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#What is Web Accessibility?Taking into account the various ways people with disabilities (e.g. vision loss or low vision, hearing loss, mobility and dexterity disabilities) navigate the web and understand web content#2Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)Legislation that requires Ontario to develop, implement and uphold accessibility standards for persons with disabilities#Ontario Accessibility StandardsAccessibility Standards for Customer ServiceIntegrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (IASR)Part 1: EmploymentPart 2: Information and CommunicationsSection 14: Accessible websites and web contentPart 3: TransportationPart 4: Design of Public Spaces#4IASR, Part II, Section 14: Conformance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.014 (2) Designated public sector organizations and large organizations shall make their internet websites and web content conform with the World Wide Web Consortium Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, initially at Level A and increasing to Level AA, and shall do so in accordance with the schedule set out in this section#5WCAG 2.0: Levels, Success Criteria, and Sufficient TechniquesTo meet a level of conformance: web pages need to satisfy all the Success Criteria up to that level e.g. to meet Level AA conformance, need to satisfy all Level A and Level AA Success CriteriaSufficient techniques: techniques that are considered sufficient to meet the Success Criteria#6WCAG 2.0: Example of Success Criteria and Sufficient TechniqueExample:Success Criteria 1.3.1: Information, structure, and relationships conveyed through presentation can be programmatically determined or are available in text. (Level A)Sufficient Technique H42: Using h1-h6 to identify headings

#7IASR, Part II, Section 14: Schedule14 (4) Designated public sector organizations and large organizations for their internet websites shall meet the requirements of this section in accordance with the following schedule:#8January 1, 2014By January 1, 2014, new internet websites and web content on those sites must conform with WCAG 2.0 Level A

#9New internet websiteEither:a website with a new domain nameor a website with an existing domain name undergoing a significant refresh

#New internet website at York means:a website with a new domain name, e.g.:central web account (e.g. www.yorku.ca/something)WordPress siteweb-based applicationa significant refresh consists of changing more than 50% of the following for a site:navigation and structuredesign / look and feelcontentor cumulative total of these elements#11Websites that are public and within our controlnot intranets or extranetswebsites, web-based applications and web content that you can modify in some way#12Web contente.g. text, images, audio, video, formsalso includes documents (e.g. PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)#13Additional aim for January 1, 2014 In addition, York will aim for having any page or document created or modified as of Jan 1, 2014 to conform with WCAG 2.0 Level A, except components that are shared across pages of a site (e.g. template, widgets)#14January 1, 2021By January 1, 2021, all internet websites and web content must conform with WCAG 2.0 Level AA, other than i) success criteria 1.2.4 Captions (Live), and ii) success criteria 1.2.4 Audio Descriptions (Pre-recorded)

#15Content published after January 1, 2012all public pages and documents that were published after Jan 1, 2012 must conformdont have to modify content published before January 1, 2012, but when requested content needs to be provided in an accessible format#16Additional aims for January 1, 2017To meet these requirements, York will aim for the following by Jan 1, 2017:having all new pages and documents meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA compliancehaving plans produced detailing how all pages and documents published between Jan 1, 2012 and Dec 31, 2016 are going to meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA compliance by Jan 1, 2021

#17Educational and work materialsFor the following areas related to educational and work materials, a mechanism must be in place to provide an accessible version when requested if it's not already accessible:web-based educational and training resources and materialsstudent recordsinformation on program requirements, availability and descriptionsinformation needed in order to perform an employee's jobinformation that is generally available to employees in the workplace

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