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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

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