Web content accessibilty guidelines (WCAG) offers guidelines for making web content accessible. These guidelines were developed through by the Web Accessibility Initiative via the W3C process with participation from around the world. They have become the international standard.
In the spirit of this weeks topic, there is variation on how accessibility is handled in different countries. This resource lays out laws and policies by country. It is a litlte out of date although a revision is thought to be in progress.
I noticed that the US has 5 different laws for accessibility whereas most others have 1 or 2. So while countries figure out what laws, policies, evaluations processes need to be in place. As a designer I hope that I can continue to select accessible tools and design with accessibility in mind.
Pehaps that is the first step, to recognize that nationallity doesn't change one's experience with disability. Perhaps we each can work a little harder to make a more inclusive world.
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