was amended in 1998 creating Section 508. The amendment was created to require government organizations to provide access to all digital information, but with rapid advances in technology the amendment has been unable to cover all areas of accessibility. The coming refresh will attempt to address the uncovered accessibility areas.
The update advances from level A to AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). WCAG 2.0 represents the most recent set of suggestions put out by the W3C, the guidelines are composed of specifications to ensure digital technology is usable for disabled individuals. The specifications encompass three degrees of testable guidelines: A, AA and AAA. The levels become more difficult to adjust to as each particular level because the levels build on one another.
Level A: first criteria
Level AA: required to comply with A and AA
Level AAA: required comply with A, AA and AAA
Predicted to be revealed later in the year is the refresh to Section 508, an extension to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that specifies obligatory necessities to obtain web accessibility guidelines. Indicators imply that upgrades are thought to be approved in March preceding any legislative alterations in a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM). Current discussion signifies that preliminary expected conformance date of any proposed changes will be no earlier than 2016 to provide time to put into place new standards.
The Section 508 that is known today will be refreshed in the upcoming twelve months, the update will call for government establishments to be compliant at level AA of the WCAG 2.0.
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was amended in 1998 creating Section 508. The amendment was created to require government organizations to provide access to all digital information, but with rapid advances in technology the amendment has been unable to cover all areas of accessibility. The coming refresh will attempt to address the uncovered accessibility areas.
The update advances from level A to AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). WCAG 2.0 represents the most recent set of suggestions put out by the W3C, the guidelines are composed of specifications to ensure digital technology is usable for disabled individuals. The specifications encompass three degrees of testable guidelines: A, AA and AAA. The levels become more difficult to adjust to as each particular level because the levels build on one another.
Level A: first criteria
Level AA: required to comply with A and AA
Level AAA: required comply with A, AA and AAA
Predicted to be revealed later in the year is the refresh to Section 508, an extension to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that specifies obligatory necessities to obtain web accessibility guidelines. Indicators imply that upgrades are thought to be approved in March preceding any legislative alterations in a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM). Current discussion signifies that preliminary expected conformance date of any proposed changes will be no earlier than 2016 to provide time to put into place new standards.
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