Los poderes públicos realizarán una política de previsión, tratamiento, rehabilitación e integración de los disminuidos físicos, sensoriales y psíquicos a los que prestarán la atención especializada que requieran y los ampararán especialmente para el disfrute de los derechos que este Título otorga a todos los ciudadanos.
Candidate Recommendation: The main purpose of Candidate Recommendation is to ensure that WCAG 2.2 can be implemented. It is stable at this stage; however, it could change based on implementation experience. More about Candidate Recommendation and the process for completing WCAG 2.2 is in:How WAI Develops Accessibility Standards through the W3C Processhttps://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/w3c-process/
El Canal Fundación ONCE en UNED ofrece numerosos recursos sobre accesibilidad web. Algunos de los cursos que ofrece son:
En The 411 on 4.1.1 y en Deprecating SC 4.1.1 se comenta un posible cambio importante de WCAG 2.2:
There is a non-zero chance that WCAG Success Criterion 4.1.1 Parsing will go away in WCAG 2.2. This isn’t a problem for users, regardless of the problems it may pose for the WCAG process, ACT rules, automated testing tools, or ossified testing processes.
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Today there are roughly three schools of thought on flagging 4.1.1 issues in a web review. The first is to only flag them when they impact users. The second is to log everything without defining the impact on users. The third is to move user-impacting issues under other Success Criteria that are a better fit (which is my approach). This post builds on the third approach.
Starting with Zoom Meetings, there will be a new designation for Sign Language Interpretation. A host can select multiple participants in a meeting to speak through a sign language interpreter for those who need it. In turn, people can select which of the interpreters they want to watch.
Similar to a recent Zoom update, the new Sign Language View feature allows Microsoft Teams users to choose up to two other video feeds to be centered in the app, making sign language interpreters much more visible throughout the whole meeting.[...]Sign Language View can be enabled for all meetings or on a case-by-case. Interpreters who work in the same company as you can be pre-assigned before a meeting, something you can do via the Settings menu. This way, when you enter a meeting with an interpreter, the view will already be activated.Signers can be added mid-meeting with the “Manage signers” button found on the new Accessibility pane. Clicking the button allows you to designate a participant as an interpreter just by typing in their name. And through the pane, you can toggle both the Sign Language View and Live Captions mid-meeting, as well.
On November 21, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a proposed consent decree with the University of California (UC), Berkeley, addressing alleged violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).A consent decree is a legal agreement to resolve a dispute without the admission of guilt or liability.UC Berkeley maintains an online library with thousands of hours of content that includes videos, podcasts, and free online courses. However, the Justice Department alleged that many of those materials weren’t accessible for people with disabilities — and under the Biden administration, the DOJ has stepped up enforcement of alleged ADA web accessibility violations.“By entering into this consent decree, UC Berkeley will make its content accessible to the many people with disabilities who want to participate in and access the same online educational opportunities provided to people without disabilities,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a press release.
The DOJ cited missing alternative text, captions, and transcripts as major issues while also noting that some of the university’s content was “formatted in a way that does not allow individuals with disabilities to access the content using screen readers or other assistive technology.”Importantly, the alleged violations are not restricted to UC Berkeley’s official website. The DOJ’s press release notes that the consent decree — which requires court approval — will apply to all of the institution’s content, regardless of where that content is hosted.The three-and-a-half-year long agreement will apply to:
- All courses hosted on UC BerkeleyX, the university’s online learning platform.
- Video and podcast content, including media posted to YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and other third-party platforms.
- All UC Berkeley conferences, lectures, sporting events, and other events available to the public through the university’s website and other platforms.
UC Berkeley has also agreed to revise its policies, train personnel, designate a web accessibility coordinator, and hire independent auditors to evaluate the accessibility of its online content.
Más información en Berkeley (Finally) Agrees to Make Online Content Accessible.
