Australian national policies relating to accessibility
Policy links compiled as a resource by the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) .
http://www.w3.org/WAI/Policy/Overview.html#Australia
Australian state policies relating to accessibility
The policy links on this page are compiled as a resource by the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG).
http://www.w3.org/WAI/Policy/AU-States.html
Disability Discrimination Act (Commonwealth) 1992
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/comlaw/management.nsf/lookupindexpagesbyid/IP200401406?OpenDocument
Disability Standards for Education 2005
Disability Standards for Education were formulated under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and tabled in the Parliament on 17 March 2005. The Standards clarify the obligations of education and training providers to ensure that students with disabilities are able to access and participate in education without experiencing discrimination.
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/programmes_funding/forms_guidelines/disability_standards_for_education.htm
How will the new disability standards for education affect what we do on the web?
Dey Alexander - considers how the standard may impact on the way we publish resources on the web.
http://deyalexander.com/papers/disability-standards.html
Guidelines on information access for students with print disabilities (193KB)
Developed by the AVCC (Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee), November 2004.
http://www.avcc.edu.au/documents/publications/GuidelinesOnInfoAccessForStudentsWithDisablilities.pdf
AVCC Guidelines relating to students with a disability (339KB)
Developed by the AVCC (Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee), May 2006.
http://www.avcc.edu.au/documents/publications/policy/statements/DisabilityGuidelinesMay06.pdf
World Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html