Horizontal or co-ordinated eAccessibility measures
Here the focus is on whether, in addition to the various sectoral themes discussed above, there are also horizontal or co-ordinated eAccessibility measures that cover a range of sectoral themes or dimensions of eAccessibility.
The Commonwealth Disability Strategy (CDS) was introduced in 1994 to help Australian Government agencies meet their obligations under the Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act 1992. The CDS encourages Australian Government departments to recognise and consider the needs of people with disabilities in the development and delivery of policy, programs and services. One of the five principles underpinning the strategy is that “people with disabilities should have access to information in appropriate formats about the programs and services they use.” However, a 2006 review of the strategy found that there had been limited improvements in terms of accessibility to information and services.
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We are interested in receiving any corrections and/or additional information that may help us to update or improve our understanding of the current state of affairs in this country concerning eAccessibility policies that cut across different ICT domains in a horizontal and/or co-ordinated manner. This may concern information on relevant legislation, other policies and/or the level of accessibility actually achieved. Please enter your contribution in the “Leave a Reply” box below or send an e-mail to meac at empirica dot com.
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