Last Updated: Apr 22, 2022
Country | Accessibility law or policy |
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Australia | Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) |
Australia | Procurement Standard Guidance |
Canada | The Accessible Canada Act (Bill C-81) |
Canada | Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) |
Canada | The Accessibility for Manitobans Act (AMA) |
Canada | Nova Scotia Accessibility Act |
Canada | Canadian Human Rights Act |
Canada | Policy on Communications and Federal Identity |
China | Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities 1990 |
China | Voluntary Web Accessibility Standard |
Denmark | Agreement on the use of open standards for software in the public sector |
European Union | Web and Mobile Accessibility Directive |
European Union | European Accessibility Act (proposed) |
Finland | Act on Electronic Services and Communication in the Public Sector |
France | Law N° 2005-102 Article 47 |
France | Order of 29 April 2015 on the general accessibility framework for public administrations |
France | Law N° 2016-1321 Article 106 |
Germany | Act on Equal Opportunities for Disabled Persons of 2002 |
Germany | Federal Ordinance on Barrier-Free Information Technology |
Hong Kong | Guidelines on Dissemination of Information through Government Websites |
India | Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPD) |
India | Guidelines for Indian Government Websites |
Ireland | The Disability Act, 2005 |
Ireland | Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2004 |
Ireland | Employment Equality Acts 1998 and 2004 |
Israel | Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act |
Italy | Law 9 January 2004, n. 4 "Provisions to support the access of disabled people to IT tools" (Stanca Law) |
Japan | Basic Act on the Formation of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society |
Netherlands | Procurement Law 2012 |
Netherlands | Policy in the Netherlands |
New Zealand | Human Rights Act 1993, including amendments |
New Zealand | Online Practice Guidelines |
Norway | Regulations on universal design of ICT |
Republic of Korea | Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities |
Sweden | Discrimination Act (2008:567) |
Switzerland | Federal Law on the Elimination of Inequalities for Persons with Disabilities |
Taiwan | Web Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 |
United Kingdom | Equality Act of 2010 (EQA) |
United States | Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act of 1973 |
United States | Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) |
United States | Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 |
United States | Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 |
United States | 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) |