Laws and Standards

United States:

• USAID Policy on Standards for Accessibility for the Disabled in USAID-Financed Construction

• ISO 20282 Ease of operation of everyday products.

• Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended in 1998:

  • Section 508 text

  • Guide to Section 508 Standards

  • Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards

• Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990:

  • The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)

  • ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities as amended through September 2002

     

• The Assistive Technology Act of 1998:

  • Grants to States the right to address the assistive technology needs of individuals with disabilities

  Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

  • Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

  • Telecommunications Act of 1996

  • Telecommunications Act Accessibility Guidelines

Australia:

• Australian Banker's Association [MS Word: 218KB]

United Kingdom:

• Access to ATMs: UK design guidelines [MS Word: 915KB]

  European Union:

• Frequently Asked Questions

• European Committee for Standardization (CEN) National Members

• eAccessibility, June, 2002 [MS Word: 915KB]

• On-line Catalogue of European Standards

• Application of 3.3.f to ensure access to telecommunication services by Disabled People [MS Word: 41KB]

• Telecommunications Services: Access by Disabled People [MS Word: 41KB]

• Telecommunications Services: Access by Disabled People [MS Word: 57KB]

• ANEC is the European Association for the co-ordination of consumer representation in standardization.

  • ANEC Guide: Meeting the Needs of Older Persons and People with Disabilities - Guidelines for Product Design and Testing
    ANEC HAS initiated or participated in various activities in the European and international standards bodies on accessibility.  These include most notably:

    • Draft ISO/IEC Guide 71: This document, originating from the ISO COPOLCO gives general guidance to standards writers on the different human abilities which they need to consider when writing standards. It is being drafted with active ANEC participation.

• Policy Statement on Barrier-Free Standardisation or Standardisation and Consumers with Special Needs
  Creating a user-friendly information society: Working document on the Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme (Thematic Programme II, Fifth Framework Programme) Excerpted from COM(97) 553 5 November 1997

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