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- Accessibility Auditors
- Have to study for a year and take government exams to be licensed.
- They are more creating social change than for supervising.
- They are a type of consultant and work on contracts.
- This is not the same as Accessibility Consultants who are not licensed
- Background of Legal System
- Legal system was based on the English Common Law
- Also some Turkish law for real estate
- No constitution, but there is declaration of independence which is more like a mission statement.
- Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty.
- Does not mention equality because religious groups did not want it to be added.
- Boetzer Case (1996) first recognition of the weight to equality of people with disabilities
- Prior to this case the view of people with disabilities was based on the medical model and saw them as needing welfare.
- They were considered second class citizens and were often segregated.
- They could even be removed from their home against their own and their families will.
- Prior to this case the view of people with disabilities was based on the medical model and saw them as needing welfare.
- In 1998 the Equality law was enacted with some of the provisions from the draft.
- The expressed goal was to promote the full participation of people with dissabililities
- 2005 - Accessibility Chapter
- Prohibition of discrimination in public places and public services
- Duty to provide accommodations in public places, some exemptions include:
- structurally impossible
- contravene some other law, like historical places
- undue burden
- depends on the situation, for example a small restaurant would have an exemption because they could not fit accessible tables and it would be cost prohibitive.
- 20 sets of regulations have been enacted
- Not enacted regulations
- individual accommodations for school children, primarily for blind and deaf children
- only partially enacted for accommodations in health services
- regulations during emergencies (e.g. hazmat incidents, earthquakes, wartime)
- Building regulations
- Local Authorities have been most resistant to accessibility requirements and laws.
- Requirements are very detailed
- They also have alternatives. e.g. if you can't implement A, you can do B
- They also have alternatives. e.g. if you can't implement A, you can do B
- Regulations on Customer Service
- Apply to nearly all services except for health, education, transport and voting
- Couldn't use the word "discrimination" when it comes to accessibility because they didn't want to make lack of compliance a criminal offence.
- Internet services must be accessible
- Accessibility is determined by an Israeli standard based off of WCAG
- will update as WCAG updates.
- Accessibility is determined by an Israeli standard based off of WCAG
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