Legislation and articles of interest

Links to background information

I've tried to provide some links to relevant background information that shows the often contested and evolving area of accessibility guidelines.

Disability Language Debate

https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2019/07/identity-first-vs-person-first-language-is-an-important-distinction/

Demographics and Disability

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-627-m/11-627-m2018035-eng.htm

https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/resources/factsheet-on-persons-with-disabilities.html

Web Accessibility Guidelines

https://www.w3.org/WAI/

Global overview of legislation

https://www.w3.org/WAI/policies/

US 508 Refresh

https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-ict-refresh

EU Mandate 376

http://mandate376.standards.eu/

Canadian Provincial Legislation

https://www.ontario.ca/page/review-information-and-communications-standards-2019-initial-recommendations-report

http://www.accessibilitymb.ca/

https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/legc/statutes/accessibility.pdf

Canadian Federal Legislation

https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2019/06/canadas-first-federal-accessibility-legislation-receives-royal-assent.html

https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-81/royal-assent

Re: Accessibility Guidelines and COVID

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-its-time-to-unify-the-disability-movement/

https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2020/07/x.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2020/04/backgrounder--covid-19-disability-advisory-group.html

https://medium.com/@jutta.trevira/its-time-to-drop-darwinism-and-listen-to-darwin-and-his-successors-on-human-evolution-19239068e8dc

Re: Accessibility Guidelines and Markets

https://medium.com/@jutta.trevira/lets-not-spend-public-funds-to-perpetuate-digital-disparity-a4413132ca

Representation and 'for' vs. 'of' disability organizations

https://www.independentliving.org/docs5/RoleofOrgDisPeople.html