Laws/Guidelines

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0 and 2.1) are becoming increasingly adopted into accessibility legislation.  Below are links to these guidelines and to government websites describing their accessibility laws.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

• Overview to WCAG

• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0

• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1

Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)

• Overview to WAI-ARIA

• Working Draft of Accessibile Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0

Legislation

Section 508 (United States)

• Section 508 US Government Website

• WebAIM Section 508 Checklist

Standard on Web Accessibility (Canada)

• Canadian Government Standard on Web Accessibility

RGAA 3 (France)

• Référentiel Général d'Accessibilité pour les Administrations (RGAA version 3) (French)