El Web Almanac 2022 contiene un resumen de los datos recogidos por el HTTP Archive. Este trabajo contiene 22 capítulos y el capítulo 11 está dedicado a la accesibilidad. Su contenido es:
Introduction
Ease of reading
Color contrast
Zooming and scaling
Language identification
User preference
Forced colors mode
Navigation
Focus indication
Focus styles
tabindex
Landmarks
Heading hierarchy
Secondary navigation
Skip links
Document titles
Tables
Forms
<label> element
placeholder attribute
Requiring information
Captchas
Media on the web
Images
Audio and video
Assistive technology with ARIA
ARIA roles
Using the presentation role
Labeling elements with ARIA
Hiding content
Screen reader-only text
Dynamically-rendered content
Accessibility apps and overlays
Concerns with overlays
Conclusion
En Twitter Was a Lifeline for People With Disabilities. Musk’s Reign Is Changing All of That se analiza el impacto que Twitter ha tenido en algunas personas con discapacidad y cómo ven con alarma los cambios para mal que está experimentando en los últimos días.
Algunos de las cosas que podemos leer en este artículo:
One such user is Stephanie Tait, an author, speaker, and disability advocate who suffers from multiple chronic health issues related to Lyme disease. “There are a lot of people joking about how Twitter going away would be for the best because everyone would go outside and touch grass,” she says. “What’s difficult for our community is that we’re here trying to get people to understand that for some of us, that’s not an option.”
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For Karli Drew, a writer, creator, and activist with nearly 20,000 followers who was born with a progressive neuromuscular disorder called spinal muscular atrophy, Twitter has been the source of a ton of career opportunities. She says that one change Musk already tried to institute—charging $8 a month for verification—was a threat to the livelihood of some users with disabilities.
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That has allowed people with disabilities and other marginalized groups that experience discrimination and exclusion to build community in a way that isn’t possible on other platforms, Tait says. “When you have certain kinds of disabilities, especially when you have diagnoses that are not as common, you need sheer numbers to even have the odds of potentially finding somebody with the same condition as you,” she says. “Twitter’s made it a lot easier to find people that you have no connection to at all and say, ‘Hey, we have similar symptoms or similar diagnoses, or you’ve reached a diagnosis and I haven’t, or you have research that you’ve already done and that research is going to be really important to me now.'”
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For Oyewole, Twitter has played an essential role in growing the online business that enables her to support herself. “I can’t work most jobs because I’m disabled and by being on Twitter, I’m able to promote my business quite easily,” she says. “Other platforms require you to pay so your work can be seen. But with Twitter, it can gain a lot of reach through support from your followers.”
Muy interesante el vídeo de Vicent Sanchis en el que explica una introducción a la accesibilidad web que se debe tener en cuenta cuando uno es el beneficiario del Kit Digital del Gobierno de España..
El resumen del webinar dice:
En este webinar, Vicent Sanchis te hablará del Kit Digital, en concreto de los requisitos sobre accesibilidad. Es muy probable que WCAG, AA, RD1112/2018, UNE EN 301 549 no signifiquen nada en especial para ti, pero son las guías, normas y decretos que se han de cumplir cuando una web recibe financiación pública como es el caso de las ayudas del Kit Digital.
Durante el webinar, Vicent te ayudará a entender toda esta documentación técnica y a veces ordenada sin sentido aparente. Te explicará a qué estándares de accesibilidad web debes prestar atención y cuáles son las pautas generales en las que debes fijarte. También aclarará conceptos y te orientará en el mundo de la accesibilidad web y digital. Verás que, aunque laborioso, es más fácil de lo que parece.
Mañana martes 8 de noviembre, a las 14 horas en Ecuador, 20 horas en España, moderaré la mesa redonda Administración electrónica accesible: logros alcanzados, logros pendientes, en el marco de la Tercera Conferencia Internacional en Sistemas de Información y Tecnologías de Software (ICI2ST 2022).
El objetivo de esta mesa redonda es "Conocer comparativamente el estado actual de la administración electrónica en Ecuador y España en relación con la accesibilidad para personas no videntes, exponer algunos de los logros alcanzados y analizar qué falta por hacer".
En la mesa redonda participarán Jose Angel Carrey y Juan José Montiel por parte de España y Katherine Franco y Carlos Montenegro por parte de Ecuador.
