Web Accessibility & AODA

Compliance

By: Nilenth Selvaraja

Sahan Ratnayake

What is Web Accessibility?

The power of the web is in its universality. Access by
everyone regardless of any disability is an essential
aspect
One web for anyone, everywhere, on anything
-Sir.Tim Berners-Lee
Inventor of the World Wide Web

Main Categories of disabilities affected by

web accessibility

Vision- Blindness, Low-vision, Colour Blindness

Hearing- Deaf, Hard of hearing
Motor
Cognitive- Intellectual, Developmental, Learning
Photosensitive Epilepsy

What is AODA
AODA stands for Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. The
purpose of the AODA is to ensure that all Ontarians have fair and
equitable access to programs and services and to improve opportunities
for persons with disabilities.
The intent of this requirement is that the Government of Ontario, the
Legislative Assembly, designated public sector organizations, as well as
private & not-for-profit organizations with more than 50 employees make
their websites accessible to people with disabilities by conforming to
international standards for website accessibility.
All obligated organizations websites, and the content on those websites,
must conform with WCAG 2.0. This requirement applies to new websites
first, and then over the next several years to all websites.

What is WCAG

WCAG stands for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

It is an internationally recognised benchmark for accessibility of
web content.
Developed by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) which is part
of W3C
The first version, WCAG 1.0, was released in 1999. WCAG 2.0
was released in 2008.
WCAG 2.0 Level A and Level AA refer to a series of technical
checkpoints that make websites and their content increasingly
accessible to a broader range of users with disabilities.
Level AA builds on Level As checkpoints.

What is an Accessible Website

According to WCAG 2.0
Perceivable- Users must be able to perceive the information
being presented (It cannot be invisible to all their senses.
Operable- Users must be able to operate the interface (The
interface cannot require interaction that a user cannot perform)
Understandable- Users must be able to understand the
information as well as the operation of the user interface (the
content or operation cannot be beyond their understanding)
Robust- Users must be able to access the content as
technologies advance (as technologies and user agents evolve,
the content should remain accessible)

Conformance to WCAG 2.0

Conformance to a standard means that you meet or satisfy the 'requirements' of
the standard.
In WCAG 2.0 the 'requirements' are the Success Criteria and there shouldnt be
any content which violates the Success Criteria.
Conformance Level is given on the levels of conformance is met in full. (A, AA,
AAA)
Conformance (and conformance level) is for full Web page(s) only, and cannot be
achieved if part of a Web page is excluded.

When a Web page is part of a process, all pages of that process should
conform at the specified level or better..

WCAG 2.0 Conformance Level - A

All form controls should be clearly

labeled and should not have
implicit labels.

Content such as tags should be

complete, web pages should be
well-formed.
IDs of elements should be Unique.

If an error is detected, the element

iis identified and the error is
described to the user in text.

WCAG 2.0 Conformance Level - AA

Headings and labels describe topic

or purpose.

Text can be resized without assistive

technology up to 200 percent without
loss of content or functionality.

Navigational mechanisms are

consistent throughout the site.

If input error is detected, suggestions

are provided to the user.

Text is used to convey information

rather than images of text.

WCAG 2.0 Conformance Level - AAA

Context-sensitive help is available.

Site should be or have a version

that does not require reading ability
more advanced than the lower
secondary education level.

A mechanism for identifying the

expanded form or meaning of
abbreviations and definitions for
idioms and jargon.

A mechanism to understand
purpose of each link to be identified
from link text alone.

Users location within a set of Web

Claiming Conformance
The conformance icon refers to a single page.
If the claim is meant to apply to more than one page,
the conformance icon must be accompanied by explicit
scope information of which pages are covered.
Content providers are solely responsible for the use of
these logos and should also ensure that anyone
maintaining or updating the site is familiar with logo use

Reasons for Accessible Websites

Around 300000 people in Sri Lanka have a disability

Nearly 8% of Sri Lankans have below average literacy
Rate of Disability increases with age
More than 50% of people who are more than 60+ have a disability
By 2026 majority of people with disabilities will be 60+

Thank You